Reaction selectivity-regulation via interfacial reconstruction for preventing hazardous slime generation: driving mechanism of Pb-based anode with oxygen vacancy-rich MnO2

Limited selectivity in coexisted anodic reactions on lead-based anodes leads to severe lead-dissolution, anodic slime-generation and high energy-consumption. Herein, anodic reaction selectivity was regulated by phase-controlled MnO2 (MnO2-PC) on lead-based anodes which was prepared under a lower vol...

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Main Authors: Zhuang, Siwei, Duan, Ning, Jiang, Linhua, Zhang, Feilong, Hu, Jun, Chen, Zhong, Xu, Fuyuan
Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174071
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author Zhuang, Siwei
Duan, Ning
Jiang, Linhua
Zhang, Feilong
Hu, Jun
Chen, Zhong
Xu, Fuyuan
author2 School of Materials Science and Engineering
author_facet School of Materials Science and Engineering
Zhuang, Siwei
Duan, Ning
Jiang, Linhua
Zhang, Feilong
Hu, Jun
Chen, Zhong
Xu, Fuyuan
author_sort Zhuang, Siwei
collection NTU
description Limited selectivity in coexisted anodic reactions on lead-based anodes leads to severe lead-dissolution, anodic slime-generation and high energy-consumption. Herein, anodic reaction selectivity was regulated by phase-controlled MnO2 (MnO2-PC) on lead-based anodes which was prepared under a lower voltage and a higher Mn2+ concentration. Compared with α-MnO2 formed under normal conditions, composite phase of γ-MnO2 and ε-MnO2 was obtained from MnO2-PC with specific crystal planes exposure and rich oxygen vacancy defects enabling higher oxygen evolution reaction selectivity (OER, overpotential reduced by ∼99 mV). Meanwhile, reaction of lead corrosion and manganese oxidation, as the main reasons for generation of hazardous lead-containing slime, were synergistically suppressed by 86.8% and 91.7%, respectively. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations further clarified that the change in coordinative environment of Mn and O brought lower energy barrier of rate-determining step of OER and stronger electron delocalization ability of MnO2, beneficial for promoting the catalysis of OER. MnO2-PC also displayed excellent inhibition effects on the generation and accumulation of Mn3+, an important precursor of MnO2 slime, and changed the selectivity in the oxidative path of Mn2+. The long-term electrolysis tests proved the stable performance of Pb–Ag/MnO2-PC. This study provides an efficient, low-cost, high economic benefits and environmental-friendly strategy for designing target functional materials towards reaction selectivity regulation via phase-control and microstructure reconstruction.
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spelling ntu-10356/1740712024-03-13T08:46:03Z Reaction selectivity-regulation via interfacial reconstruction for preventing hazardous slime generation: driving mechanism of Pb-based anode with oxygen vacancy-rich MnO2 Zhuang, Siwei Duan, Ning Jiang, Linhua Zhang, Feilong Hu, Jun Chen, Zhong Xu, Fuyuan School of Materials Science and Engineering Engineering Lead-based anode Hazardous lead-containing slime Limited selectivity in coexisted anodic reactions on lead-based anodes leads to severe lead-dissolution, anodic slime-generation and high energy-consumption. Herein, anodic reaction selectivity was regulated by phase-controlled MnO2 (MnO2-PC) on lead-based anodes which was prepared under a lower voltage and a higher Mn2+ concentration. Compared with α-MnO2 formed under normal conditions, composite phase of γ-MnO2 and ε-MnO2 was obtained from MnO2-PC with specific crystal planes exposure and rich oxygen vacancy defects enabling higher oxygen evolution reaction selectivity (OER, overpotential reduced by ∼99 mV). Meanwhile, reaction of lead corrosion and manganese oxidation, as the main reasons for generation of hazardous lead-containing slime, were synergistically suppressed by 86.8% and 91.7%, respectively. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations further clarified that the change in coordinative environment of Mn and O brought lower energy barrier of rate-determining step of OER and stronger electron delocalization ability of MnO2, beneficial for promoting the catalysis of OER. MnO2-PC also displayed excellent inhibition effects on the generation and accumulation of Mn3+, an important precursor of MnO2 slime, and changed the selectivity in the oxidative path of Mn2+. The long-term electrolysis tests proved the stable performance of Pb–Ag/MnO2-PC. This study provides an efficient, low-cost, high economic benefits and environmental-friendly strategy for designing target functional materials towards reaction selectivity regulation via phase-control and microstructure reconstruction. This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52174385; 41877392), and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Tongji University (22120220166). 2024-03-13T08:45:17Z 2024-03-13T08:45:17Z 2023 Journal Article Zhuang, S., Duan, N., Jiang, L., Zhang, F., Hu, J., Chen, Z. & Xu, F. (2023). Reaction selectivity-regulation via interfacial reconstruction for preventing hazardous slime generation: driving mechanism of Pb-based anode with oxygen vacancy-rich MnO2. Journal of Cleaner Production, 404, 136961-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136961 0959-6526 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174071 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136961 2-s2.0-85151005953 404 136961 en Journal of Cleaner Production © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
spellingShingle Engineering
Lead-based anode
Hazardous lead-containing slime
Zhuang, Siwei
Duan, Ning
Jiang, Linhua
Zhang, Feilong
Hu, Jun
Chen, Zhong
Xu, Fuyuan
Reaction selectivity-regulation via interfacial reconstruction for preventing hazardous slime generation: driving mechanism of Pb-based anode with oxygen vacancy-rich MnO2
title Reaction selectivity-regulation via interfacial reconstruction for preventing hazardous slime generation: driving mechanism of Pb-based anode with oxygen vacancy-rich MnO2
title_full Reaction selectivity-regulation via interfacial reconstruction for preventing hazardous slime generation: driving mechanism of Pb-based anode with oxygen vacancy-rich MnO2
title_fullStr Reaction selectivity-regulation via interfacial reconstruction for preventing hazardous slime generation: driving mechanism of Pb-based anode with oxygen vacancy-rich MnO2
title_full_unstemmed Reaction selectivity-regulation via interfacial reconstruction for preventing hazardous slime generation: driving mechanism of Pb-based anode with oxygen vacancy-rich MnO2
title_short Reaction selectivity-regulation via interfacial reconstruction for preventing hazardous slime generation: driving mechanism of Pb-based anode with oxygen vacancy-rich MnO2
title_sort reaction selectivity regulation via interfacial reconstruction for preventing hazardous slime generation driving mechanism of pb based anode with oxygen vacancy rich mno2
topic Engineering
Lead-based anode
Hazardous lead-containing slime
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174071
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