Reducing Iridium Loading in Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysts Using Core–Shell Particles with Nitride Cores

Tackett, Brian M.; Sheng, Wenchao; Kattel, Shyam; Yao, Siyu; Yan, Binhang; Kuttiyiel, Kurian A.; Wu, Qiyuan; Chen, Jingguang G.

doi:10.1021/acscatal.7b04410

Title: Reducing Iridium Loading in Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysts Using Core–Shell Particles with Nitride Cores

Journal Article · Fri Feb 16 00:00:00 EST 2018 · ACS Catalysis

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b04410· OSTI ID:1438306

Tackett, Brian M. ^[1]; Sheng, Wenchao ^[1]; Kattel, Shyam ^[2]; Yao, Siyu ^[2]; Yan, Binhang ^[2]; Kuttiyiel, Kurian A. ^[2];

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Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY (United States)
Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Here, the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) has broad applications in electrochemical devices, but it often requires expensive and scarce Ir-based catalysts in acid electrolyte. Presented here is a framework to reduce Ir loading by combining core–shell iridium/metal nitride morphologies using in situ experiments and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Several group VIII transition metal (Fe, Co, and Ni) nitrides are studied as core materials, with Ir/Fe₄N core–shell particles showing enhancement in both OER activity and stability. In situ X-ray absorption fine structure measurements are used to determine the structure and stability of the core–shell catalysts under OER conditions. DFT calculations are used to demonstrate adsorbate binding energies as descriptors of the observed activity trends.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1438306

Report Number(s):: BNL-205662-2018-JAAM

Journal Information:: ACS Catalysis, Vol. 8, Issue 3; ISSN 2155-5435

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