Observation of an Inverse Kinetic Isotope Effect in Oxygen Evolution Electrochemistry

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• 作者：Edmund C. M. Tse ; Thao T. H. Hoang ; Jason A. Varnell ; Andrew A. Gewirth
• 刊名：ACS Catalysis
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：September 2, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：6
• 期：9
• 页码：5706-5714
• 全文大小：594K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：2155-5435

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Earth-abundant and inexpensive catalysts with low overpotential and high durability are central to the development of efficient water-splitting electrolyzers. However, improvements in catalyst design and preparation are currently hampered by the lack of a detailed understanding of the reaction mechanisms of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) facilitated by nonprecious-metal (NPM) catalysts. In this paper, we conducted a kinetic isotope effect (KIE) study in an effort to identify the rate-determining step (RDS) of these intricate electrocatalytic reactions involving multiple proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) processes. We observed an inverse KIE for OER catalyzed by Ni and Co electrodes. These results contribute to a more complete understanding of the OER mechanism and allow for the future development of improved NPM catalysts.