Chlorine-anion doping induced multi-factor optimization in perovskties for boosting intrinsic oxygen evolution

Yinlong Zhu*, Qian Lin, Zhenbin Wang, Dongchen Qi, Yichun Yin, Yu Liu, Xiwang Zhang, Zongping Shao, Huanting Wang

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) plays a crucial role in many electrochemical energy technologies, and creating multiple beneficial factors for OER catalysis is desirable for achieving high catalytic efficiency. Here, we highlight a new halogen-chlorine (Cl)-anion doping strategy to boost the OER activity of perovskite oxides. As a proof-of-concept, proper Cl doping at the oxygen site of LaFeO3 (LFO) perovskite can induce multiple favorable characteristics for catalyzing the OER, including rich oxygen vacancies, increased electrical conductivity and enhanced Fe-O covalency. Benefiting from these factors, the LaFeO2.9-δCl0.1 (LFOCl) perovskite displays significant intrinsic activity enhancement by a factor of around three relative to its parent LFO. This work uncovers the effect of Cl-anion doping in perovskites on promoting OER performance and paves a new way to design highly efficient electrocatalysts. © 2020 Science Press and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)115-120
JournalJournal of Energy Chemistry
Volume52
Online published25 Apr 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2021
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work was financially supported by the Australian Research Council (Discovery Early Career Researcher Award No. DE190100005). The authors acknowledge Monash X-Ray Platform (MXP). Dr. D. Qi. acknowledges the support of the Australian Research Council (Grant No. FT160100207) and the ontinued support from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) through the centre for Materials Science. Part of this research was undertaken on the Soft X-ray Spectroscopy beamline at the Australian Synchrotron, part of ANSTO.

Research Keywords

  • Anion doping
  • Halogen chlorine
  • Multiple beneficial factors
  • Oxygen evolution reaction
  • Perovskite oxide

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