High-Performance Pyrochlore-Type Yttrium Ruthenate Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acidic Media

Kim, Jaemin; Shih, Pei-Chieh; Tsao, Kai-Chieh; Pan, Yung-Tin; Yin, Xi; Sun, Cheng-Jun; Yang, Hong

doi:10.1021/jacs.7b06808

Title: High-Performance Pyrochlore-Type Yttrium Ruthenate Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acidic Media

Journal Article · Thu Jul 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b06808· OSTI ID:1375508

Kim, Jaemin ^[1]; Shih, Pei-Chieh ^[1]; Tsao, Kai-Chieh ^[1]; Pan, Yung-Tin ^[1]; Yin, Xi ^[1]; Sun, Cheng-Jun ^[2];

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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States

Development of acid-stable electrocatalysts with low overpotential for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a major challenge to produce hydrogen directly from water. We report in this paper a pyrochlore yttrium ruthenate (Y₂Ru₂O_7-δ) electrocatalyst that has significantly enhanced performance toward OER in acid media over the best-known catalysts, with an onset overpotential of 190 mV and high stability in 0.1 M perchloric acid solution. X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) indicates Y₂Ru₂O_7-δ electrocatalyst had a low valence state that favors the high OER activity. Density functional theory (DFT) calculation shows this pyrochlore has lower band center energy for the overlap between Ru 4d and O 2p orbitals and is therefore more stable Ru–O bond than RuO₂, highlighting the effect of yttrium on the enhancement in stability. Finally, the Y₂Ru₂O_7-δ pyrochlore is also free of expensive iridium metal and thus is a cost-effective candidate for practical applications.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1375508

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1421364

Journal Information:: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society; ISSN 0002-7863

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