Chemistry of Materials
Chemistry of Materials
5 years ago

Oxygen-Electrode Catalysis on Oxoperovskites at 700 °C versus 20 °C

Oxygen-Electrode Catalysis on Oxoperovskites at 700 °C versus 20 °C
John B. Goodenough, Hyun Ho Shin, C. Buddie Mullins
The oxygen-reduction and oxygen-evolution reactions (ORR and OER) at 700 °C on the perovskites ABO3−δ (A = La, Sr and B = Co, Fe, Mn, Cr with undoped versus Nb- or Ta-doped SrCoO3−δ) have been evaluated experimentally with a reversible solid oxide fuel cell (R-SOFC). The predictor for active ORR catalysis at 20 °C in alkaline solution is not applicable at 700 °C; the adsorbed water on the oxide catalyst surface is lost. In a SOFC, the ORR is split between the fuel and the oxygen electrode; in an alkaline air battery, the entire ORR occurs at the oxygen electrode. On the other hand, the OER reaction occurs by a similar process at the oxygen electrode in a R-SOFC at 700 °C and in an air battery or room-temperature fuel cell in an alkaline solution. A proposed condition for both the ORR and the OER occurring at the same oxoperovskite surface at 700 °C is a transition-metal cation of the perovskite at its equilibrium oxidation state at the operating temperature and pO2.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b03281

DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b03281

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