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Title: A tailored double perovskite nanofiber catalyst enables ultrafast oxygen evolution

Journal Article · · Nature Communications
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14586· OSTI ID:1489289
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  1. Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). School of Materials Science and Engineering
  2. Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). School of Materials Science and Engineering; South China Univ. of Technology (SCUT), Guangzhou (China). School of Environment and Energy

Rechargeable metal–air batteries and water splitting are highly competitive options for a sustainable energy future, but their commercialization is hindered by the absence of cost-effective, highly efficient and stable catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction. Here we report the rational design and synthesis of a double perovskite PrBa0.5Sr0.5Co1.5Fe0.5O5+δ nanofiber as a highly efficient and robust catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction. Co-doping of strontium and iron into PrBaCo2O5+δ is found to be very effective in enhancing intrinsic activity (normalized by the geometrical surface area, ~4.7 times), as validated by electrochemical measurements and first-principles calculations. Although, the nanofiber morphology enhances its mass activity remarkably (by ~20 times) as the diameter is reduced to ~20nm, attributed to the increased surface area and an unexpected intrinsic activity enhancement due possibly to a favourable eg electron filling associated with partial surface reduction, as unravelled from chemical titration and electron energy-loss spectroscopy.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1489289
Journal Information:
Nature Communications, Vol. 8; ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 281 works
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