Highly defective CeO2 as a promoter for efficient and stable water oxidation

• DOI: 10.1039/c4ta05770h
• Publication Date: 2014-11-11T12:04:52Z
• Authors: Fengli Liang; Ying Yu; Wei Zhou; Xiaoyong Xu; Zhonghua Zhu
• Keywords: Oxygen evolution

A highly defective CeO₂ supported RuO₂ as an electrocatalyst shows improved OER activity and stability in alkaline media. This improvement likely originates from the oxidative oxygen species O₂²⁻/O⁻ formed CeO₂, which can easily migrate “spillover” to surface of during process.