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NANOSCALE
Volume 15, Issue 3, Pages 1119-1127Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d2nr05373j
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Water electrolysis can produce green hydrogen using renewable electricity. The activity of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst is crucial for improving electrolyzer efficiency. Earth-abundant perovskite oxides show great potential in enhancing OER activity through compositional substitution. However, the relationship between bulk composition and surface composition, where OER occurs, is still unclear.
Water electrolysis can use renewable electricity to produce green hydrogen, a portable fuel and sustainable chemical precursor. Improving electrolyzer efficiency hinges on the activity of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst. Earth-abundant, ABO(3)-type perovskite oxides offer great compositional, structural, and electronic tunability, with previous studies showing compositional substitution can increase the OER activity drastically. However, the relationship between the tailored bulk composition and that of the surface, where OER occurs, remains unclear. Here, we study the effects of electrochemical cycling on the OER activity of La0.5Sr0.5Ni1-xFexO3-delta (x = 0-0.5) epitaxial films grown by oxide molecular beam epitaxy as a model Sr-containing perovskite oxide. Electrochemical testing and surface-sensitive spectroscopic analyses show Ni segregation, which is affected by electrochemical history, along with surface amorphization, coupled with changes in OER activity. Our findings highlight the importance of surface composition and electrochemical cycling conditions in understanding OER performance, suggesting common motifs of the active surface with high surface area systems.
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