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Surface protonation and oxygen evolution activity of epitaxial La1−xSrxCoO3 thin films

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As an alternative electrode material, transition metal oxides are promising candidates due to multivalent nature and oxygen vacancies present in the structure with facilitate redox reactions. The aim of this study is to explore the intrinsic mechanism of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) using two-dimensional thin film La1−xSrxCoO3 electrode as a model. Herein, we report a planar two-dimensional model La1−xSrxCoO3 electrode grown on a Nb-SrTiO3 single-crystal substrate via pulsed laser deposition. The two-dimensional La1−xSrxCoO3 films offer different oxygen evolution activities at different pH electrolyte solutions. The mechanisms behind the variations of the oxygen evolution activity were discussed after comparing the oxygen evolution activity before and after treatments of the electrodes and measurements by various test methods. The results of this study offer a promising, low-cost electrode material for the efficient OER and a sustainable production of hydrogen fuel.

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  1. Henan Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Materials, School of Physics and Electronics, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China

    XiaoShuo Wang, MengXin Li, TianLi Wu & WeiFeng Zhang

  2. School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China

    Liang Zhou, Yi Luo & HaiZhong Guo

  3. Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF), Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201204, China

    TieYing Yang & XiaoLong Li

  4. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Kui-Juan Jin, Er-Jia Guo, LiFen Wang & XueDong Bai

  5. Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Er-Jia Guo

  6. Collaborative Innovation Center of Light Manipulations and Applications, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250358, China

    HaiZhong Guo

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11574365, and 11974099), and the Program for the Innovation Team of Science and Technology in University of Henan (Grant No. 20IRTSTHN014). The authors thank the beam line BL14B1 (Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility) for providing the beam time and helps during experiments.

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Wang, X., Zhou, L., Li, M. et al. Surface protonation and oxygen evolution activity of epitaxial La1−xSrxCoO3 thin films. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 63, 297011 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-019-1508-2

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