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Thickness dependent OER electrocatalysis of epitaxial thin film of high entropy oxide

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Reviews
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0146005· OSTI ID:2294104
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  1. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science 1 , Bengaluru 560012, India
  2. Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science 2 , Bengaluru 560012, India
  3. Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory 3 , Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
  4. Key Laboratory of Polar Materials and Devices, East China Normal University Shanghai 4 , Shanghai 200241, China
  5. Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 5 , Berkeley, California 94720, USA
High entropy oxides (HEOs), which contain multiple elements in the same crystallographic site, are a promising platform for electrocatalysis in oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Investigating these materials in epitaxial thin film form expands the possibility of tuning OER activity by several means, which are not realizable in polycrystalline samples. To date, very few such studies have been reported. In this work, the OER activity of single-crystalline thin films of (La0.2Pr0.2Nd0.2Sm0.2Eu0.2)NiO3, grown on NdGaO3 substrates have been investigated in 0.1 M KOH electrolyte as a function of film thickness. The OER activity increases with the thickness of the film. X-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements find an increase in Ni $$d$$-O $$p$$ covalency and a decrease in charge transfer energy with the increase in film thickness. These facilitate higher charge transfer between Ni and surface adsorbates, increasing OER activity. However, the OER process leads to excessive leaching of thicker films and the OER activity of a 75 unit cell thick film is found to be optimal in the present study. In conclusion, this work demonstrates that the thickness of perovskite oxides can be used as a parameter to enhance OER activity.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
2294104
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 2342143
OSTI ID: 2294105
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Reviews, Journal Name: Applied Physics Reviews Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 10; ISSN 1931-9401
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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