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CHEMPLUSCHEM
Volume 88, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300104
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Bismuth doping; Electrocatalysis; Metal borates; Oxygen evolution reaction; Water splitting
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The incorporation of bismuth (Bi) into cobalt borates produces highly effective electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and the catalytic activity of Bi-doped cobalt borates can be further improved by pyrolyzing them in an argon atmosphere.
The development of durable and efficient electrocatalysts composed of low-cost, earth-abundant metals for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is crucial for industrial-scale water splitting to produce green hydrogen on a large scale. Transition metal borates are considered good candidate electrocatalysts for OER due to their low cost, ease of synthesis, and good catalytic activity. In this work, we demonstrate that the incorporation of an oxophilic main group metal, bismuth (Bi), into cobalt borates produces highly effective electrocatalysts for OER. We also show that the catalytic activity of Bi-doped cobalt borates can be improved further by pyrolyzing them in an argon atmosphere. During pyrolysis, the Bi crystallites formed in the materials melt, transform into amorphous phases, interact better with the Co or B atoms in there, and form more synergistic catalytic sites for OER. By varying the amount of Bi as well as the pyrolysis temperature, different Bi-doped cobalt borates are synthesized, and the most optimal OER electrocatalyst is identified. Among them, the one with Co : Bi ratio of 9 : 1 and that is pyrolyzed at 450 degrees C exhibits the best catalytic activity, driving the reaction at a current density of 10 mA cm(-2) with the lowest overpotential (318 mV) and a Tafel slope of 37 mV dec(-1).
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