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Lamella-heterostructured nanoporous bimetallic iron-cobalt alloy/oxyhydroxide and cerium oxynitride electrodes as stable catalysts for oxygen evolution

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  • Shu-Pei Zeng

    (Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University)

  • Hang Shi

    (Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University)

  • Tian-Yi Dai

    (Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University)

  • Yang Liu

    (Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University)

  • Zi Wen

    (Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University)

  • Gao-Feng Han

    (Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University)

  • Tong-Hui Wang

    (Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University)

  • Wei Zhang

    (Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University)

  • Xing-You Lang

    (Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University)

  • Wei-Tao Zheng

    (Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University)

  • Qing Jiang

    (Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University)

Abstract

Developing robust nonprecious-metal electrocatalysts with high activity towards sluggish oxygen-evolution reaction is paramount for large-scale hydrogen production via electrochemical water splitting. Here we report that self-supported laminate composite electrodes composed of alternating nanoporous bimetallic iron-cobalt alloy/oxyhydroxide and cerium oxynitride (FeCo/CeO2−xNx) heterolamellas hold great promise as highly efficient electrocatalysts for alkaline oxygen-evolution reaction. By virtue of three-dimensional nanoporous architecture to offer abundant and accessible electroactive CoFeOOH/CeO2−xNx heterostructure interfaces through facilitating electron transfer and mass transport, nanoporous FeCo/CeO2−xNx composite electrodes exhibit superior oxygen-evolution electrocatalysis in 1 M KOH, with ultralow Tafel slope of ~33 mV dec−1. At overpotential of as low as 360 mV, they reach >3900 mA cm−2 and retain exceptional stability at ~1900 mA cm−2 for >1000 h, outperforming commercial RuO2 and some representative oxygen-evolution-reaction catalysts recently reported. These electrochemical properties make them attractive candidates as oxygen-evolution-reaction electrocatalysts in electrolysis of water for large-scale hydrogen generation.

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  • Shu-Pei Zeng & Hang Shi & Tian-Yi Dai & Yang Liu & Zi Wen & Gao-Feng Han & Tong-Hui Wang & Wei Zhang & Xing-You Lang & Wei-Tao Zheng & Qing Jiang, 2023. "Lamella-heterostructured nanoporous bimetallic iron-cobalt alloy/oxyhydroxide and cerium oxynitride electrodes as stable catalysts for oxygen evolution," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-37597-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37597-4
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