Improved activity for the oxygen evolution reaction using a tiara-like thiolate-protected nickel nanocluster
Sota Funaki, Tokuhisa Kawawaki, Tomoshige Okada, Kana Takemae, Sakiat Hossain, Yoshiki Niihori, Takumi Naito, Makito Takagi, Tomomi Shimazaki, Soichi Kikkawa, Seiji Yamazoe, Masanori Tachikawa, Yuichi Negishi
Abstract
This study demonstrated that nickel-nanocluster catalysts exhibit 2.3 times higher electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction activity compared with nickel-oxide catalysts prepared using a general impregnation method on carbon black.
Topics & Concepts
Oxygen evolutionNanoclustersNickelElectrochemistryMaterials scienceCatalysisWater splittingAnodeLigand (biochemistry)Crystal structureOxygenCrystallographyNanotechnologyChemistryPhysical chemistryElectrodePhotocatalysisMetallurgyBiochemistryOrganic chemistryReceptorNanocluster Synthesis and ApplicationsAdvanced Nanomaterials in CatalysisAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques