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ACS ENERGY LETTERS
Volume 3, Issue 12, Pages 2884-+Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.8b01818
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- European Research Council (ERC) (FP/2014)/ERC Grant [670116-ARPEMA]
- ANR MIDWAY [ANR-17-CE05-0008]
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Multiple electrochemical processes are involved at the catalyst/ electrolyte interface during the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). With the purpose of elucidating the complexity of surface dynamics upon OER, we systematically studied two Ni-based crystalline oxides (LaNiO3-delta and La2Li0.5Ni0.5O4) and compared them with the state-of-the-art Ni-Fe (oxy)hydroxide amorphous catalyst. Electrochemical measurements such as rotating ring disk electrode (RRDE) and electrochemical quartz microbalance microscopy (EQCM) coupled with a series of physical characterizations including transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) were conducted to unravel the exact pH effect on both the OER activity and the catalyst stability. We demonstrate that for Ni-based crystalline catalysts the rate for surface degradation depends on the pH and is greater than the rate for surface reconstruction. This behavior is unlike that for the amorphous Ni oxyhydroxide catalyst, which is found to be more stable and pH-independent.
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