Oxidized Mild Steel S235: An Efficient Anode for Electrocatalytically Initiated Water Splitting
| Autor(en): | Schaefer, Helmut Kuepper, Karsten Wollschlaeger, Joachim Kashaev, Nikolai Hardege, Joerg Walder, Lorenz Beladi-Mousavi, Seyyed Mohsen Hartmann-Azanza, Brigitte Steinhart, Martin Sadaf, Shamaila Dorn, Falk |
Stichwörter: | ALKALINE; CATALYSTS; Chemistry; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; electrochemistry; Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; iron; IRON ELECTRODES; manganese; MECHANISM; NICKEL; OXIDE; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; renewable resources; Science & Technology - Other Topics; STAINLESS-STEEL; SURFACE OXIDATION; THIN-FILMS; water splitting | Erscheinungsdatum: | 2015 | Herausgeber: | WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH | Journal: | CHEMSUSCHEM | Volumen: | 8 | Ausgabe: | 18 | Startseite: | 3099 | Seitenende: | 3110 | Zusammenfassung: | The surface of steel S235 was oxidized by Cl-2 gas and checked for its electrocatalytic efficiency regarding oxygen formation in aqueous solution. If exposed to humid Cl-2 gas for 110 min, steel S235 became an electrocatalyst that exhibits an overpotential for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) of 462 mV at 1 mAcm(-2) at pH 7. The OER activity of the same sample at pH 13 was moderate (347 mV overpotential at 2.0 mA cm(-2) current density) in comparison with OER electrocatalysts developed recently. Potential versus time plots measured at a constant current demonstrate the sufficient stability of all samples under catalysis conditions at pH 7 and 13 for tens of hours. High-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectra could be reasonably resolved with the proviso that Fe2O3, FeO(OH), MnO(OH), and Mn2O3 are the predominant Fe and Mn species on the surface of the oxidized steel S235. |
ISSN: | 18645631 | DOI: | 10.1002/cssc.201500666 |
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