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Synthesis and Characterization of Oxygen Evolution Reaction(OER) Catalysts for Anion Exchange Membrane Electrolyzer

Tuesday, 31 May 2016: 10:00
Indigo 204 A (Hilton San Diego Bayfront)
K. H. Lee (Korea Institute of Materials Science, University of Science and Technology), S. M. Choi (Korea Institute of Materials Science), and M. J. Jang (Korea Institute of Materials Science, University of Science and Technology)
Hydrogen has recognized as a high energy density, efficient, and environmentally clean in a variety of renewable energy sources can be produced by an anion exchange membrane electrolyzer that has several advantages as use of non-precious metal oxide catalysts, high pressure operation, and high efficiency compared with other type electrolyzers.

The target of this study is the development of non-precious catalysts with high activity via simple and efficient synthesis method. The prepared OER electrocatalysts were characterized by various physicochemical analyses such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Furthermore, to investigate electrocatalytic properties of prepared catalysts, we carried out electrooxidation activity measurements such as cyclic voltammetry (CV), linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), long-term stability test, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The synthesized CuCoO4 series catalysts show a different tendency in physicochemical properties and OER activity with synthesis conditions as pH, heat treatment temperature, and drying method.