Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 269, Issue -, Pages 855-865Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.07.045
Keywords
PEM water electrolysis; F doped IrO2; Nanostructured; High surface area; Electra-catalyst
Funding
- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering [DE-SC0001531]
- National Science Foundation [0933141]
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Fluorine doped iridium oxide (IrO2:F) powders with varying F content ranging from 0 to 20 wt.% has been synthesized by using a modification of the Adams fusion method. The precursors (IrCI4 and NH4F) are mixed with NaNO3 and heated to elevated temperatures to form high surface area nanomaterials as electrocatalysts for PEM based water electrolysis. The catalysts were then coated on a porous Ti substrate and have been studied for the oxygen evolution reaction in PEM based water electrolysis. The IrO2:F with an optimum composition of IrO2:10 wt.% F shows remarkably superior electrochemical activity and chemical stability compared to pure IrO2. The results have also been supported via kinetic studies by conducting rotating disk electrode (ROE) experiments. The RDE studies confirm that the electro-catalysts follow the two electron transfer reaction for electrolysis with calculated activation energy of similar to 25 kJ mol(-1). Single full cell tests conducted also validate the superior electrochemical activity of the 10 wt.% F doped IrO2. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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