High Current Density Oxygen Evolution in Carbonate Buffered Solution Achieved by Active Site Densification and Electrolyte Engineering

Takeshi Nishimoto; Tatsuya Shinagawa; Takahiro Naito; Kazuki Harada; Masaaki Yoshida; Kazuhiro Takanabe

doi:10.1002/cssc.202201808

High Current Density Oxygen Evolution in Carbonate Buffered Solution Achieved by Active Site Densification and Electrolyte Engineering

Takeshi Nishimoto, Tatsuya Shinagawa, Takahiro Naito, Kazuki Harada, Masaaki Yoshida, Kazuhiro Takanabe

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High current density reaching 1 A cm−2 for efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER) was demonstrated by interactively optimizing electrolyte and electrode at non-extreme pH levels. Careful electrolyte assessment revealed that the state-of-the-art nickel-iron oxide electrocatalyst in alkaline solution maintained its high OER performance with a small Tafel slope in K-carbonate solution at pH 10.5 at 353 K. The OER performance was improved when Cu or Au was introduced into the FeOx-modified nanostructured Ni electrode as the third element during the preparation of electrode by electrodeposition. The resultant OER achieved 1 A cm−2 at 1.53 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) stably for 90 h, comparable to those in extreme alkaline conditions. Constant Tafel slopes, apparent activation energy, and the same signatures from operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy among these samples suggested that this improvement seems solely correlated with enhanced electrochemical surface area caused by adding the third element.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	ChemSusChem
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202201808
State	Published - Nov 23 2022
Externally published	Yes

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KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2022-12-07
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): OSR #4191
Acknowledgements: A part of this work was supported by Asahi Kasei Corporation, UTokyo-KAUST collaborative research OSR #4191 “Towards Sustainable Production of H”, JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 19KK0126, and the Mohammed bin Salman Center for Future Science and Technology for Saudi-Japan Vision 2030 at The University of Tokyo (MbSC2030). XAFS measurements were performed at the Spring-8 facility (2021B1168). We thank Y. Kono for the electrochemical test, which was conducted at the University of Tokyo. 2
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.

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