Tuning the Selectivity and Activity of Electrochemical Interfaces with Defective Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide

Genorio, Bostjan; Harrison, Katharine L.; Connell, Justin G.; Dražić, Goran; Zavadil, Kevin R.; Markovic, Nenad M.; Strmcnik, Dusan

doi:10.1021/acsami.9b13391

Title: Tuning the Selectivity and Activity of Electrochemical Interfaces with Defective Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide

Journal Article · Tue Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b13391· OSTI ID:1569847

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Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division; Univ. of Ljubljana, Ljubljana (Slovenia). Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States). Nanoscale Sciences Dept.
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division
National Inst. of Chemistry, Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Engineered solid-liquid interfaces will play an important role in the development of future energy storage and conversion (ESC) devices. In the present study, defective graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) structures were used as engineered interfaces to tune the selectivity and activity of Pt disk electrodes. GO was deposited on Pt electrodes via the Langmuir-Blodgett technique, which provided compact and uniform GO films, and these films were subsequently converted to rGO by thermal reduction. Electrochemical measurements revealed that both GO and rGO interfaces on Pt electrodes exhibit selectivity toward the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), but they do not have an impact on the activity of the hydrogen oxidation reaction in acidic environments. Scanning transmission electron microscopy at atomic resolution, along with Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), revealed possible diffusion sites for H₂ and O₂ gas molecules and functional groups relevant to the selectivity and activity of these surfaces. Based on these insights, rGO interfaces are further demonstrated to exhibit enhanced activity for the ORR in nonaqueous environments and demonstrate the power of our ex situ engineering approach for the development of next-generation ESC devices.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; AC04-94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1569847

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1570266

Report Number(s):: SAND-2019-10400J; 153933

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 11, Issue 37; ISSN 1944-8244

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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