Water oxidation catalysis: an amorphous quaternary Ba-Sr-Co-Fe oxide as a promising electrocatalyst for the oxygen-evolution reaction

Cuijuan Zhang; Curtis P Berlinguette; Simon Trudel

doi:10.1039/c5cc09361a

Water oxidation catalysis: an amorphous quaternary Ba-Sr-Co-Fe oxide as a promising electrocatalyst for the oxygen-evolution reaction

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Jan 25;52(7):1513-6. doi: 10.1039/c5cc09361a. Epub 2015 Dec 10.

Authors

Cuijuan Zhang¹, Curtis P Berlinguette, Simon Trudel

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Solar Materials, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4. trudels@ucalgary.ca.

PMID: 26659269
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc09361a

Abstract

We present an amorphous quaternary Ba-Sr-Co-Fe oxide (a-BSCF) with a specific stoichiometry, readily fabricated via a photochemical decomposition method. a-BSCF demonstrates high catalytic activity towards the oxygen-evolution reaction (OER).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't