Abstract

Perovskite oxides have been considered promising oxygen catalysts foroxygen reduction and evolution reactions (ORR and OER), owing to structural and compositional flexibility, and tailorable properties. Ingenious B-site ordered La1.5Sr0.5NiMn0.5Fe0.5O6 (LSNMF) double perovskite is strategically designed by simultaneously interposing Ni0.5Mn0.5 and Ni0.5Fe0.5 into B' and B″ sites. Controlling B-site cation systematically tailors the electronic structure of the B-site cation with a d-band center (Md) upshift close to the Fermi level, increasing the overlap of the Md center and O 2p center (OP). The strong interaction of Md and Op facilitates the adsorption of oxygen and activates the lattice oxygen to participate in the OER process, thereby enhancing the ORR and OER activity. For ORR, LSNMF exhibited an onset potential of 0.9V along with a high limiting current of -8.05mAcm-2. At the same time, for OER at 1m KOH, LSNMF effectively reached a maximum current density of 3000mAcm-2. Most importantly, the difference between EORR (at -1mAcm-2) and EOER (at 10mAcm-2), ΔE is 0.69V, which stands among the best of recently reported perovskites. The as-designed LSNMF is stable, efficient, lucrative, and a promising candidate for practical application.

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