Dynamically Stable Active Sites from Surface Evolution of Perovskite Materials during the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Lopes, Pietro P.; Chung, Dong Young; Rui, Xue; Zheng, Hong; He, Haiying; Farinazzo Bergamo Dias Martins, Pedro; Strmcnik, Dusan; Stamenkovic, Vojislav R.; Zapol, Peter; Mitchell, J. F.; Klie, Robert F.; Markovic, Nenad M.

doi:10.1021/jacs.0c08959

Dynamically Stable Active Sites from Surface Evolution of Perovskite Materials during the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Journal Article · Tue Jan 05 00:00:00 UTC 2021 · Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c08959· OSTI ID:1774576

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Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States)
Valparaiso University, IN (United States)

Perovskite oxides are an important class of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts in alkaline media, despite the elusive nature of their active sites. In this work, we demonstrate that the origin of the OER activity in a La_1-xSrxCoO₃ model perovskite arises from a thin surface layer of Co hydr(oxy)oxide (CoO_xH_y) that interacts with trace-level Fe species present in the electrolyte, creating dynamically stable active sites. Generation of the hydr(oxy)oxide layer is a consequence of a surface evolution process driven by the A-site dissolution and O-vacancy creation. In turn, this imparts a 10-fold improvement in stability against Co dissolution and a 3-fold increase in the activity-stability factor for CoO_xH_y/ LSCO when compared to nanoscale Co-hydr(oxy)oxides clusters. Our results suggest new design rules for active and stable perovskite oxide-based OER materials.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division; Valparaiso University

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1774576

Journal Information:: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 143; ISSN 0002-7863

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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