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Strong interfacial electronic coupling activates NiFeOOH for alkaline seawater oxidation

Bari Wulan, ORCID logo †*a   Weipeng Zhang,†a   Nana Chen,a   Yuying Zhao, ORCID logo a   Haibin Guan,a   Jing Zhang, ORCID logo *b   Dongxing Tan, ORCID logo c   Lei Chen*a  and  Baofeng Zhao ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Energy Research Institute, Shandong Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Biomass Energy Conversion and Utilization, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
E-mail: bariwulan@qlu.edu.cn, zhaobf@sderi.cn

b Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
E-mail: Jingzhang@qlu.edu.cn

c Shandong Key Laboratory of Catalytic Conversion and Clean Energy, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, China

Abstract

Ga-engineered Ni2P/Fe2P nanosheets undergo operando reconstruction into a NiFeOOH–GaOx active phase, where Ga p-Ni/Fe d hybridization enhances interfacial electronic coupling and charge redistribution, enabling efficient alkaline seawater OER and durable AEM seawater electrolysis.

Graphical abstract: Strong interfacial electronic coupling activates NiFeOOH for alkaline seawater oxidation

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D6CC00208K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Jan 2026
Accepted
01 Jun 2026
First published
01 Jun 2026

Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article

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Strong interfacial electronic coupling activates NiFeOOH for alkaline seawater oxidation

B. Wulan, W. Zhang, N. Chen, Y. Zhao, H. Guan, J. Zhang, D. Tan, L. Chen and B. Zhao, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D6CC00208K

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