Issue 18, 2014

Strontium influence on the oxygen electrocatalysis of La2−xSrxNiOδ (0.0 ≤ xSr ≤ 1.0) thin films

Abstract

Substitution of lanthanum by strontium (Sr) in the A-site of cobalt-containing perovskites can greatly promote oxygen surface exchange kinetics at elevated temperatures. Little is known about the effect of A-site substitution on the oxygen electrocatalysis of Ruddlesden–Popper (RP) oxides. In this study, we report, for the first time, the growth and oxygen surface exchange kinetics of La2−xSrxNiOδ (LSNO, 0.0 ≤ xSr ≤ 1.0) thin films grown on (001)cubic-Y2O3-stabilized ZrO2 (YSZ) by pulsed laser deposition. High-resolution X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that the LSNO film orientation was changed gradually from the (100)tetra. (in-plane) to the (001)tetra. (out-of-plane) orientation in the RP structure with increasing Sr from La2NiO4+δ (xSr = 0) to LaSrNiOδ (xSr = 1.0). Such a change in the LSNO film orientation was accompanied by reduction in the oxygen surface exchange kinetics by two orders of magnitude as shown from electrochemical impedance spectroscopy results. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations showed that Sr substitution could stabilize the (001)tetra. surface relative to the (100)tetra. surface and both Sr substitution and increasing (001)tetra. surface could greatly weaken adsorption of molecular oxygen in the La–La bridge sites in the RP structure, which can reduce oxygen surface exchange kinetics.

Graphical abstract: Strontium influence on the oxygen electrocatalysis of La2−xSrxNiO4±δ (0.0 ≤ xSr ≤ 1.0) thin films

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Nov 2013
Accepted
16 Feb 2014
First published
18 Feb 2014

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014,2, 6480-6487

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Strontium influence on the oxygen electrocatalysis of La2−xSrxNiOδ (0.0 ≤ xSr ≤ 1.0) thin films

D. Lee, Y. Lee, A. Grimaud, W. T. Hong, M. D. Biegalski, D. Morgan and Y. Shao-Horn, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 6480 DOI: 10.1039/C3TA14918H

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