Additively manufactured 316L stainless steel: An efficient electrocatalyst

M. J.K. Lodhi, K. M. Deen, Waseem Haider

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Abstract

In the quest of finding an economical, yet efficient material, the idea of fabricating 316L stainless steel using additive manufacturing technology was explored to produce material with refined sub-granular structure. The surface of the stainless steel was further chemically treated with an etching solution to expose the grain boundaries. The grain boundary enriched surface resulted in more active sites for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in additively manufactured treated (AM-T) 316L stainless steel. AM-T sample manifests enhanced catalytic activity for OER with an overpotential of 310 mV to draw a 10 mA/cm2 current density, along with a lower Tafel slope of 42 mV/dec compared to AM and wrought samples. These features were validated from the increased double-layer capacitance of AM-T and approximately 1.5 times larger electrochemically effective surface area of AM-T due to etching treatment compared to the wrought sample. Furthermore, AM-T also possesses stable activity retention for 100 h at a current density of 10 mA/cm2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)24698-24704
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume44
Issue number45
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 20 2019

Keywords

  • Additive manufacturing
  • OER
  • Overpotential
  • Stainless steel

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