Perovskite and spinel oxides are promising alternatives to noble metal-based electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Herein, a novel perovskite/spinel nanocomposite comprised of SrCo0.4Fe0.6O3 and CoFe2O4 (SCF/CF) is prepared through a simple one-step method that incorporates iron doping into a SrCoO3-delta matrix, circumventing complex fabrication processes typical of these materials. At a Fe dopant content of 60%, the CoFe2O4 spinel phase is directly precipitated from the parent SrCo(0.4)Fe(0.6)O(3 )perovskite phase and the number of active B-site metals (Co/Fe) in the parent SCF can be maximized. This nanocomposite exhibits a remarkable OER activity in alkaline media with a small overpotentional of 294 mV at 10 mA cm(-2). According to surface states analysis, the parent SCF perovskite remains in its pristine form under alkaline OER conditions, serving as a stable substrate, while the second spinel CF is covered by 5/8 monolayer (ML) O*, exhibiting considerable affinity toward the oxygen species involved in the OER. Analysis based on advanced OER microkinetic volcano model indicates that a 5/8 ML O* covered-CF is the origin for the remarkable activity of this nanocomposite. The results reported here significantly advance knowledge in OER and can boost application, scale-up and commercialisation of electrocatalytic technologies toward clean energy devices.
A Doping-Induced SrCo0.4Fe0.6O3/CoFe2O4 Nanocomposite for Efficient Oxygen Evolution in Alkaline Media / Liu H.; Wang Y.; Tan P.; dos Santos E.C.; Holmes S.M.; Li H.; Pan J.; D'Agostino C.. - In: SMALL. - ISSN 1613-6810. - ELETTRONICO. - Early view:(2023), pp. 2308948.1-2308948.7. [10.1002/smll.202308948]
A Doping-Induced SrCo0.4Fe0.6O3/CoFe2O4 Nanocomposite for Efficient Oxygen Evolution in Alkaline Media
D'Agostino C.
2023
Abstract
Perovskite and spinel oxides are promising alternatives to noble metal-based electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Herein, a novel perovskite/spinel nanocomposite comprised of SrCo0.4Fe0.6O3 and CoFe2O4 (SCF/CF) is prepared through a simple one-step method that incorporates iron doping into a SrCoO3-delta matrix, circumventing complex fabrication processes typical of these materials. At a Fe dopant content of 60%, the CoFe2O4 spinel phase is directly precipitated from the parent SrCo(0.4)Fe(0.6)O(3 )perovskite phase and the number of active B-site metals (Co/Fe) in the parent SCF can be maximized. This nanocomposite exhibits a remarkable OER activity in alkaline media with a small overpotentional of 294 mV at 10 mA cm(-2). According to surface states analysis, the parent SCF perovskite remains in its pristine form under alkaline OER conditions, serving as a stable substrate, while the second spinel CF is covered by 5/8 monolayer (ML) O*, exhibiting considerable affinity toward the oxygen species involved in the OER. Analysis based on advanced OER microkinetic volcano model indicates that a 5/8 ML O* covered-CF is the origin for the remarkable activity of this nanocomposite. The results reported here significantly advance knowledge in OER and can boost application, scale-up and commercialisation of electrocatalytic technologies toward clean energy devices.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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