Professor John B. Goodenough started his research on perovskite type oxides working on random-access memory with ceramic [La,M(II)]MnO3 in the Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, more than 60 years ago. Since then perovskite-type oxides have played vital roles in the field of energy conversion and storage. In this review, a brief overview is given on the structure, defect chemistry, and transport properties of perovskite oxides, especially the mixed-valent materials with mixed electronic and ionic conductivities. The recent advances of perovskite oxides applications in the oxygen reduction reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, electrochemical water splitting reaction, metal–air batteries, solid-state batteries, oxygen separation membranes, and solid oxide fuel cells are highlighted. Moreover, some novel design strategies for optimizing performance, like interface engineering, defect engineering, strain modulation are discussed as well. Finally, a per- spective is given on how to design high-performance perovskite oxide based materials for energy conversion and storage applications as well as the chal- lenges involved in this task.

Perovskite-related materials can be dated back to 1839, when the mineral materials with perovskite structure were first studied. Perovskite oxides are a kind of important functional materials with excellent physical and chemical properties, which are widely utilized in ferroelectric, piezoelectric, dielectric, energy conversión and storage, and so on. As introduced in his autobioraphy book “Witness to Grace,” Professor John B. Goodenough has started his research on perovskite-type oxides more than 60 years ago. Besides the important contribution to lithium-ion bat- teries, Professor Goodenough’s research has been widely involved in perovskite oxide materials for energy conversion and storage applications. So far, perovskite- type oxides have played vital roles in the field of energy conversion and storage. In this review, we give a brief summary of the history, defect chemistry, structure and transport properties of perovskite oxides, especially the mixed-valent materials with mixed electronic and ionic conductivities. We highlighted the recent advances of perovskite oxides applications in oxygen evolution reaction (OER), oxygen reduc- tion reaction (ORR), electrochemical water splitting, metal–air batteries, solid-state batteries, oxygen separation membrane, and solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). Herein, we aim to give a tutorial review on the structure, properties, optimizing strategies and applications of perovskite oxides in energy conversion and storage, especially the recent progresses. In addition, we try to shed light on Pro- fessor Goodenough’s academic ideas on perovskite oxides.

AUTHORS:

Chunwen Sun, Jose A. Alonso, and Juanjuan Bian

COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS

• CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100083, China
• School of Nanoscience and Technology University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049, China
• Instituto de Ciencia de los Materiales de Madrid CSIC Cantoblanco, Madrid E-28049, Spain

CITATION:

Sun, J.A. Alonso, J. Bian, Recent Advances in Perovskite-Type Oxides for Energy Conversion and Storage Applications, Adv. Energy Mater. 11 (2021) 2000459. https://doi.org /10.1002/aenm.202000459.