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Hydrous cobalt–iridium oxide two-dimensional nanoframes: insights into activity and stability of bimetallic acidic oxygen evolution electrocatalysts

Acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts that have high activity, extended durability, and lower costs are needed to further the development and wide-scale adoption of proton-exchange membrane electrolyzers. In this work, we report hydrous cobalt–iridium oxide two-dimensional (2D) nan...

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Autores principales: Ying, Yuanfang, Godínez Salomón, Jose Fernando, Lartundo-Rojas, Luis, Moreno, Ashley, Meyer, Robert, Damin, Craig A., Rhodes, Christopher P.
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Publicado: RSC 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9419543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36133093
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0na00912a
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author Ying, Yuanfang
Godínez Salomón, Jose Fernando
Lartundo-Rojas, Luis
Moreno, Ashley
Meyer, Robert
Damin, Craig A.
Rhodes, Christopher P.
author_facet Ying, Yuanfang
Godínez Salomón, Jose Fernando
Lartundo-Rojas, Luis
Moreno, Ashley
Meyer, Robert
Damin, Craig A.
Rhodes, Christopher P.
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description Acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts that have high activity, extended durability, and lower costs are needed to further the development and wide-scale adoption of proton-exchange membrane electrolyzers. In this work, we report hydrous cobalt–iridium oxide two-dimensional (2D) nanoframes exhibit higher oxygen evolution activity and similar stability compared with commercial IrO(2); however, the bimetallic Co–Ir catalyst undergoes a significantly different degradation process compared with the monometallic IrO(2) catalyst. The bimetallic Co–Ir 2D nanoframes consist of interconnected Co–Ir alloy domains within an unsupported, carbon-free, porous nanostructure that allows three-dimensional molecular access to the catalytically active surface sites. After electrochemical conditioning within the OER potential range, the predominately bimetallic alloy surface transforms to an oxide/hydroxide surface. Oxygen evolution activities determined using a rotating disk electrode configuration show that the hydrous Co–Ir oxide nanoframes provide 17 times higher OER mass activity and 18 times higher specific activity compared to commercial IrO(2). The higher OER activities of the hydrous Co–Ir nanoframes are attributed to the presence of highly active surface iridium hydroxide groups. The accelerated durability testing of IrO(2) resulted in lowering of the specific activity and partial dissolution of Ir. In contrast, the durability testing of hydrous Co–Ir oxide nanoframes resulted in the combination of a higher Ir dissolution rate, an increase in the relative contribution of surface iridium hydroxide groups and an increase in specific activity. The understanding of the differences in degradation processes between bimetallic and monometallic catalysts furthers our ability to design high activity and stability acidic OER electrocatalysts.
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spelling pubmed-94195432022-09-20 Hydrous cobalt–iridium oxide two-dimensional nanoframes: insights into activity and stability of bimetallic acidic oxygen evolution electrocatalysts Ying, Yuanfang Godínez Salomón, Jose Fernando Lartundo-Rojas, Luis Moreno, Ashley Meyer, Robert Damin, Craig A. Rhodes, Christopher P. Nanoscale Adv Chemistry Acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts that have high activity, extended durability, and lower costs are needed to further the development and wide-scale adoption of proton-exchange membrane electrolyzers. In this work, we report hydrous cobalt–iridium oxide two-dimensional (2D) nanoframes exhibit higher oxygen evolution activity and similar stability compared with commercial IrO(2); however, the bimetallic Co–Ir catalyst undergoes a significantly different degradation process compared with the monometallic IrO(2) catalyst. The bimetallic Co–Ir 2D nanoframes consist of interconnected Co–Ir alloy domains within an unsupported, carbon-free, porous nanostructure that allows three-dimensional molecular access to the catalytically active surface sites. After electrochemical conditioning within the OER potential range, the predominately bimetallic alloy surface transforms to an oxide/hydroxide surface. Oxygen evolution activities determined using a rotating disk electrode configuration show that the hydrous Co–Ir oxide nanoframes provide 17 times higher OER mass activity and 18 times higher specific activity compared to commercial IrO(2). The higher OER activities of the hydrous Co–Ir nanoframes are attributed to the presence of highly active surface iridium hydroxide groups. The accelerated durability testing of IrO(2) resulted in lowering of the specific activity and partial dissolution of Ir. In contrast, the durability testing of hydrous Co–Ir oxide nanoframes resulted in the combination of a higher Ir dissolution rate, an increase in the relative contribution of surface iridium hydroxide groups and an increase in specific activity. The understanding of the differences in degradation processes between bimetallic and monometallic catalysts furthers our ability to design high activity and stability acidic OER electrocatalysts. RSC 2021-02-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9419543/ /pubmed/36133093 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0na00912a Text en This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
spellingShingle Chemistry
Ying, Yuanfang
Godínez Salomón, Jose Fernando
Lartundo-Rojas, Luis
Moreno, Ashley
Meyer, Robert
Damin, Craig A.
Rhodes, Christopher P.
Hydrous cobalt–iridium oxide two-dimensional nanoframes: insights into activity and stability of bimetallic acidic oxygen evolution electrocatalysts
title Hydrous cobalt–iridium oxide two-dimensional nanoframes: insights into activity and stability of bimetallic acidic oxygen evolution electrocatalysts
title_full Hydrous cobalt–iridium oxide two-dimensional nanoframes: insights into activity and stability of bimetallic acidic oxygen evolution electrocatalysts
title_fullStr Hydrous cobalt–iridium oxide two-dimensional nanoframes: insights into activity and stability of bimetallic acidic oxygen evolution electrocatalysts
title_full_unstemmed Hydrous cobalt–iridium oxide two-dimensional nanoframes: insights into activity and stability of bimetallic acidic oxygen evolution electrocatalysts
title_short Hydrous cobalt–iridium oxide two-dimensional nanoframes: insights into activity and stability of bimetallic acidic oxygen evolution electrocatalysts
title_sort hydrous cobalt–iridium oxide two-dimensional nanoframes: insights into activity and stability of bimetallic acidic oxygen evolution electrocatalysts
topic Chemistry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9419543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36133093
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0na00912a
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