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Title: Influence of iron doping on tetravalent nickel content in catalytic oxygen evolving films

Abstract

Iron doping of nickel oxide films results in enhanced activity for promoting the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Whereas this enhanced activity has been ascribed to a unique iron site within the nickel oxide matrix, we show here that Fe doping influences the Ni valency. The percent of Fe 3+ doping promotes the formation of formal Ni 4+ , which in turn directly correlates with an enhanced activity of the catalyst in promoting OER. The role of Fe 3+ is consistent with its behavior as a superior Lewis acid.

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Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division; National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1341770
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OSTI ID: 1599215
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; SC0017619; DMR-1231319; ECS-0335765
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Published Article
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Volume: 114 Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher:
National Academy of Sciences
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; water splitting; renewable energy; electrocatalysis; oxygen evolution reaction; catalysis

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Li, Nancy, Bediako, D. Kwabena, Hadt, Ryan G., Hayes, Dugan, Kempa, Thomas J., von Cube, Felix, Bell, David C., Chen, Lin X., and Nocera, Daniel G. Influence of iron doping on tetravalent nickel content in catalytic oxygen evolving films. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1073/pnas.1620787114.
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Li, Nancy, Bediako, D. Kwabena, Hadt, Ryan G., Hayes, Dugan, Kempa, Thomas J., von Cube, Felix, Bell, David C., Chen, Lin X., & Nocera, Daniel G. Influence of iron doping on tetravalent nickel content in catalytic oxygen evolving films. United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1620787114
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Li, Nancy, Bediako, D. Kwabena, Hadt, Ryan G., Hayes, Dugan, Kempa, Thomas J., von Cube, Felix, Bell, David C., Chen, Lin X., and Nocera, Daniel G. Mon . "Influence of iron doping on tetravalent nickel content in catalytic oxygen evolving films". United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1620787114.
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@article{osti_1341770,
title = {Influence of iron doping on tetravalent nickel content in catalytic oxygen evolving films},
author = {Li, Nancy and Bediako, D. Kwabena and Hadt, Ryan G. and Hayes, Dugan and Kempa, Thomas J. and von Cube, Felix and Bell, David C. and Chen, Lin X. and Nocera, Daniel G.},
abstractNote = {Iron doping of nickel oxide films results in enhanced activity for promoting the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Whereas this enhanced activity has been ascribed to a unique iron site within the nickel oxide matrix, we show here that Fe doping influences the Ni valency. The percent of Fe 3+ doping promotes the formation of formal Ni 4+ , which in turn directly correlates with an enhanced activity of the catalyst in promoting OER. The role of Fe 3+ is consistent with its behavior as a superior Lewis acid.},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1620787114},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
number = 7,
volume = 114,
place = {United States},
year = {2017},
month = {1}
}
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