Bimetallic nickel-cobalt oxalate as highly efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction

SUN Jia-qi; MA Zi-zai; ZHOU Bing; YANG Jie; WANG Xiao-guang

doi:10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2022032

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SUN Jia-qi, MA Zi-zai, ZHOU Bing, YANG Jie, WANG Xiao-guang. Bimetallic nickel-cobalt oxalate as highly efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2022, 50(10): 1278-1287. doi: 10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2022032

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SUN Jia-qi, MA Zi-zai, ZHOU Bing, YANG Jie, WANG Xiao-guang. Bimetallic nickel-cobalt oxalate as highly efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2022, 50(10): 1278-1287. doi: 10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2022032

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Bimetallic nickel-cobalt oxalate as highly efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction

doi: 10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2022032

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College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology， Taiyuan 030024, China
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Shanxi Key Laboratory of Gas Energy Efficient and Clean Utilization, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China

Funds: The project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21878201, 22008165) and the 7th Youth Talent Support Program of Shanxi Province.

Received Date: 2022-02-04
Accepted Date: 2022-04-07
Rev Recd Date: 2022-03-27

Available Online: 2022-04-28

Publish Date: 2022-10-31

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Developing highly active and non-noble-metal electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is expected to accomplish efficient water splitting hydrogen production and promote the commercial utilization of hydrogen energy. We in-situ fabricated bimetallic NiC₂O₄-Co electrocatalyst on nickel foam (NF) by a facile one-step solvothermal method in this work. NiC₂O₄-Co1 self-supported electrocatalyst presents superb OER performance with a low overpotential of 278 mV at 10 mA/cm² and a Tafel slope of 65 mV/dec, accompanied by excellent stability in 1 mol/L KOH electrolyte. The superior catalytic activity of bimetallic NiC₂O₄-Co electrocatalyst is attributed to optimized electronic structure, high specific surface area, rapid interfacial charge transfer and the synergistic effect between Ni sites and Co sites during OER process.
- bi-metal,
- oxalate,
- electrocatalyst,
- oxygen evolution reaction

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