Composition-controlled chemical bath deposition of Fe-doped NiO microflowers for boosting oxygen evolution reaction

Data di pubblicazione: 15 Feb 2023

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Autori: Sergio Battiato, Anna Lucia Pellegrino, Antonino Pollicino, Antonio Terrasi, Salvo Mirabella

Water electrolysis for green hydrogen production is gaining tremendous attention in the quest towards sustainable energy sources. At the heart of water splitting technology are the electrocatalysts, which facilitate the two half-cell reactions, i.e., the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER), with the latter being the most thermodynamically uphill. Herein, we managed to fabricate Ni1-xFexO microflowers (μFs) with varying % of Fe doping (0 < x < 0.36) via an easy chemical bath deposition (CBD) method. The as-synthesized μFs drop-casted on graphene paper (GP) are then applied as electrocatalysts for OER. Compared to contrast catalysts, the electrocatalyst with xFe = 0.1 exhibits a lower overpotential of 297 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm−2, Tafel slope of 44 mV dec−1 and unprecedented turnover frequency of 4.6 s−1 at 300 mV. It is believed that this remarkable electrochemical …

Fonte
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume
48
Fascicolo
48
Pagine
18291-18300
Citazioni
26
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