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Double perovskites as a family of highly active catalysts for oxygen evolution in alkaline solution

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  • Alexis Grimaud

    (Electrochemical Energy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Kevin J. May

    (Electrochemical Energy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Christopher E. Carlton

    (Electrochemical Energy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Yueh-Lin Lee

    (Electrochemical Energy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Marcel Risch

    (Electrochemical Energy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Wesley T. Hong

    (Electrochemical Energy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Jigang Zhou

    (Canadian Light Source Inc., Saskatoon)

  • Yang Shao-Horn

    (Electrochemical Energy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Abstract

The electronic structure of transition metal oxides governs the catalysis of many central reactions for energy storage applications such as oxygen electrocatalysis. Here we exploit the versatility of the perovskite structure to search for oxide catalysts that are both active and stable. We report double perovskites (Ln0.5Ba0.5)CoO3−δ (Ln=Pr, Sm, Gd and Ho) as a family of highly active catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction upon water oxidation in alkaline solution. These double perovskites are stable unlike pseudocubic perovskites with comparable activities such as Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ which readily amorphize during the oxygen evolution reaction. The high activity and stability of these double perovskites can be explained by having the O p-band centre neither too close nor too far from the Fermi level, which is computed from ab initio studies.

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  • Alexis Grimaud & Kevin J. May & Christopher E. Carlton & Yueh-Lin Lee & Marcel Risch & Wesley T. Hong & Jigang Zhou & Yang Shao-Horn, 2013. "Double perovskites as a family of highly active catalysts for oxygen evolution in alkaline solution," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 4(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:4:y:2013:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms3439
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3439
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