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Title: Morphology control of metal-modified zirconium phosphate support structures for the oxygen evolution reaction

Abstract

The electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is the half-cell reaction for many clean-energy production technologies, including water electrolyzers and metal–air batteries. However, its sluggish kinetics hinders the performance of those technologies, impeding them from broader implementation. Recently, we reported the use of zirconium phosphate (ZrP) as a support for transition metal catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). These catalysts achieve promising overpotentials with high mass activities. In this work, we synthesize ZrP structures with controlled morphology: hexagonal platelets, rods, cubes, and spheres, and subsequently modify them with Co(II) and Ni(II) cations to assess their electrochemcial OER behavior. Through inductively coupled plasma mass-spectrometry measurements, the maximum ion exchange capacity is found to vary based on the morphology of the ZrP structure and cation selection. Trends in geometric current density and mass activity as a function of cation selection are discussed. We find that the loading and coverage of cobalt and nickel species on the ZrP supports are key factors that control OER performance.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [1];  [3]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Univ. of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, San Juan, PR (United States); Univ. of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (United States)
  2. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
  3. Univ. of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, San Juan, PR (United States)
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Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1633851
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1580766
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515; DMR-1827622; CHE-1626103; DMR-1719875
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Dalton Transactions
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 49; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1477-9226
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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Ramos-Garcés, Mario V., Sanchez, Joel, La Luz-Rivera, Kálery, Del Toro-Pedrosa, Daniel E., Jaramillo, Thomas F., and Colón, Jorge L. Morphology control of metal-modified zirconium phosphate support structures for the oxygen evolution reaction. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1039/c9dt04135d.
Ramos-Garcés, Mario V., Sanchez, Joel, La Luz-Rivera, Kálery, Del Toro-Pedrosa, Daniel E., Jaramillo, Thomas F., & Colón, Jorge L. Morphology control of metal-modified zirconium phosphate support structures for the oxygen evolution reaction. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9dt04135d
Ramos-Garcés, Mario V., Sanchez, Joel, La Luz-Rivera, Kálery, Del Toro-Pedrosa, Daniel E., Jaramillo, Thomas F., and Colón, Jorge L. Wed . "Morphology control of metal-modified zirconium phosphate support structures for the oxygen evolution reaction". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9dt04135d. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1633851.
@article{osti_1633851,
title = {Morphology control of metal-modified zirconium phosphate support structures for the oxygen evolution reaction},
author = {Ramos-Garcés, Mario V. and Sanchez, Joel and La Luz-Rivera, Kálery and Del Toro-Pedrosa, Daniel E. and Jaramillo, Thomas F. and Colón, Jorge L.},
abstractNote = {The electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is the half-cell reaction for many clean-energy production technologies, including water electrolyzers and metal–air batteries. However, its sluggish kinetics hinders the performance of those technologies, impeding them from broader implementation. Recently, we reported the use of zirconium phosphate (ZrP) as a support for transition metal catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). These catalysts achieve promising overpotentials with high mass activities. In this work, we synthesize ZrP structures with controlled morphology: hexagonal platelets, rods, cubes, and spheres, and subsequently modify them with Co(II) and Ni(II) cations to assess their electrochemcial OER behavior. Through inductively coupled plasma mass-spectrometry measurements, the maximum ion exchange capacity is found to vary based on the morphology of the ZrP structure and cation selection. Trends in geometric current density and mass activity as a function of cation selection are discussed. We find that the loading and coverage of cobalt and nickel species on the ZrP supports are key factors that control OER performance.},
doi = {10.1039/c9dt04135d},
journal = {Dalton Transactions},
number = 12,
volume = 49,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {12}
}

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