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ArticleSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2025

Operando Exploration of CoAl-LDH: Transformations Driving Alkaline Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

Mattia Cattelan, Jijin Yang, Leonardo Cielo, Silvia Nappini, Silvia Carlotto, Marco Nalesso, Ilargi Napal Azcona, Rossella Yivlialin, Xiaoming Sun, Gianlorenzo Bussetti and 2 more

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Article in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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12 authors.

Mattia CattelanDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, Padova, 35131, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9314-1475
Jijin YangDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, Padova, 35131, Italy.
Leonardo CieloDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, Padova, 35131, Italy.
Silvia NappiniCNR - Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM), S.S. 14 km 163.5, Trieste, 34149, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4944-5487
Silvia CarlottoDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, Padova, 35131, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0043-3538
Marco NalessoDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, Padova, 35131, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8914-9578
Ilargi Napal AzconaCNR - Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM), S.S. 14 km 163.5, Trieste, 34149, Italy.
Rossella YivlialinDepartment of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, p.za Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milan, I-20133, Italy.
Xiaoming SunState Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science Engineering, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China.
Gianlorenzo BussettiDepartment of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, p.za Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milan, I-20133, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-8014
Elena MagnanoCNR - Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM), S.S. 14 km 163.5, Trieste, 34149, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6465-807X
Stefano AgnoliDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, Padova, 35131, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5204-5460

Funding

China Scholarship Council 202006880005Dipartimenti di Eccellenza C93C22009260001Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova #01BIRD2022-UNIPDElettra-Sincrotrone Trieste 20230268Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca B53D2301357000Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca C53D23003780006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work reports a comprehensive study on the morphology, composition, and electronic structure of CoAl layered double hydroxide (CoAl-LDH) during the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). To capture electrochemically induced transformations, operando spectroscopic and microscopic methods are combined. The complementary data provided by operando near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS), supported by density functional theory (DFT) calculations, and electrochemical atomic force microscopy (AFM), reveal that under OER conditions, CoAl-LDH is fragmented into smaller particles due to Al leaching. This process forms a "resting" phase with an average Co oxidation state of 2.5+, which readily transforms into the OER-active β-CoOOH phase upon further potential increase. This work exemplifies how operando methods enable precise tracking of oxidation state changes, element dissolution, and structural transformations at the nanoscale while the electrocatalyst is active. This approach contrasts with conventional pre- and post-mortem characterization, which would instead suggest Co

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layered double hydroxideoperando AFMoperando characterizationsoperando NEXAFSoxygen evolution reaction

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PMID40171743
PMCPMC12067176

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