Catalytic activity and stability of oxides: The role of near-surface atomic structures and compositions

Feng, Zhenxing; Hong, Wesley T.; Fong, Dillon D.; Lee, Yueh -Lin; Yacoby, Yizhak; Morgan, Dane; Shao-Horn, Yang

doi:10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00555

Title: Catalytic activity and stability of oxides: The role of near-surface atomic structures and compositions

Journal Article · Thu May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Accounts of Chemical Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00555· OSTI ID:1352520

Feng, Zhenxing ^[1]; Hong, Wesley T. ^[2]; Fong, Dillon D. ^[3]; Lee, Yueh -Lin ^[4]; Yacoby, Yizhak ^[5]; Morgan, Dane ^[6]; Shao-Horn, Yang ^[2]

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem (Israel)
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)

Electrocatalysts play an important role in catalyzing the kinetics for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions for many air-based energy storage and conversion devices, such as metal$$-$$air batteries and fuel cells. Although noble metals have been extensively used as electrocatalysts, their limited natural abundance and high costs have motivated the search for more cost-effective catalysts. Oxides are suitable candidates since they are relatively inexpensive andhave shown reasonably high activity for various electrochemical reactions. However, a lack of fundamental understanding of the reaction mechanisms has been a major hurdle toward improving electrocatalytic activity. Here, detailed studies of the oxide surface atomic structure and chemistry (e.g.,cation migration) can provide much needed insights for the design of highly efficient and stable oxide electrocatalysts.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Materials Sciences and Engineering Division; King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Supercomputing Laboratory; National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1352520

Journal Information:: Accounts of Chemical Research, Vol. 49, Issue 5; ISSN 0001-4842

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