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Nano Research 2022, 15(12): 10014-10020 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4501-5
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Ir single atoms modified Ni(OH)2 nanosheets on hierarchical porous nickel foam for efficient oxygen evolution

Show Author's Information Chunxu Jia1,2,  Hao Qin1,2,  Chao Zhen1( ),  Huaze Zhu1,2,  Yongqiang Yang1,  Ali Han1,  Lianzhou Wang3,  Gang Liu1,2( ),  Hui-Ming Cheng1,4
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, China
Nanomaterials Centre, School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering/Institute of Technology for Carbon Neutrality, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Developing highly efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts for electrolytic water splitting is urgently desirable but remains a challenge due to sluggish kinetic process of water oxidation. Herein, we report a one-step electrodeposition strategy to prepare Ni(OH)2 modified with Ir single-atom catalysts (SACs) (Ir SACs/Ni(OH)2) on an electrically conductive substrate of three dimensional (3D) hierarchical porous nickel foam (HP-NF) as efficient OER electrocatalyst. The HP-NF with abundant open pores can not only enable the full exposure of catalytically active sites but also facilitate the diffusion of electrolyte and release of gaseous oxygen produced. The optimal Ir SACs/Ni(OH)2@HP-NF exhibits a remarkable catalytic performance and outstanding stability for the OER activity in 1.0 M KOH alkaline media, delivering a low overpotential of ~ 223 mV at a current density of 10 mA·cm−2 and a low Tafel plot of 58 mV·dec−1. Various characterizations together with control electrochemical experiments demonstrated that the superior activity and robust stability of Ir SACs/Ni(OH)2@HP-NF for OER are originated from the highly distributed and exposed Ir SACs and 3D interconnected pores of HP-NF with high electric conductivity.


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Ir single atoms modified Ni(OH)2 nanosheets on hierarchical porous nickel foam for efficient oxygen evolution

Show Author's information Chunxu Jia1,2, Hao Qin1,2, Chao Zhen1( ), Huaze Zhu1,2, Yongqiang Yang1, Ali Han1, Lianzhou Wang3, Gang Liu1,2( ), Hui-Ming Cheng1,4
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, China
Nanomaterials Centre, School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering/Institute of Technology for Carbon Neutrality, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China

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Developing highly efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts for electrolytic water splitting is urgently desirable but remains a challenge due to sluggish kinetic process of water oxidation. Herein, we report a one-step electrodeposition strategy to prepare Ni(OH)2 modified with Ir single-atom catalysts (SACs) (Ir SACs/Ni(OH)2) on an electrically conductive substrate of three dimensional (3D) hierarchical porous nickel foam (HP-NF) as efficient OER electrocatalyst. The HP-NF with abundant open pores can not only enable the full exposure of catalytically active sites but also facilitate the diffusion of electrolyte and release of gaseous oxygen produced. The optimal Ir SACs/Ni(OH)2@HP-NF exhibits a remarkable catalytic performance and outstanding stability for the OER activity in 1.0 M KOH alkaline media, delivering a low overpotential of ~ 223 mV at a current density of 10 mA·cm−2 and a low Tafel plot of 58 mV·dec−1. Various characterizations together with control electrochemical experiments demonstrated that the superior activity and robust stability of Ir SACs/Ni(OH)2@HP-NF for OER are originated from the highly distributed and exposed Ir SACs and 3D interconnected pores of HP-NF with high electric conductivity.

Keywords: electrocatalysis, oxygen evolution reaction, single-atom catalysts, hierarchical porous nickel

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Received: 13 April 2022
Revised: 01 May 2022
Accepted: 03 May 2022
Published: 08 July 2022
Issue date: December 2022

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The authors thank the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2021YFA1500800), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51825204, 52072377, and 521888101), the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. 2020192), the International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. 174321KYSB20200005), and the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province (No. 2021-MS-014) for the financial support.

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