Discovery of New Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysts by Combinatorial Investigation of the Ni-La-Co-Ce Oxide Composition Space

Haber, Joel A.; Guevarra, Dan; Jung, Suho; Jin, Jian; Gregoire, John M.

doi:10.1002/celc.201402149

Discovery of New Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysts by Combinatorial Investigation of the Ni-La-Co-Ce Oxide Composition Space

Journal Article · Tue Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · ChemElectroChem

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.201402149· OSTI ID:1468650

Haber, Joel A. ^[1]; Guevarra, Dan ^[2]; Jung, Suho ^[2]; Jin, Jian ^[3]; Gregoire, John M. ^[2]

California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP); Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis
California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP) and Engineering Division

We report a new family of earth abundant electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) discovered via high throughput screening of 1771 discrete metal oxide compositions covering the nickel-lanthanum-cobalt-cerium composition space. The catalytic performance of each of these compositions was measured under conditions applicable to distributed solar fuels generation using a three-electrode scanning drop electrochemical cell. These high throughput measurements show enhanced activity for catalyst compositions containing 20-65 metal atom % Ce. The catalytic activity and stability of a representative highly active composition (Ni_0.1La_0.1Co_0.3Ce_0.5)O_x was verified by standard rotating disc electrochemistry. Catalysts of this composition showed stable operational performance at 10 mA cm^-2 for 2 h and survived a 100 h endurance test in a testbed electrolyzer.

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Research Organization:: California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Contributing Organization:: US Army Research Laboratory (USARL)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0004993

OSTI ID:: 1468650

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1471245

Journal Information:: ChemElectroChem, Journal Name: ChemElectroChem Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 1; ISSN 2196-0216

Publisher:: ChemPubSoc EuropeCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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