ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
3 years ago

La0.8Sr0.2MnO3-Based Perovskite Nanoparticles with the A-Site Deficiency as High Performance Bifunctional Oxygen Catalyst in Alkaline Solution

La0.8Sr0.2MnO3-Based Perovskite Nanoparticles with the A-Site Deficiency as High Performance Bifunctional Oxygen Catalyst in Alkaline Solution
Yue Lin, Weichuan Xu, Hugh Smallidge, Thomas Salas, Xue Yu, Litao Yan, Hongmei Luo, Meng Zhou
Perovskite (La0.8Sr0.2)1–xMn1–xIrxO3 (x = 0 (LSM) and 0.05 (LSMI)) nanoparticles with particle size of 20–50 nm are prepared by the polymer-assisted chemical solution method and demonstrated as high performance bifunctional oxygen catalyst in alkaline solution. As compared with LSM, LSMI with the A-site deficiency and the B-site iridium (Ir)-doping has a larger lattice, lower valence state of transition metal, and weaker metal–OH bonding; therefore, it increases the concentration of oxygen vacancy and enhances both oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). LSMI exhibits superior ORR performance with only 30 mV onset potential difference from the commercial Pt/C catalyst and significant enhancement in electrocatalytic activity in the OER process, resulting in the best oxygen electrode material among all the reported perovskite oxides. LSMI also exhibits high durability for both ORR (only 18 mV negative shift for the half-wave potential compared with the initial ORR) and OER process with 10% decay. The electrochemical results indicate that the A-site deficiency and Ir-doping in perovskite oxides could be promising catalysts for the applications in fuel cells, metal–air batteries, and solar fuel synthesis.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b06458

DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b06458

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