Issue 24, 2021

Graphene-coated nanoporous nickel towards a metal-catalyzed oxygen evolution reaction

Abstract

Developing highly active electrocatalysts with low costs and long durability for oxygen evolution reactions (OERs) is crucial towards the practical implementations of electrocatalytic water-splitting and rechargeable metal–air batteries. Anodized nanostructured 3d transition metals and alloys with the formation of OER-active oxides/hydroxides are known to have high catalytic activity towards OERs but suffer from poor electrical conductivity and electrochemical stability in harsh oxidation environments. Here we report that high OER activity can be achieved from the metallic state of Ni which is passivated by atomically thick graphene in a three-dimensional nanoporous architecture. As a free-standing catalytic anode, the non-oxide transition metal catalyst shows a low OER overpotential, high OER current density and long cycling lifetime in alkaline solutions, benefiting from the high electrical conductivity and low impedance resistance for charge transfer and transport. This study may pave a new way to develop high efficiency transition metal OER catalysts for a wide range of applications in renewable energy.

Graphical abstract: Graphene-coated nanoporous nickel towards a metal-catalyzed oxygen evolution reaction

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 Apr 2021
Accepted
24 May 2021
First published
24 May 2021

Nanoscale, 2021,13, 10916-10924

Author version available

Graphene-coated nanoporous nickel towards a metal-catalyzed oxygen evolution reaction

H. Qiu, I. Johnson, L. Chen, W. Cong, Y. Ito, P. Liu, J. Han, T. Fujita, A. Hirata and M. Chen, Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 10916 DOI: 10.1039/D1NR02074A

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