Heterogeneous Water Oxidation: Surface Activity versus Amorphization Activation in Cobalt Phosphate Catalysts

 

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Autores: González Flores, Diego, Sánchez Villalobos, Irene, Zaharieva, Ivelina, Klingan, Katharina, Heidkamp, Jonathan, Chernev, Petko, Menezes, Prashanth W., Driess, Matthias, Dau, Holger, Montero Villalobos, Mavis Lili
Formato: artículo original
Fecha de Publicación:2015
Descripción:Is water oxidation catalyzed at the surface or within the bulk volume of solid oxide materials? This question is addressed for cobalt phosphate catalysts deposited on inert electrodes, namely crystallites of pakhomovskyite (Co3(PO4)2⋅8 H2O, Pak) and phosphate‐containing Co oxide (CoCat). X‐ray spectroscopy reveals that oxidizing potentials transform the crystalline Pak slowly (5–8 h) but completely into the amorphous CoCat. Electrochemical analysis supports high‐TOF surface activity in Pak, whereas its amorphization results in dominating volume activity of the thereby formed CoCat material. In the directly electrodeposited CoCat, volume catalysis prevails, but not at very low levels of the amorphous material, implying high‐TOF catalysis at surface sites. A complete picture of heterogeneous water oxidation requires insight in catalysis at the electrolyte‐exposed “outer surface”, within a hydrated, amorphous volume phase, and modes and kinetics of restructuring upon operation.
País:Kérwá
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/80697
Acceso en línea:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ange.201409333
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/80697
Palabra clave:Amorphization
Cobalt oxide
Cobalt phosphate
Electrocatalysis
Water oxidation