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Abhaya Kumar Mishra1, Joshua Willoughby1, Shanna L Estes2
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University Clemson SC 29634 USA ksbrink@clemson.edu.
Abstract:
Designing a highly efficient, low-cost, sustainable electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) through water splitting is a current challenge for renewable energy technologies. This work presents a modified sol-gel route to prepare metal-ion(s) doped cerium oxide nanostructures as an efficient electrocatalyst for overall water splitting. Nickle (Ni) and iron (Fe) co-doping impacts the morphology in cerium oxide resulting in 5 nm nanoparticles with a mesoporous-like microstructure. The high level 20 mol% (1 : 1 ratio) of Ni + Fe bimetal-ion(s) doped CeO2 shows excellent HER and OER activities compared to the monodoped Fe/Ni and pristine CeO2. The co-doped catalysts required a low overpotential of 104 mV and 380 mV for HER and OER, respectively, in 1 M KOH, at a current density of 10 mA cm-2. The Tafel slopes of 95 mV dec-1 and 65 mV dec-1 were measured for HER and OER with the same representative samples which demonstrated excellent stability even after continuous operation for 20 hours in the alkaline medium. The unique morphology, enhanced oxygen vacancy (Ov) content and the synergistic effects of dopants in CeO2 play essential roles in enhancing the activities of Ni + Fe doped samples.
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