Stability and Activity of Cobalt Antimonate for Oxygen Reduction in Strong Acid

Zhou, Lan; Li, Hao; Lai, Yungchieh; Richter, Matthias; Kan, Kevin; Haber, Joel A.; Kelly, Sara; Wang, Zhenbin; Lu, Yubing; Kim, R. Soyoung; Li, Xiang; Yano, Junko; Nørskov, Jens K.; Gregoire, John M.

doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.1c02673

Title: Stability and Activity of Cobalt Antimonate for Oxygen Reduction in Strong Acid

Journal Article · 15 February 2022 · ACS Energy Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c02673 · OSTI ID:1868997

Zhou, Lan ^[1];

^[2]; Lai, Yungchieh ^[1];

^[1]; Kan, Kevin ^[1];

^[1]; Kelly, Sara ^[3]; Wang, Zhenbin ^[2]; Lu, Yubing ^[4]; Kim, R. Soyoung ^[4]; Li, Xiang ^[5];

^[4]; Nørskov, Jens K. ^[2];

^[1]

California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark)
Stanford University, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Guided by computational Pourbaix screening and high-throughput experiments aimed at the development of precious-metal-free fuel cells, we investigate rutile CoSb₂O₆ as an electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction in 1 M sulfuric acid. Following 4 h of catalyst conditioning at 0.7 V vs RHE, operation at this potential for 20 h yielded an average current density of –0.17 mA cm^–2 with corrosion at a rate of 0.04 nm hour^–1 that is stoichiometric with catalyst composition. Surface Pourbaix analysis of the (111) surface identified partial H coverage under operating conditions. The Sb active site has an HO* binding free energy of 0.49 eV, which is near the peak of the kinetic 4e^– ORR volcano for transition-metal oxides in acidic conditions. Furthermore, the experimental demonstration of operational stability and computational identification of a reaction pathway with favorable energetics place rutile CoSb₂O₆ among the most promising precious-metal-free electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction in acidic media.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1868997

Journal Information:: ACS Energy Letters, Journal Name: ACS Energy Letters Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 7; ISSN 2380-8195

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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