Engineering of Perovskite Oxides for Electrochemical Water Splitting

While electrochemical water splitting offers an alluring prospect of carbon-neutral H₂ production from renewable resources, its efficiency is limited by the slow kinetics of the anodic/cathodic half-reactions. This thesis centres on the engineering of non-precious metal-based perovskite oxides as el...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Xu, Xiaomin
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2020
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82587
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Summary:While electrochemical water splitting offers an alluring prospect of carbon-neutral H₂ production from renewable resources, its efficiency is limited by the slow kinetics of the anodic/cathodic half-reactions. This thesis centres on the engineering of non-precious metal-based perovskite oxides as electrocatalysts to drive the water electrolysis. By fine-tuning the chemical compositions and structures, perovskite oxides with improved catalytic efficiency are developed. A deepened understanding of the structure–activity relationship of the perovskite electrocatalysts is also provided.