Role of amorphous engineering and cerium doping in NiFe oxyhydroxide for electrocatalytic water oxidation

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Amorphous engineering and atomistic doping provide an effective way to improve the catalytic activity in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) of transition metal layered double hydroxides. Herein, Cerium (Ce) was introduced into NiFe-based oxyhydroxide using a modified aqueous sol-gel procedure. Ce as an electron acceptor promoted the coupling oxidation of Ni2+/3+ in NiFe oxyhydroxide, and the activated oxyhydroxide showed excellent catalytic activity in OER. The amorphous NiFeCe oxyhydroxide electrocatalyst demonstrated great modified OER catalytic activity under alkaline conditions and excellent cyclic stability, with an overpotential of only 284 mV at 50 mA cm-2, which was significantly better than amorphous NiFe oxyhydroxide and crystalline NiFeCe oxyhydroxide. Theoretical investigations further indicated that the overpotential of the rate-determining step (*OOH deprotonation) decreased from 0.66 to 0.41 V after Ce doping and strong electron interaction, effectively reducing the dependence of proton activity in the solution of OER, and optimizing the adsorption/desorption process of related oxygen-containing species in the reaction. This work also provides a good reference for optimizing OER activity by using rare-earth-metal induced electronic regulation strategies.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:663

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Journal of colloid and interface science - 663(2024) vom: 19. März, Seite 280-286

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bai, Jirong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Changfan [VerfasserIn]
Lian, Yuebin [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Yaoyao [VerfasserIn]
Xiang, Mei [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Quanfa [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Yawen [VerfasserIn]
Su, Yaqiong [VerfasserIn]

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Amorphous engineering
Ce doping
Journal Article
NiFe oxyhydroxide
Oxygen evolution reaction

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Date Revised 20.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jcis.2024.02.093

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NLM368928012