Author:
Du Yuan,Hao Liu,Zixuan Wang,Xi Wang,Guirong Miao,Xu Wu
Abstract
β-PbO2 is an important high oxygen overpotential anode coating material. Further study on nanoscale β-PbO2 with higher performance and lower cost is a critical issue in order to develop the electrochemical ozone generator. Herein, an improved β-PbO2 nanoparticles synthesizing strategy based on the traditional Pb(OAc)4 hydrolysis method is proposed in this work, which is more scalable for industrial-scale production compared with existed nano β-PbO2 synthesizing methods. The possible mechanism of synthesizing β-PbO2 nanoparticles via Pb(OAc)4 hydrolysis was discussed for the first time. Based on the proposed mechanism, the size and morphology of the β-PbO2 nanoparticles were effectively controlled, and alternative raw material that can significantly reduce costs was developed. SEM, TEM, XRD, and XPS results indicate that pure phase β-PbO2 nanoparticles range from 10–30 nm were obtained. In addition, the use of alternative raw materials reduces the cost by 90%–95% compared to the traditional Pb(OAc)4 hydrolysis method. The β-PbO2 nanoparticles showed good ozone generation performances. The energy consumption per unit ozone of the β-PbO2 nanoparticles is reduced by 51.9% at the optimized operation condition than the reference PbO2 particles used for comparison.
Publisher
The Electrochemical Society
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Electrochemistry,Surfaces, Coatings and Films,Condensed Matter Physics,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Cited by
4 articles.
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