Fe-substituted BaMnxFe1−xO3−δ perovskites: charge transport and electrocatalytic performance
摘要
Significant enhancements of electrocatalytic activities for both half-reactions of water-splitting, i.e., oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), are demonstrated upon changing the structure of different hexagonal perovskite-type systems. The structural change is observed by gradually incorporating the catalytically active Fe into the B-site in the BaMn1-xFexO3-δ system. The structure of the BaMn1-xFexO3-δ system consists of 2H-hexagonal for BaMnO3-δ, 10H-hexagonal for BaMn1/2Fe1/2O3-δ, and variation of 10H-hexagonal for BaFeO3-δ. Nevertheless, the change in the structural order by incorporating Fe into the system to fully replace the B-site ion from Mn to Fe results in a significant change in charge transport properties and greater electrocatalytic activity of BaFeO3-δ, manifested in smaller overpotentials, smaller charge transfer resistance, greater electrocatalytic current density, and faster reaction kinetics. These findings indicate the important role of Fe over Mn in the earth-abundant transition metal catalysts in directing the electrochemical properties.
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