High–performance water electrolyzer with minimum platinum group metal usage: Iron nitride–iridium oxide core–shell nanostructures for stable and efficient oxygen evolution reaction

Jeong, Hui-Yun; Oh, Jinho; Yi, Gyu Seong; Park, Hee-Young; Cho, Sung Ki; Jang, Jong Hyun; Yoo, Sung Jong; Park, Hyun S.

doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.122596

Title: High–performance water electrolyzer with minimum platinum group metal usage: Iron nitride–iridium oxide core–shell nanostructures for stable and efficient oxygen evolution reaction

Journal Article · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Applied Catalysis. B, Environmental

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.122596· OSTI ID:2202495

Jeong, Hui-Yun; Oh, Jinho; Yi, Gyu Seong; Park, Hee-Young; Cho, Sung Ki; Jang, Jong Hyun; Yoo, Sung Jong; Park, Hyun S.

In this study, to reduce the usage of rare-earth metals in a proton-exchange-membrane water electrolyzer (PEMWE), a highly active water-oxidizing anode based on a core–shell catalyst structure was developed. Earth-abundant metal-based iron-nitride nanostructure was adopted to support thin, electrodeposited iridium-oxide films. PEMWEs with core–shell nanostructure has substantially low ohmic and mass-transfer resistances, suggesting that the introduction of Fe₂N nanostructure on Ti PTL enhances the transfer of protons, water, and oxygen on the catalyst layer. Furthermore, a high Ir mass activity of 103 A/mg_Ir was achieved with reduced Ir loading of 0.036 mg/cm² on the Ti PTL. The well-known weakness of transition-metal nitrides (TMNs) for use in PEMWEs, that is, their chemical instability in corrosive acidic environments, was overcome by carefully passivating the surfaces of the TMNs with chemically stable Ir catalyst layers. As a result, the prepared core–shell-structured catalysts were stable under the PEMWE operating condition.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; NRF-2021M3D1A2051389

OSTI ID:: 2202495

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1999844; OSTI ID: 2007613

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-842133; S0926337323002394; 122596; PII: S0926337323002394

Journal Information:: Applied Catalysis. B, Environmental, Journal Name: Applied Catalysis. B, Environmental Vol. 330 Journal Issue: C; ISSN 0926-3373

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

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