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\n OER performance of Hf2B2Ir5 anode material, represented by linear sweep voltammograms measured during the long-term chronopotentiometry experiment (0.1 M H2SO4, j = 100 mA cm-2, t = 0 … 240 h). Inset: morphology of Hf2B2Ir5 material afterwards. Credit: \u00a9 MPI CPfS
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Water electrolysis is an electrochemical way for production of hydrogen, which is considered as one of the future energy carrier molecules. Therefore, looking at numerous advantages of proton exchange membrane electrolysis compared to the classical alkaline variant, it’s efficiency and app<\/a>licability on the large scale is of huge importance nowadays. However, the slow kinetics of the anode oxygen evolution reaction (OER) limits the overall electrolysis process and requires an active and stable electrocatalyst.<\/p>\n


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Such need inspired the scientists of Chemical Metal Science<\/a> and Physics of Correlated Matter departments at MPI CPfS together with the Fritz-Haber-Institut in Berlin to employ their longstanding expertise in chemistry of intermetallic compounds, electronic features of solid matter and electrocatalysis to make a step forward in this challenging direction. As a result of fruitful teamwork, the concept of cooperative phases with different stabilities under OER conditions was successfully demonstrated with the intermetallic compound Hf2<\/sub>B2<\/sub>Ir5<\/sub> as a self-optimizing electrocatalyst for OER.<\/p>\n

Based on chemical bonding analysis, the intermetallic compound Hf2<\/sub>B2<\/sub>Ir5<\/sub> has a cage-like type of the crystal structure: the two-dimensional layers of B2<\/sub>Ir8<\/sub> units are interconnected by two- and three-center Ir-Ir interactions to polyanionic framework and hafnium atoms are guesting in such anionic cages. The atomic interactions features are reflected in the electronic structure of Hf2<\/sub>B2<\/sub>Ir5<\/sub> and its chemical behavior under OER conditions. <\/p>\n

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\n Ir 4f core levels in Hf2B2Ir5 material: pristine state (black) and after 240 h of chronopotentiometry at 100 mA cm-2 current density (pink). The reference lines are drawn for Ir 4f in intermetallic Hf2B2Ir5 (black dashed), elemental Ir (grey dashed) and rutile IrO2 (red dashed). Credit: \u00a9 MPI CPfS
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The initial electrochemical OER activity of Hf2<\/sub>B2<\/sub>Ir5<\/sub> sustains during the continuous operation at elaborated current densities of 100 mA cm-2<\/sup> for at least 240 h and positions this material among Ir-based state-of-the-art electrocatalysts. The harsh oxidative conditions of OER activate the surface-limited changes of the pristine material and as a result the electrochemical performance is related to the cooperative work of Ir-terminated surface of the ternary compound itself and agglomerates of IrOx<\/sub>(OH)y<\/sub>(SO4<\/sub>)z particles. <\/p>\n

The latter are formed mainly due to the oxidation of HfB4Ir3 secondary phase and near-surface oxidation of the investigated compound. The presence of at least two OER-active states of Ir, originated from the Hf2<\/sub>B2<\/sub>Ir5<\/sub> under OER conditions, was confirmed by the XPS analysis. The experimental data (electrochemical results, material characterization using bulk-and surface-sensitive methods, elemental analysis of the used electrolyte) are consistent with the chemical bonding analysis. The illustrated concept of cooperative phases with different chemical stabilities under OER conditions can be explored to other systems and offers a perspective knowledge-based way for discovery of new effective OER-electrocatalysts.<\/p>\n\n

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An electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction in water splitting\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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\n Ana M. Barrios Jim\u00e9nez et al, Hf2B2Ir5: A Self-Optimizing Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction, ACS Applied Energy Materials<\/i> (2020). DOI: 10.1021\/acsaem.0c02022<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n
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