A Unique Etching-Doping Route to Fe/Mo Co-Doped Ni Oxyhydroxide Catalyst for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Fe-doped Ni (oxy)hydroxide shows intriguing activity toward oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline solution, yet it remains challenging to further boost its performance. In this work, a ferric/molybdate (Fe /MoO ) co-doping strategy is reported to promote the OER activity of Ni oxyhydroxide. Th...

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Published in:Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Germany), 2023-09, Vol.19 (37), p.e2301267-e2301267
Main Authors: Wei, Yunpeng, Yi, Lingya, Wang, Rongfei, Li, Junying, Li, Dazhi, Li, Tianhao, Sun, Wei, Hu, Weihua
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Catalysts
Doping
Hydroxides
Iron
Iron compounds
Metal foams
Molybdenum
Nanostructure
Nanotechnology
Nickel compounds
Oxidation
Oxygen evolution reactions
Oxygen plasma
Phase transitions
Plasma etching
Raman spectroscopy
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Summary:Fe-doped Ni (oxy)hydroxide shows intriguing activity toward oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline solution, yet it remains challenging to further boost its performance. In this work, a ferric/molybdate (Fe /MoO ) co-doping strategy is reported to promote the OER activity of Ni oxyhydroxide. The reinforced Fe/Mo-doped Ni oxyhydroxide catalyst supported by nickel foam (p-NiFeMo/NF) is synthesized via a unique oxygen plasma etching-electrochemical doping route, in which precursor Ni(OH) nanosheets are first etched by oxygen plasma to form defect-rich amorphous nanosheets, followed by electrochemical cycling to trigger simultaneously Fe /MoO co-doping and phase transition. This p-NiFeMo/NF catalyst requires an overpotential of only 274 mV to reach 100 mA cm in alkaline media, exhibiting significantly enhanced OER activity compared to NiFe layered double hydroxide (LDH) catalyst and other analogs. Its activity does not fade even after 72 h uninterrupted operation. In situ Raman analysis reveals that the intercalation of MoO is able to prevent the over-oxidation of NiOOH matrix from β to γ phase, thus keeping the Fe-doped NiOOH at the most active state.
ISSN:1613-6810
1613-6829
DOI:10.1002/smll.202301267