CuCo2O4 ORR/OER Bi-functional catalyst: Influence of synthetic approach on performance
Abstract
A series of CuCo2O4 catalysts were synthesized by pore forming, sol-gel, spray pyrolysis and sacrificial support methods. Catalysts were characterized by XRD, SEM, XPS and BET techniques. The electrochemical activity for the oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions (ORR and OER) was evaluated in alkaline media by RRDE. Density Functional Theory was used to identify two different types of active sites responsible for ORR/OER activity of CuCo2O4 and it was found that CuCo2O4 can activate the O-O bond by binding molecular oxygen in bridging positions between Co or Co and Cu atoms. It was found that the sacrificial support method (SSM) catalyst has the highest performance in both ORR and OER and has the highest content of phase-pure CuCo2O4. It was shown that the presence of CuO significantly decreases the activity in oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions. As a result, the half-wave potential (E1/2) of CuCo2O4-SSM was found as 0.8 V, making this material a state-of-the-art, unsupported oxide catalyst.
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- Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1523228
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1222086
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-14-26548
Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4651
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- 89233218CNA000001; AC05-76RL01830; AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the Electrochemical Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 162; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4651
- Publisher:
- The Electrochemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; Inorganic and Physical Chemistry; Material Science; Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Citation Formats
Serov, Alexey, Andersen, Nalin I., Roy, Aaron J., Matanovic, Ivana, Artyushkova, Kateryna, and Atanassov, Plamen. CuCo2O4 ORR/OER Bi-functional catalyst: Influence of synthetic approach on performance. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1149/2.0921504jes.
Serov, Alexey, Andersen, Nalin I., Roy, Aaron J., Matanovic, Ivana, Artyushkova, Kateryna, & Atanassov, Plamen. CuCo2O4 ORR/OER Bi-functional catalyst: Influence of synthetic approach on performance. United States. doi:10.1149/2.0921504jes.
Serov, Alexey, Andersen, Nalin I., Roy, Aaron J., Matanovic, Ivana, Artyushkova, Kateryna, and Atanassov, Plamen. Sat .
"CuCo2O4 ORR/OER Bi-functional catalyst: Influence of synthetic approach on performance". United States. doi:10.1149/2.0921504jes. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1523228.
@article{osti_1523228,
title = {CuCo2O4 ORR/OER Bi-functional catalyst: Influence of synthetic approach on performance},
author = {Serov, Alexey and Andersen, Nalin I. and Roy, Aaron J. and Matanovic, Ivana and Artyushkova, Kateryna and Atanassov, Plamen},
abstractNote = {A series of CuCo2O4 catalysts were synthesized by pore forming, sol-gel, spray pyrolysis and sacrificial support methods. Catalysts were characterized by XRD, SEM, XPS and BET techniques. The electrochemical activity for the oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions (ORR and OER) was evaluated in alkaline media by RRDE. Density Functional Theory was used to identify two different types of active sites responsible for ORR/OER activity of CuCo2O4 and it was found that CuCo2O4 can activate the O-O bond by binding molecular oxygen in bridging positions between Co or Co and Cu atoms. It was found that the sacrificial support method (SSM) catalyst has the highest performance in both ORR and OER and has the highest content of phase-pure CuCo2O4. It was shown that the presence of CuO significantly decreases the activity in oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions. As a result, the half-wave potential (E1/2) of CuCo2O4-SSM was found as 0.8 V, making this material a state-of-the-art, unsupported oxide catalyst.},
doi = {10.1149/2.0921504jes},
journal = {Journal of the Electrochemical Society},
number = 4,
volume = 162,
place = {United States},
year = {2015},
month = {2}
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