Importance of Surface IrOx in Stabilizing RuO2 for Oxygen Evolution
Journal Article
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· Journal of Physical Chemistry. B, Condensed Matter, Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces and Biophysical Chemistry
- Univ. of Copenhagen (Denmark). Nano-Science Centre. Dept. of Chemistry; Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark). Dept. of Physics; Stanford Univ., CA (United States). SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis. Dept. of Chemical Engineering
- Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark). Dept. of Physics
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States). SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis. Dept. of Chemical Engineering
- Univ. of Copenhagen (Denmark). Nano-Science Centre. Dept. of Chemistry
- Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark). Dept. of Physics; Imperial College London (United Kingdom). Dept. of Materials
The high precious metal loading and high overpotential of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) prevents the widespread utilization of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) water electrolyzers. In this paper, we explore the OER activity and stability in acidic electrolyte of a combined IrOx/RuO2 system consisting of RuO2 thin films with submonolayer (1, 2, and 4 Å) amounts of IrOx deposited on top. Operando extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) on the Ir L-3 edge revealed a rutile type IrO2 structure with some Ir sites occupied by Ru, IrOx being at the surface of the RuO2 thin film. We monitor corrosion on IrOx/RuO2 thin films by combining electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM) with inductively coupled mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). We elucidate the importance of submonolayer surface IrOx in minimizing Ru dissolution. Finally, our work shows that we can tune the surface properties of active OER catalysts, such as RuO2, aiming to achieve higher electrocatalytic stability in PEM electrolyzers.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark); Univ. of Copenhagen (Denmark)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Danish Council for Independent Research (Denmark); Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science (Denmark); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); Villum Foundation (Denmark)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 1471514
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Physical Chemistry. B, Condensed Matter, Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces and Biophysical Chemistry, Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry. B, Condensed Matter, Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces and Biophysical Chemistry Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 122; ISSN 1520-6106
- Publisher:
- American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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