Sr‐Doped Double Perovskite La2CoMnO6 to Promote the Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity

Abstract

AbstractDeveloping effective electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is crucial for exploring clean fuels. Owing to the flexible structure and unique 3d electron structure, perovskite has been considered as a promising candidate for OER electrocatalyst. Here, we report a range of A‐site partially substituted perovskite obtained via a facile sol‐gel method, La2‐xSrxCoMnO6 (x=0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0, LSCMO‐x). LSCMO‐x has been proved to have better OER performances. Therein, LSCMO‐0.8 shows the best OER catalytic performance among these A‐site partially substituted perovskites. The OER overpotential of LSCMO‐0.8 catalyst is 0.39 V, which is reduced by 80 mV compared to parent perovskite La2CoMnO6 (LCMO, 0.47 V). The experimental studies have shown that LSCMO‐0.8 exhibits a higher content of oxygen vacancies compared with LCMO, which may be the factor for the enhanced OER activity. Meanwhile, it is revealed that Sr doped in the A site can efficiently optimize the eg orbit filling. This work manifests that doping Sr into perovskites appropriately is an effective strategy for the improvement of OER activity.