Corrosion formation and phase transformation of nickel-iron hydroxide nanosheets array for efficient water oxidation
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Designing earth-abundant electrocatalysts with high performance towards water oxidation is highly decisive for the sustainable energy technologies. This study develops a facile natural corrosion approach to fabricate nickel-iron hydroxides for water oxidation. The resulted electrode demonstrates an outstanding activity and stability with an overpotential of 275 mV to deliver 10 mA·cm-2. Experimental and theoretical results suggest the corrosion-induced formation of hydroxides and their transformation to oxyhydroxides would account for this excellent performance. This work not only provides an interesting corrosion approach for the fabrication of excellent water oxidation electrode, but also bridges traditional corrosion engineering and novel materials fabrication, which would offer some insights in the innovative principles for nanomaterials and energy technologies.
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Corrosion formation and phase transformation of nickel-iron hydroxide nanosheets array for efficient water oxidation
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Designing earth-abundant electrocatalysts with high performance towards water oxidation is highly decisive for the sustainable energy technologies. This study develops a facile natural corrosion approach to fabricate nickel-iron hydroxides for water oxidation. The resulted electrode demonstrates an outstanding activity and stability with an overpotential of 275 mV to deliver 10 mA·cm-2. Experimental and theoretical results suggest the corrosion-induced formation of hydroxides and their transformation to oxyhydroxides would account for this excellent performance. This work not only provides an interesting corrosion approach for the fabrication of excellent water oxidation electrode, but also bridges traditional corrosion engineering and novel materials fabrication, which would offer some insights in the innovative principles for nanomaterials and energy technologies.
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This work is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 22075092), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2018M642810), and the Program for HUST Academic Frontier Youth Team (No. 2018QYTD15). We also acknowledge the support of Analytical and Testing Center of Huazhong University of Science and Technology for Raman, SEM, and TEM measurements.
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