Abstract
Developing low-cost but efficient electrocatalysts to promote the sluggish kinetics of oxygen evolution from water splitting is essential for hydrogen production. In this study, a hierarchical hollow hydrangea-like CoRu/Co superstructure is constructed through a self-templating method by morphology-controlled pyrolysis of flower-like Ru-doped Co-based layered double hydroxides (LDH). The anchoring of Ru into Co-LDH is the key to the formation of well-defined hydrangea-like three-dimensional superstructure composed of CoRu/Co. The optimized CoRu/Co-M-350 with a low Ru loading of 3.0 wt% exhibits excellent catalytic performances in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with low overpotential (η10 =192 mV) and excellent stability for 100 h at 100 mA cm-2 in alkaline media, outperforming the benchmark RuO2 and most reported electrocatalysts. The superior morphology and structural features of CoRu/Co-M-350 provide not only abundant accessible surface sites but also fast mass and electron transfer, thereby promoting OER catalysis. The present study provides a new synthetic route for preparing highly active OER electrocatalysts.
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