Nature Communications (May 2019)

Na-doped ruthenium perovskite electrocatalysts with improved oxygen evolution activity and durability in acidic media

  • María Retuerto,
  • Laura Pascual,
  • Federico Calle-Vallejo,
  • Pilar Ferrer,
  • Diego Gianolio,
  • Amaru González Pereira,
  • Álvaro García,
  • Jorge Torrero,
  • María Teresa Fernández-Díaz,
  • Peter Bencok,
  • Miguel A. Peña,
  • José Luis G. Fierro,
  • Sergio Rojas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09791-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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While water splitting may afford a renewable means to store energy in chemical bonds, water oxidation catalysts suffer from poor stabilities in acidic media. Here, authors show sodium doping of strontium ruthenate to improve the catalytic durability while maintaining a high O2 evolution activity.