Discovering Ce-rich oxygen evolution catalysts, from high throughput screening to water electrolysis

Haber, Joel A.; Cai, Yun; Jung, Suho; Xiang, Chengxiang; Mitrovic, Slobodan; Jin, Jian; Bell, Alexis T.; Gregoire, John M.

doi:10.1039/c3ee43683g

Discovering Ce-rich oxygen evolution catalysts, from high throughput screening to water electrolysis

Journal Article · Mon Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Energy & Environmental Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ee43683g· OSTI ID:1471242

Haber, Joel A. ^[1]; Cai, Yun ^[2]; Jung, Suho ^[3]; Xiang, Chengxiang ^[3]; Mitrovic, Slobodan ^[3]; Jin, Jian ^[4]; Bell, Alexis T. ^[5]; Gregoire, John M. ^[3]

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

In this paper, we report a new Ce-rich family of active oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts composed of earth abundant elements, discovered using high-throughput methods. High resolution inkjet printing was used to produce 5456 discrete oxide compositions containing the elements nickel, iron, cobalt and cerium. 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. The catalytic activity and stability of representative compositions (Ni_0.5Fe_0.3Co_0.17Ce_0.03O_x and Ni_0.3Fe_0.07Co_0.2Ce_0.43O_x) from 2 distinct regions were verified by resynthesizing these compositions on glassy carbon rods for electrochemical testing. The activity of the new Ce-rich catalysts was further verified using an unrelated synthetic method to electrodeposit a pseudo-ternary composition Ni_0.2Co_0.3Ce_0.5O_x, which produced a catalyst with 10 mA cm^-2 oxygen evolution current at 310 mV overpotential. Finally, the unique Tafel behavior of these Ce-rich catalysts affords the opportunity for further improvement.

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Research Organization:: California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; SC0004993

OSTI ID:: 1471242

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1570997

Journal Information:: Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Name: Energy & Environmental Science Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 7; ISSN 1754-5692

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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