Citation: Shengxia Yang, Yukang Pan, Tianyu Kong, Chaoran Jia, Yueyang Cui, Xuehua Li, Yannan Zhou, Haijun Liu, Xinyu Zhang, Bin Dong, Qunwei Tang. Ru and S co-modification-induced synergistic morphology and electronic engineering of nickel-iron hydroxide with efficient oxygen evolution[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2025, 36(12): 111540. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111540 shu

Ru and S co-modification-induced synergistic morphology and electronic engineering of nickel-iron hydroxide with efficient oxygen evolution

Shengxia Yang ^a ,
Yukang Pan ^a ,
Tianyu Kong ^a ,
Chaoran Jia ^a ,
Yueyang Cui ^a ,
Xuehua Li ^a ,
Yannan Zhou ^a ,
Haijun Liu ^a ,
Xinyu Zhang ^{a, *,} ,
Bin Dong ^b ,
Qunwei Tang ^{a, *,}

a.
Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
b.
State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China

skd994791@sdust.edu.cn

tangqunwei@sdust.edu.cn

Received Date: 10 April 2025
Revised Date: 28 June 2025
Accepted Date: 2 July 2025
Available Online: 3 July 2025

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Synchronously achieving morphological and electronic engineering control is crucial but challenging for enhancing the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance of nickel-iron based catalysts. Herein, a ruthenium and sulfur co-modified nickel-iron hydroxide (S_ARu_T-FeNiOH_x-5h) was synthesized by a distributed room-temperature impregnation method. It was found that the solubility product difference between ruthenium and nickel-iron hydroxide can promote the rapid nucleation of the catalyst and form finer nanosheet structures, thereby increasing 1.25 times for the contact area between the catalyst and the electrolyte. Meanwhile, the subsequent deposition of sulfur can act as an electronic modulator, promoting the transfer of surface charge at nickel sites and increasing the oxidation state of nickel. Theoretical calculations indicate that the combination of ruthenium and sulfur can effectively optimize the OER reaction pathway and lower the activation energy barrier of the rate-determining step, endowing S_ARu_T-FeNiOH_x-5h an excellent OER performance with a low overpotential of 253 mV at 1000 mA/cm² and long-term stability (500 h). In the future, it is hoped that this strategy of synergistic control of morphology and electronic structure can be applied to the development of other highly active catalysts.
- S and Ru co-regulation,
- Nickel-iron hydroxide,
- Alkaline medium,
- Oxygen evolution reaction,
- Morphology,
- Electronic engineering
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