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Effect of Calcination Temperature on the Activity of Unsupported IrO2 Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Water Electrolyzers

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MOLECULES
卷 28, 期 15, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules28155827

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iridium oxide; oxygen evolution; PEM water electrolyzer

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This study investigates the performance of unsupported IrO2 electrocatalysts with different particle sizes synthesized by the modified Adams method in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and as anode electrodes for proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolyzers. The synthesized electrocatalysts are characterized using X-ray diffraction, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area measurement, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The electrochemical performance is evaluated using cyclic voltammetry and linear sweep voltammetry, and the materials are further evaluated as anode electrodes in a typical electrolytic cell. The results show that the IrO2 electrocatalyst calcined at 400°C exhibits high crystallinity, a small particle size (1.24 nm), a high specific surface area (185 m(2) g(-1)), and a high activity (177 mA cm(-2) at 1.8 V) for PEM water electrolysis.
Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) water electrolyzers suffer mainly from slow kinetics regarding the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Noble metal oxides, like IrO2 and RuO2, are generally more active for OER than metal electrodes, exhibiting low anodic overpotentials and high catalytic activity. However, issues like electrocatalyst stability under continuous operation and cost minimization through a reduction in the catalyst loading are of great importance to the research community. In this study, unsupported IrO2 of various particle sizes (different calcination temperatures) were evaluated for the OER and as anode electrodes for PEM water electrolyzers. The electrocatalysts were synthesized by the modified Adams method, and the effect of calcination temperature on the properties of IrO2 electrocatalysts is investigated. Physicochemical characterization was conducted using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area measurement, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analyses. For the electrochemical performance of synthesized electrocatalysts in the OER, cyclic voltammetry (CV) and linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) were conducted in a typical three-cell electrode configuration, using glassy carbon as the working electrode, which the synthesized electrocatalysts were cast on in a 0.5 M H2SO4 solution. The materials, as anode PEM water electrolysis electrodes, were further evaluated in a typical electrolytic cell using a Nafion(& REG;)115 membrane as the electrolyte and Pt/C as the cathode electrocatalyst. The IrO2 electrocatalyst calcined at 400 & DEG;C shows high crystallinity with a 1.24 nm particle size, a high specific surface area (185 m(2) g(-1)), and a high activity of 177 mA cm(-2) at 1.8 V for PEM water electrolysis.

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