RT Journal Article
T1 Electrocatalytic water oxidation over AlFe2B2
A1 Mann, Dallas K.
A1 Xu, Junyuan
A1 Mordvinova, Natalia E.
A1 Yannello, Vincent
A1 Ziouani, Yasmine
A1 González Ballesteros, Noelia
A1 Sousa, Juliana P. S.
A1 Lebedev, Oleg I.
A1 Kolen'ko, Yury V.
A1 Shatruk, Michael
K1 2210 Química Física
K1 2302 Bioquímica
K1 2303 Química Inorgánica
AB We report excellent electrocatalytic performance by AlFe2B2 in the oxygen-evolution reaction (OER). The inexpensive catalytic material, prepared simply by arc-melting followed by ball-milling, exhibits high stability and sustained catalytic performance under alkaline conditions. The overpotential value of 0.24 V observed at the current density of 10 mA cm−2 remained constant for at least 10 days. Electron microscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy performed on the initial ball-milled material and on the material activated under electrocatalytic conditions suggest that the catalytic mechanism involves partial leaching of Al from the layered structure of AlFe2B2 and the formation of Fe3O4 nanoclusters on the exposed [Fe2B2] layers. Thus, the AlFe2B2 structure serves as a robust supporting material and, more importantly, as a pre-catalyst to the in situ formed active electrocatalytic sites. Comparative electrochemical measurements demonstrate that the electrocatalytic performance of the AlFe2B2-supported Fe3O4 nanoclusters substantially exceeds the results obtained with unsupported nanoparticles of Fe3O4, FeB, or such benchmark OER catalysts as IrO2 or RuO2. The excellent catalytic performance and long-term stability of this system suggests that AlFe2B2 can serve as a promising and inexpensive OER electrocatalyst
PB Chemical Science
SN 20416520
YR 2019
FD 2019-01-23
LK http://hdl.handle.net/11093/3785
UL http://hdl.handle.net/11093/3785
LA eng
NO Chemical Science, 10(9): 2796-2804 (2019)
NO Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society | Ref. 59251-ND10
DS Investigo
RD 16-oct-2024