TY - JOUR
T1 - Ir nanoparticles with ultrahigh dispersion as oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst
T2 - synthesis and activity benchmarking
AU - Bizzotto, Francesco
AU - Quinson, Jonathan
AU - Zana, Alessandro
AU - Kirkensgaard, Jacob Judas Kain
AU - Dworzak, Alexandra
AU - Oezaslan, Mehtap
AU - Arenz, Matthias
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In this work, we present a facile and straightforward approach to synthesize, activate and benchmark small, i.e. 1.6 nm in diameter, Ir nanoparticles (NP) as oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts. It is shown that the Ir NP, although oxidized after synthesis and drying, can be electrochemically reduced allowing determination of the electrochemically active surface area by CO stripping. Subsequently, an activation protocol is applied forming catalytically active Ir-oxide NP. This oxide formation is shown to be largely irreversible. It is then demonstrated that the activated Ir NP synthesized via our recently introduced colloidal method exhibit extremely high OER activities when normalized to their Ir mass. These high OER activities are related to superior dispersion as compared to state-of-the-art OER catalysts reported in the literature.
AB - In this work, we present a facile and straightforward approach to synthesize, activate and benchmark small, i.e. 1.6 nm in diameter, Ir nanoparticles (NP) as oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts. It is shown that the Ir NP, although oxidized after synthesis and drying, can be electrochemically reduced allowing determination of the electrochemically active surface area by CO stripping. Subsequently, an activation protocol is applied forming catalytically active Ir-oxide NP. This oxide formation is shown to be largely irreversible. It is then demonstrated that the activated Ir NP synthesized via our recently introduced colloidal method exhibit extremely high OER activities when normalized to their Ir mass. These high OER activities are related to superior dispersion as compared to state-of-the-art OER catalysts reported in the literature.
U2 - 10.1039/c9cy01728c
DO - 10.1039/c9cy01728c
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2044-4753
VL - 9
SP - 6345
EP - 6356
JO - Catalysis Science and Technology
JF - Catalysis Science and Technology
IS - 22
ER -