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@ARTICLE{Tran:626125,
author = {Tran, Hoang Phi and Nong, Hong Nhan and Zlatar, Matej and
Yoon, Aram and Hejral, Uta and Rüscher, Martina and
Timoshenko, Janis and Selve, Sören and Berger, Dirk and
Kroschel, Matthias and Klingenhof, Malte and Paul, Benjamin
and Möhle, Sebastian and Nagi Nasralla, Kerolus Nasser and
Escalera-López, Daniel and Bergmann, Arno and Cherevko,
Serhiy and Cuenya, Beatriz Roldan and Strasser, Peter},
title = {{R}eactivity and {S}tability of {R}educed {I}r-{W}eight
{T}i{O}$_2$ -{S}upported {O}xygen {E}volution {C}atalysts
for {P}roton {E}xchange {M}embrane ({PEM}) {W}ater
{E}lectrolyzer {A}nodes},
journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society},
volume = {146},
number = {46},
issn = {0002-7863},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {ACS Publications},
reportid = {PUBDB-2025-01316},
pages = {31444 - 31455},
year = {2024},
note = {We acknowledge kind financial support by the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)
under Projects GZ: INST 131/789-1 FUGG, STR 596/21-1
(DaCapo), STR 596/11-1 (Iridium) and CH 1763/4-1; and by the
German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) through
consortium project “HyThroughGen” FKZ: 03HY108D within
the technology platform H2GIGA.},
abstract = {Reducing the iridium demand in Proton Exchange Membrane
Water Electrolyzers (PEM WE) is a critical priority for the
green hydrogen industry. This study reports the discovery of
a TiO$_2$-supported Ir@IrO(OH)$_x$ core–shell nanoparticle
catalyst with reduced Ir content, which exhibits superior
catalytic performance for the electrochemical oxygen
evolution reaction (OER) compared to a commercial reference.
The TiO$_2$-supported Ir@IrO(OH)$_x$ core–shell
nanoparticle configuration significantly enhances the OER Ir
mass activity from 8 to approximately 150 A
g$_{Ir}$$^{–1}$ at 1.53 V$_{RHE}$ while reducing the
iridium packing density from 1.6 to below 0.77 g$_{Ir}$
cm$^{–3}$. These advancements allow for viable anode layer
thicknesses with lower Ir loading, reducing iridium
utilization at 70\% LHV from 0.42 to 0.075 g$_{Ir}$
kW$^{–1}$ compared to commercial IrO$_2$/TiO$_2$. The
identification of the Ir@IrO(OH)$_x$/TiO$_2$ OER catalyst
resulted from extensive HAADF-EDX microscopic analysis,
operando XAS, and online ICP-MS analysis of 30–80 wt \%
Ir/TiO$_2$ materials. These analyses established
correlations among Ir weight loading, electrode electrical
conductivity, electrochemical stability, and Ir mass-based
OER activity. The activated Ir@IrO(OH)$_x$/TiO$_2$
catalyst–support system demonstrated an exceptionally
stable morphology of supported core–shell particles,
suggesting strong catalyst–support interactions (CSIs)
between nanoparticles and crystalline oxide facets. Operando
XAS analysis revealed the reversible evolution of
significantly contracted Ir–O bond motifs with enhanced
covalent character, conducive to the formation of
catalytically active electrophilic O$^{I–}$ ligand
species. These findings indicate that atomic Ir surface
dissolution generates Ir lattice vacancies, facilitating the
emergence of electrophilic O$^{I–}$ species under OER
conditions, while CSIs promote the reversible contraction of
Ir–O distances, reforming electrophilic O$^{I–}$ and
enhancing both catalytic activity and stability.},
cin = {FS DOOR-User},
ddc = {540},
cid = {$I:(DE-H253)FS_DOOR-User-20241023$},
pnm = {6G3 - PETRA III (DESY) (POF4-6G3) / SWEDEN-DESY -
SWEDEN-DESY Collaboration $(2020_Join2-SWEDEN-DESY)$},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G3 / $G:(DE-HGF)2020_Join2-SWEDEN-DESY$},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)P-P64-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:39526338},
UT = {WOS:001352463300001},
doi = {10.1021/jacs.4c07002},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/626125},
}