Fluorine substituted (Mn,Ir)O2:F high performance solid solution oxygen evolution reaction electro-catalysts for PEM water electrolysis

Ghadge, Shrinath Dattatray; Patel, Prasad Prakash; Datta, Moni Kanchan; Velikokhatnyi, Oleg I.; Kuruba, Ramalinga; Shanthi, Pavithra M.; Kumta, Prashant N.

doi:10.1039/c6ra27354h

Fluorine substituted (Mn,Ir)O₂:F high performance solid solution oxygen evolution reaction electro-catalysts for PEM water electrolysis

Journal Article · Mon Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · RSC Advances

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ra27354h· OSTI ID:1426497

Ghadge, Shrinath Dattatray ^[1]; Patel, Prasad Prakash ^[2]; Datta, Moni Kanchan ^[3]; Velikokhatnyi, Oleg I. ^[3]; Kuruba, Ramalinga ^[4]; Shanthi, Pavithra M. ^[2]; ^[5]

Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering; None
Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering
Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Swanson School of Engineering, Dept. of Bioengineering; Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Center for Complex Engineered Multifunctional Materials
Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Swanson School of Engineering, Dept. of Bioengineering
Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering; Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Swanson School of Engineering, Dept. of Bioengineering; Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Center for Complex Engineered Multifunctional Materials; Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science; Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States). School of Dental Medicine

Identification and development of high performance with reduced overpotential (i.e. reduced operating electricity cost) oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts for proton exchange membrane (PEM) based water electrolysis with ultra-low noble metal content (i.e. reduced materials cost) is of significant interest for economic hydrogen production, thus increasing the commercialization potential of PEM water electrolysis. Accordingly, a novel electrocatalyst should exhibit low overpotential, excellent electrochemical activity and durability superior to state of the art noble metal based electro-catalysts (e.g. Pt, IrO₂, RuO₂). Here in this paper, for the very first time to the best of our knowledge, exploiting first-principles theoretical calculations of the total energies and electronic structures, we have identified a reduced noble metal content fluorine doped solid solution of MnO₂ and IrO₂, denoted as (Mn_1-xIr_x)O₂:F (x = 0.2, 0.3, 0.4), OER electrocatalyst system exhibiting lower overpotential and higher current density than the state of the art IrO₂ and other previously reported systems for PEM water electrolysis. The doped solid solution displays an excellent electrochemical performance with a lowest reported onset potential to date of ~1.35 V (vs. RHE), ~80 mV lower than that of IrO₂ (~1.43 V vs. RHE) and ~15 fold (x = 0.3 and 0.4) higher electrochemical activity compared to pure IrO₂. In addition, the system displays excellent long term electrochemical durability, similar to that of IrO₂ in harsh acidic OER operating conditions. Our study therefore demonstrates remarkable, ~60–80% reduction in noble metal content along with lower overpotential and excellent electrochemical performance clearly demonstrating the potential of the (Mn_1-xIr_x)O₂:F system as an OER electro-catalyst for PEM water electrolysis.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

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OSTI ID:: 1426497

Journal Information:: RSC Advances, Journal Name: RSC Advances Journal Issue: 28 Vol. 7; ISSN 2046-2069; ISSN RSCACL

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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