Autor: |
Stevan Andrić, Jadranka Milikić, Melike Sevim, Diogo M. F. Santos, Biljana Šljukić |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2023 |
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Zdroj: |
Frontiers in Chemistry, Vol 11 (2023) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2296-2646 |
DOI: |
10.3389/fchem.2023.1244148 |
Popis: |
Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) represents the efficiency-limiting reaction in water electrolyzers, metal-air batteries, and unitized regenerative fuel cells. To achieve high-efficiency OER in alkaline media, we fabricated three novel electrocatalysts by the assembly of as-prepared Co45Pt55 alloy nanoparticles (NPs) on three different carbon-based support materials: reduced graphene oxide (CoPt/rGO), mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride (CoPt/mpg-CN), and commercial Ketjenblack carbon (CoPt/KB). Voltammetry studies revealed that CoPt/rGO electrocatalyst provided lower OER overpotentials accompanied by higher currents and specific current density values than the other two studied materials. Moreover, CoPt/rGO outperformed commercial CoPt/C electrocatalysts in terms of notably higher specific current densities. Additionally, it was found that CoPt/rGO electrocatalyst activity increases with increasing temperature up to 85°C, as suggested by the increase in the exchange current density. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy studies of three electrocatalysts in OER revealed similar charge transfer resistance, although CoPt/rGO provided a higher current density. The main issue observed during long-term chronoamperometry and chronopotentiometry studies is the materials’ instability under OER polarization conditions, which is still to be tackled in future work. |
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