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Citation: WEI Zhenye, MENG Junling, WANG Haocong, ZHANG Wenwen, LIU Xiaojuan, MENG Jian. Improving the Electrocatalytic Activity of La2NiO4+δ Cathode by Surface Modification with Conformal Heterojunction[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry, ;2020, 37(8): 939-951. doi: 10.11944/j.issn.1000-0518.2020.08.200044 shu

Improving the Electrocatalytic Activity of La2NiO4+δ Cathode by Surface Modification with Conformal Heterojunction

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    State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of AppliedChemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China

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    University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

  • Corresponding author: MENG Junling, mengjunling@ciac.ac.cn LIU Xiaojuan, lxjuan@ciac.ac.cn
  • Received Date: 17 February 2020
    Revised Date: 23 March 2020
    Accepted Date: 28 April 2020

    Fund Project: the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21571174, No.21590794), and the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Jilin(No.20190201106JC)the National Natural Science Foundation of China 21571174the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Jilin 20190201106JCthe National Natural Science Foundation of China 21590794

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  • Tuning the existing cathode surface to construct a hetero-interface configuration has been widely applied to improve its oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity. Here we report our findings on effective acceleration of the ORR kinetics of La2NiO4+δ (LNO) cathode by conformal Pr2NiO4+δ (PNO) modification. Meanwhile, the mechanism of the surface modification on ORR activity is revealed. Firstly, a highly active (110) plane for oxygen reduction emerges under LNO deposition. Secondly, the PNO modified layer with~5 nm thick displays the smallest polarization resistance, which is 21 times less than that of LNO (~5 nm) referenced cathode. Meanwhile, PNO (~5 nm) heterojunction exhibits an alerted ORR kinetics because of different oxygen defect chemistries of the top layer, in which the porous LNO backbone provides a pathway to favorably transport both of oxygen ions and electrons, while the PNO decorating offers rich surface oxygen defects to further enhance the ORR activity.
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