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DOE OSTI2025

Optimizing Hybrid-Phase IrO2 Catalysts with Ti for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis

To realize a sustainable energy transition, water electrolysis-particularly proton exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE)-holds significant promise. However, practical deployment is hindered by the cost and instability of the anode catalyst, IrO2. Recent studies indicate that tuning the Ir-O bond distance, via doping or composite formation, is key to enhancing the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance of IrO2-based electrocatalysts. Herein, a hybrid-phase Ti-incorporated IrO2 electrocatalyst is developed, exhibiting outstanding OER activity (298.8 mV at 100 mA cm-2) and stability over 25 h. This improvement originates from asymmetric interatomic interactions introduced by Ti, as revealed by combined experimental X-ray analyses and theoretical modeling. Ti incorporation induces tensile strain along the z-axis in IrO2 motifs, effectively reducing the average Ir-O bond distance and thereby enhancing OER activity. In situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy further confirms that at 1.5 V (vs. RHE), the elongated Ir-O bond facilitates -OOH* intermediate formation while suppressing Ir dissolution, contributing to superior stability. These findings underscore the critical role of Ir-O bond engineering in balancing activity and durability, offering strategic insights for the rational design of high-performance OER catalysts for renewable energy technologies.

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DOE OSTI2021

Increasing Iridium Oxide Activity for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction with Hafnium Modification

Synthesis and implementation of highly active, stable, and affordable electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a major challenge in developing energy efficient and economically viable energy conversion devices such as electrolyzers, rechargeable metal-air batteries, and regenerative fuel cells. The current benchmark electrocatalyst for OER is based on iridium oxide (IrO x ) due to its superior performance and excellent stability. However, large scale applications using IrO x are impractical due to its low abundance and high cost. In this work, we report a highly active hafnium-modified iridium oxide (IrHf x O y ) electrocatalyst for OER. The IrHf x O y electrocatalyst demonstrated ten times higher activity in alkaline conditions (pH = 11) and four times higher activity in acid conditions (pH = 1) than a IrO x electrocatalyst. The highest intrinsic mass activity of the IrHf x O y catalyst in acid conditions was calculated as 6950 A gIrO x -1 at an overpotential (η) of 0.3 V. Combined studies utilizing operando surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and DFT calculations revealed that the active sites for OER are the Ir-O species for both IrO x and IrHf x O y catalysts. The presence of Hf sites leads to more negative charge states on nearby O sites, and shortening the bond lengths of Ir-O, and lowering free energies for OER intermediates to accelerate the OER process.

37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CH↗
DOE OSTI2025

Supported Organoiridium-Pincer Catalysts for the Nonoxidative Dehydrogenation of High-Density Polyethylene

The iridium-pincer complex {p-OP( t Bu) 2 -C 6 H 2 -2,6-OP( t Bu) 2 ] 2 }Ir(C 2 H 4 ) ( P [Ir]) has been reported as a stable and active catalyst toward alkane dehydrogenation in homogeneous and supported heterogeneous systems. Dehydrogenation has been shown as a practical method toward functional polyolefins, with dehydrogenated high-density polyethylene (deHDPE) demonstrated as a valuable synthon for upcycling, as orthogonal C-H strategies are key to end-of-life upcycling. The heterogenization of P [Ir] on oxides (SiO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , and TiO 2 ; P [Ir]/E y O x ) yields a mixture of organometallic Ir-fragments whose catalytic nonoxidative dehydrogenation activity is modulated by the binding modes of the active metal on the surface. The binding mode was elucidated by a combination of solid-state NMR and XAFS analyses and supported by DFT calculations. Surface binding through the ligand enables active organoiridium that catalyzes internal olefination of deHDPE up to 1.23 mol % at 200 °C under dynamic vacuum. Alternatively, when the organoiridium is bonded though the metal center (Ir-O SiO ), catalyst activity is negligible. Furthermore, the catalytic activity of P [Ir]/SiO 2 showed comparable reactivity with the homogeneous analogue under the same catalytic conditions, and the heterogenized catalyst can be reused up to three cycles. In conclusion, this work highlights the importance of understanding how organometallic precursors react with hydroxylated metal oxide surfaces to establish structure-property relationships.

Hunt, Samuel B. [Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)↗
DOE OSTI2021

Enhanced hybridization in the electronic ground state of the intercalated honeycomb iridate Ag 3 LiIr 2 O 6

In this work, we use x-ray spectroscopy at the Ir L 3 /L 2 absorption edge to study powder samples of the intercalated honeycomb magnet Ag 3 LiIr 2 O 6 . Based on x-ray absorption and resonant inelastic x-ray scattering measurements, and exact diagonalization calculations including nearest-neighbor Ir-Ir electron hopping integrals, we argue that the intercalation of Ag atoms results in a delocalized electronic structure with enhanced Ir-O hybridization, departing from the local relativistic j eff =1/2 state. We find that the relative orbital contribution to the magnetic moment is increased and the magnetization density is spatially extended and asymmetric in this hybridized state. Our results confirm the importance of metal-ligand hybridization in the magnetism of transition metal oxides and provide empirical guidance for understanding the collective magnetism in intercalated honeycomb iridates.

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DOE OSTI2020

Materials Data on IrO2 by Materials Project

IrO2 is Hydrophilite structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal P4_2/mnm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ir4+ is bonded to six equivalent O2- atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing IrO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 52°. There are two shorter (1.98 Å) and four longer (2.02 Å) Ir–O bond lengths. O2- is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent Ir4+ atoms.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2020

Materials Data on IrO2 by Materials Project

IrO2 is beta Vanadium nitride-like structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal I4_1/amd space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ir4+ is bonded to six equivalent O2- atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing IrO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 23°. There are four shorter (2.00 Å) and two longer (2.05 Å) Ir–O bond lengths. O2- is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to three equivalent Ir4+ atoms.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2020

Materials Data on IrO3 by Materials Project

IrO3 is alpha Rhenium trioxide structured and crystallizes in the cubic Pm-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ir is bonded to six equivalent O atoms to form corner-sharing IrO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. All Ir–O bond lengths are 1.90 Å. O is bonded in a linear geometry to two equivalent Ir atoms.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2020

Materials Data on IrO3 by Materials Project

IrO3 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Amm2 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ir is bonded to six O atoms to form corner-sharing IrO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–41°. There are a spread of Ir–O bond distances ranging from 1.88–1.97 Å. There are four inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to two equivalent Ir atoms. In the second O site, O is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to two equivalent Ir atoms. In the third O site, O is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to two equivalent Ir atoms. In the fourth O site, O is bonded in a linear geometry to two equivalent Ir atoms.

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