Citation: LI Zuo-peng, SHANG Jian-peng, FU Wei, YANG Xiao-meng, LIU Wei, ZENG Jian-huang, GUO Yong, Feng FENG. In-situ electrodeposited flower-like NiFeO_xH_y/rGO on nickel foam for oxygen evolution reaction[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, ;2019, 47(9): 1083-1089. shu

In-situ electrodeposited flower-like NiFeO_xH_y/rGO on nickel foam for oxygen evolution reaction

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School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shanxi Datong University, Datong 037009, China
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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology; Guangdong Key Lab for Fuel Cell Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China

Corresponding author: SHANG Jian-peng, cejhzeng@scut.edu.cn Feng FENG, feng-feng64@263.net
Received Date: 20 May 2019
Revised Date: 22 July 2019

Fund Project: the National Natural Science Foundation of China 21073113Natural Science Foundation of Datong 201819Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi 201701D121016The project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21073113), Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi (201701D121016) and Natural Science Foundation of Datong (201819)

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Developing cost-effective electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in basic media is critical to hydrogen production from renewable energy. Herein, in-situ electrodeposited flower-like NiFeO_xH_y and NiFeO_xH_y/rGO composite electrocatalysts on Ni foam for OER are reported. The active sites of the flower-like electrocatalysts are increased significantly due to the enhanced NiFeO_xH_y surface areas and numerous exposed layered edges and edge defects. Reduced graphene oxide (rGO) has been introduced to fabricate NiFeO_xH_y/rGO composite film, further improving the conductivity and OER performance of the flower-like NiFeO_xH_y. The optimized NiFeO_xH_y/rGO exhibits superior OER performance with a Tafel slope of 29.11 mV/decade, an overpotential of 200 mV at 10 mA/cm² in 1 mol/L KOH and favorable long-term stability.
- oxygen evolution reactions,
- NiFeO_xH_y/rGO,
- electrocatalysis,
- flower-like
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