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Dodecylamine-Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis of Carbon-Supported Ultrafine IrRu Nanoparticles for Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis and Overall Water Splitting

ChemCatChem, ISSN: 1867-3899, Vol: 17, Issue: 3
2025
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Ruthenium (Ru)- and iridium (Ir)-based nanomaterials have always been regarded as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in acidic electrolytes. Herein, we develop a facile dodecylamine-assisted hydrothermal synthesis for producing carbon-supported IrRu alloy nanoparticles with controllable Ir/Ru ratios and ultrafine sizes towards high-efficiency OER and overall water electrolysis. In this strategy, the dodecylamine that serves as a capping and reducing agent enables the final IrRu alloy nanoparticles to possess average sizes <3 nm and high degree of dispersion on carbon substrate. By combining high OER activity of Ru with high acidic robustness of Ir, the as-prepared IrRu/C nanoparticles at a suitable Ir/Ru ratio of 1/3 show good activity and durability for the OER electrocatalysis and overall water splitting. In specific, the IrRu/C catalyst exhibits the lowest overpotential of 302 mV at the current density of 10 mA cm and the highest mass activity of 120.5 mA mg at 1.532 V for OER in 0.5 M HSO electrolyte. In addition, a two-electrode acidic electrolyzer assembled with IrRu/C at anode and commercial Pt/C at cathode (Pt/C|| IrRu/C) exhibits a low cell voltage of 1.44 V for achieving the current density of 10 mA cm, along with a satisfied 20h durability.

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Li Huang; Mei Yan; Mengyuan Ma; Hui Liu; Dong Chen; Shaonan Tian; Jun Yang; Lin Xu

Wiley

Chemical Engineering; Chemistry

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