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Title: Generalizable, Electroless, Template-Assisted Synthesis and Electrocatalytic Mechanistic Understanding of Perovskite LaNiO3 Nanorods as Viable, Supportless Oxygen Evolution Reaction Catalysts in Alkaline Media

Journal Article · · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
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  1. Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
  2. Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Sciences Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Building 480, Upton, New York 11973, United States

We present that the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a key reaction for water electrolysis cells and air-powered battery applications. However, conventional metal oxide catalysts, used for high-performing OER, tend to incorporate comparatively expensive and less abundant precious metals such as Ru and Ir, and, moreover, suffer from poor stability. To attempt to mitigate for all of these issues, we have prepared one-dimensional (1D) OER-active perovskite nanorods using a unique, simple, generalizable, and robust method. Significantly, our work demonstrates the feasibility of a novel electroless, seedless, surfactant-free, wet solution-based protocol for fabricating “high aspect ratio” LaNiO3 and LaMnO3 nanostructures. As the main focus of our demonstration of principle, we prepared as-synthesized LaNiO3 rods and correlated the various temperatures at which these materials were annealed with their resulting OER performance. In addition, we observed generally better OER performance for samples prepared with lower annealing temperatures. Specifically, when annealed at 600 °C, in the absence of a conventional conductive carbon support, our as-synthesized LaNiO3 rods not only evinced (i) a reasonable level of activity toward OER but also displayed (ii) an improved stability, as demonstrated by chronoamperometric measurements, especially when compared with a control sample of commercially available (and more expensive) RuO2.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704
OSTI ID:
1371491
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1376134
Report Number(s):
BNL-114070-2017-JA
Journal Information:
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal Name: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces; ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 46 works
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