Abstract
The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) plays a crucial role in many electrochemical energy technologies, and creating multiple beneficial factors for OER catalysis is desirable for achieving high catalytic efficiency. Here, we highlight a new halogen-chlorine (Cl)-anion doping strategy to boost the OER activity of perovskite oxides. As a proof-of-concept, proper Cl doping at the oxygen site of LaFeO3 (LFO) perovskite can induce multiple favorable characteristics for catalyzing the OER, including rich oxygen vacancies, increased electrical conductivity and enhanced Fe-O covalency. Benefiting from these factors, the LaFeO2.9-δCl0.1 (LFOCl) perovskite displays significant intrinsic activity enhancement by a factor of around three relative to its parent LFO. This work uncovers the effect of Cl-anion doping in perovskites on promoting OER performance and paves a new way to design highly efficient electrocatalysts.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 115-120 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Energy Chemistry |
Volume | 52 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Anion doping
- Halogen chlorine
- Multiple beneficial factors
- Oxygen evolution reaction
- Perovskite oxide