Preparation of Ni-Fe alloy foam for oxygen evolution reaction

YANG Xiao-meng; LI Zuo-peng; QIN Jun; WU Mei-xia; LIU Jia-li; GUO Yong; MA Yan-qing; FENG Feng

doi:10.1016/S1872-5813(21)60084-1

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YANG Xiao-meng, LI Zuo-peng, QIN Jun, WU Mei-xia, LIU Jia-li, GUO Yong, MA Yan-qing, FENG Feng. Preparation of Ni-Fe alloy foam for oxygen evolution reaction[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2021, 49(6): 827-834. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(21)60084-1

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YANG Xiao-meng, LI Zuo-peng, QIN Jun, WU Mei-xia, LIU Jia-li, GUO Yong, MA Yan-qing, FENG Feng. Preparation of Ni-Fe alloy foam for oxygen evolution reaction[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2021, 49(6): 827-834. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(21)60084-1

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Preparation of Ni-Fe alloy foam for oxygen evolution reaction

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(21)60084-1

YANG Xiao-meng^1
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LI Zuo-peng^{1
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QIN Jun¹,
WU Mei-xia¹,
LIU Jia-li¹,
GUO Yong¹,
MA Yan-qing^{2
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FENG Feng^{1
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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi Datong University, Datong 037009, China
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Tianjin International Center for Nanoparticles and Nanosystems, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

Funds: The project was supported by Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi (201701D121016, 201901D111310), the Science and Technology Innovation Project of Shanxi Province University (2020L0478) and Natural Science Foundation of Datong (201819, 2019160)

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Corresponding author: Tel. & Fax: +86-352-7158185; E-mail address: lizuopeng@126.com; mayanqing@tju.edu.cn; feng-feng64@263.net
Received Date: 2020-11-17
Rev Recd Date: 2021-01-01

Available Online: 2021-04-19

Publish Date: 2021-06-30

Abstract

Abstract

NiFe oxyhydroxide and hydroxide have been proven to be efficient and earth-abundant non-noble metal catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). However, the fragile nature of these oxyhydroxides or hydroxides severely reduces the long-term stability and hinders the industrial applications. Meanwhile, the poor electrical conductivity of these materials also has seriously led to the higher overpotential when applying to the OER. Herein, a novel method using polyurethane (PU) sponge as electroplating was carried out to design NiFe alloy foam with different Fe content for OER. The physical properties of NiFe alloy foams were characterized by Scanning Electronic Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive System (EDS) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), respectively, suggesting that the porous NiFe alloy is formed with uniform distribution of Ni and Fe. The OER performance was tested by Cyclic Voltammetry (CV), Linear Sweep Voltammetry (LSV), Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), I-t, etc. The results showed that the doped Fe could significantly improve the conductivity and OER performance of Ni foam. The NiFe alloy foam with 30% Fe exhibited 292 mV overpotential at 10 mA/cm² and the Tafel slope 126.12 mV/decade in alkaline solution with excellent long-term stability. Without any complex electrode preparation processes and binders, NiFe alloy foam is much convenient to use as anode of water splitting in alkaline media for industrial applications.
- OER,
- NiFe alloy foam,
- porous structure,
- water splitting

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