Abstract
Great efforts have been made to understand and upgrade the kinetically sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER). In this study, a series of V-doped LaCoO3 (V-LCO) OER electrocatalysts with optimized d-band centers are fabricated. When utilized as an electrode for the OER, as-formed LaCo0.8 V0.2 O3 (V-LCO-II) requires an overpotential of only 306 mV to drive a geometrical catalytic current density of 10 mA cm-2 . Furthermore, at a given overpotential of 350 mV, the OER current density of V-LCO-II is about 22 times that of pure LaCoO3 (LCO) nanoparticles. Tailoring of the d-band center by V doping facilitates the adsorption of OER intermediates and promotes the formation of amorphous active species on the surface of LCO through the exchange interaction between high-spin V4+ and low-spin Co2+ . This work may create new opportunities for developing other highly active OER catalysts through d-band center engineering.
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