Citation: Liyang Lv, Bing Tang, Qianqian Ji, Na Li, Yao Wang, Sihua Feng, Hengli Duan, Chao Wang, Hao Tan, Wensheng Yan. Highly exposed NiFeO_x nanoclusters supported on boron doped carbon nanotubes for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2023, 34(3): 107524. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.05.038 shu

Highly exposed NiFeO_x nanoclusters supported on boron doped carbon nanotubes for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction

National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

talkhao@ustc.edu.cn

ywsh2000@ustc.edu.cn

Received Date: 4 January 2022
Revised Date: 14 March 2022
Accepted Date: 12 May 2022
Available Online: 16 May 2022

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The development of efficient and cost-effective electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is crucial for the overall water splitting. Herein, we prepared a highly exposed NiFeO_x ultra-small nanoclusters supported on boron-doped carbon nonotubes catalyst, which achieves a 10 mA/cm² anodic current density at a low overpotential of 213 mV and the Tafel slope of 52 mV/dec in 1.0 mol/L KOH, superior to the pristine NiFeO_x-CNTs and other state-of-the-art OER catalysts in alkaline media. A combination study (XPS, sXAS and XAFS) verifies that the local atomic structure of Ni and Fe atoms in the nanoclusters are similar to NiO and Fe₂O₃, respectively, and the B atoms which are doped into the crystal lattice of CNTs leads to the optimization of Ni 3d e_g orbitals. Furthermore, in-situ X-ray absorption spectroscopies reveal that the high valence state of Ni atoms are served as the real active sites. This work highlights that the precise control of highly exposed multicomponent nanocluster catalysts paves a new way for designing highly efficient catalysts at the atomic scale.
- Highly exposed,
- Electrocatalyst,
- In-situ XAFS,
- B-dope CNTs,
- Ni-Fe oxides
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