Chlorine evolution reaction electrocatalysis on RuO2(110) and IrO2(110) grown using molecular-beam epitaxy

Kuo, Ding-Yuan; Paik, Hanjong; Nelson, Jocienne N.; Shen, Kyle M.; Schlom, Darrell G.; Suntivich, Jin

doi:10.1063/1.5051429

Title: Chlorine evolution reaction electrocatalysis on RuO₂(110) and IrO₂(110) grown using molecular-beam epitaxy

Journal Article · 04 January 2019 · Journal of Chemical Physics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5051429 · OSTI ID:1612818

Kuo, Ding-Yuan ^[1];

^[2]; Nelson, Jocienne N. ^[2]; Shen, Kyle M. ^[2]; Schlom, Darrell G. ^[2];

^[2]

Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States); DOE/OSTI
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)

Herein, we report the electrocatalysis of the chlorine evolution reaction (CER) on well-defined RuO₂(110) and IrO₂(110) surfaces. RuO₂ and IrO₂ are known for their capabilities to catalyze the CER. Until now, the CER measurements have only been reported on well-defined RuO₂ surfaces and only at high Cl^- concentrations. We present the CER measurement and the role of Cl^- at lower concentration on single-orientation RuO₂(110) and IrO₂(110) films. We find that RuO₂(110) is two orders of magnitude more active than IrO₂(110). Moreover, we observe the correlation between the CER activity and the O_ad formation potential on RuO₂ and IrO₂, supporting the prior suggestion that the O_ad is the active site for the CER. We further use the reaction order analysis to support the Volmer-Heyrovsky mechanism of the CER, which was previously suggested from the Tafel slope analysis. Our finding highlights the importance of the surface O_ad species on oxides for the CER electrocatalysis and suggests the electrochemical formation of Cl_ad on O_ad (for example, Cl^- + O_ad ↔ OCl_ad + e^-) as the crucial step in the CER electrocatalysis.

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Research Organization:: Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); Taiwan Government; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0018029

OSTI ID:: 1612818

Journal Information:: Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Chemical Physics Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 150; ISSN 0021-9606

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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