Crystalline Nickel, Cobalt, and Manganese Antimonates as Electrocatalysts for the Chlorine Evolution Reaction

Moreno-Hernandez, Ivan A.; Brunschwig, Bruce S.; Lewis, Nathan S.

doi:10.1039/c8ee03676d

Crystalline Nickel, Cobalt, and Manganese Antimonates as Electrocatalysts for the Chlorine Evolution Reaction

Journal Article · Tue Mar 12 04:00:00 EDT 2019 · Energy & Environmental Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ee03676d· OSTI ID:1610784

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California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States); DOE/OSTI
California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)

The chlorine-evolution reaction (CER) is a common, commercially valuable electrochemical reaction, and is practiced at industrial scale globally. A precious metal solid solution of RuO₂ or IrO₂ with TiO₂ is the predominant electrocatalyst for the CER. Herein we report that materials comprised only of non-precious metal elements, specifically crystalline transition-metal antimonates (TMAs) such as NiSb₂O_x, CoSb₂O_x, and MnSb₂O_x, are moderately active, stable catalysts for the electrochemical oxidation of chloride to chlorine under conditions relevant to the commercial chlor-alkali process. Specifically, CoSb2Ox exhibited a galvanostatic potential of 1.804 V vs. NHE at 100 mA cm^–2 of Cl₂(g) production from aqueous pH = 2.0, 4.0 M NaCl after 250 h of operation. In this work, studies of the bulk and surface of the electrocatalyst and the composition of the electrolyte before and after electrolysis indicated minimal changes in the surface structure and intrinsic activity of CoSb₂O_x as a result of Cl₂(g) evolution under these conditions.

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Research Organization:: California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0004993

OSTI ID:: 1610784

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1500144

Journal Information:: Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Name: Energy & Environmental Science Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 12; ISSN EESNBY; ISSN 1754-5692

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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