Toward Enhanced Oxygen Evolution on Perovskite Oxides Synthesized from Different Approaches: A Case Study of Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ

Development of electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) plays a critical role in electrochemical water splitting systems. Perovskite oxides represent one category of efficient catalysts for the OER, among which Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ (BSCF) has been extensively studied. In this wor...

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Main Authors: Xu, X., Pan, Y., Zhou, W., Chen, Y., Zhang, Z., Shao, Zongping
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Published: Pergamon 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47641
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author Xu, X.
Pan, Y.
Zhou, W.
Chen, Y.
Zhang, Z.
Shao, Zongping
author_facet Xu, X.
Pan, Y.
Zhou, W.
Chen, Y.
Zhang, Z.
Shao, Zongping
author_sort Xu, X.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Development of electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) plays a critical role in electrochemical water splitting systems. Perovskite oxides represent one category of efficient catalysts for the OER, among which Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ (BSCF) has been extensively studied. In this work, we discussed the effect of synthesis approaches on the OER performance of BSCF. Three routes, including solution combustion, sol-gel process and solid-state reaction, were applied to synthesize the bulk-sized BSCF perovskites, denoted as BSCF-SC, BSCF-SG and BSCF-SS, respectively. Electrochemical measurements revealed varied OER performance, with BSCF-SS showing the highest intrinsic activity much better than that of BSCF-SC and BSCF-SG. The activity difference may originate from the variation in the surface oxidation states of the B-site cobalt cations. Moreover, all the BSCF perovskites exhibited comparably good stability in catalyzing the OER. In light of the simplicity, the viability for scale-up and the high activity of BSCF-SS, solid-state reaction may be a suitable way for fabricating highly-active BSCF electrocatalyst. This study could provide new insight into enhanced oxygen evolution on perovskite oxides by selecting an optimized synthesis approach.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-476412017-09-13T14:15:44Z Toward Enhanced Oxygen Evolution on Perovskite Oxides Synthesized from Different Approaches: A Case Study of Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ Xu, X. Pan, Y. Zhou, W. Chen, Y. Zhang, Z. Shao, Zongping Development of electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) plays a critical role in electrochemical water splitting systems. Perovskite oxides represent one category of efficient catalysts for the OER, among which Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ (BSCF) has been extensively studied. In this work, we discussed the effect of synthesis approaches on the OER performance of BSCF. Three routes, including solution combustion, sol-gel process and solid-state reaction, were applied to synthesize the bulk-sized BSCF perovskites, denoted as BSCF-SC, BSCF-SG and BSCF-SS, respectively. Electrochemical measurements revealed varied OER performance, with BSCF-SS showing the highest intrinsic activity much better than that of BSCF-SC and BSCF-SG. The activity difference may originate from the variation in the surface oxidation states of the B-site cobalt cations. Moreover, all the BSCF perovskites exhibited comparably good stability in catalyzing the OER. In light of the simplicity, the viability for scale-up and the high activity of BSCF-SS, solid-state reaction may be a suitable way for fabricating highly-active BSCF electrocatalyst. This study could provide new insight into enhanced oxygen evolution on perovskite oxides by selecting an optimized synthesis approach. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47641 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.10.031 Pergamon restricted
spellingShingle Xu, X.
Pan, Y.
Zhou, W.
Chen, Y.
Zhang, Z.
Shao, Zongping
Toward Enhanced Oxygen Evolution on Perovskite Oxides Synthesized from Different Approaches: A Case Study of Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ
title Toward Enhanced Oxygen Evolution on Perovskite Oxides Synthesized from Different Approaches: A Case Study of Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ
title_full Toward Enhanced Oxygen Evolution on Perovskite Oxides Synthesized from Different Approaches: A Case Study of Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ
title_fullStr Toward Enhanced Oxygen Evolution on Perovskite Oxides Synthesized from Different Approaches: A Case Study of Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ
title_full_unstemmed Toward Enhanced Oxygen Evolution on Perovskite Oxides Synthesized from Different Approaches: A Case Study of Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ
title_short Toward Enhanced Oxygen Evolution on Perovskite Oxides Synthesized from Different Approaches: A Case Study of Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ
title_sort toward enhanced oxygen evolution on perovskite oxides synthesized from different approaches: a case study of ba0.5sr0.5co0.8fe0.2o3−δ
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47641