Issue 21, 2020

Creating compressive stress at the NiOOH/NiO interface for water oxidation

Abstract

Enhancing the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance of NiO materials will greatly expand their applications as low-cost, bifunctional electrocatalysts for water splitting reactions. Introducing stress into the surface layer of catalysts represents an effective method to enhance their catalytic reactivity. Herein, we create compressive stress at the NiOOH/NiO interface using the battery conversion chemistry and in situ Ni to NiOOH transformation. As a result, the OER performance is enhanced by 20 fold compared with that of pure NiO. However, due to the corrosive environment that the electrocatalyst experiences under OER conditions, the stress is released after several CV cycles. The present study demonstrates the importance of interfacial stress that can be produced from in situ surface phase transformation of the electrocatalyst, as well as highlights the challenge of maintaining the mechanical stress under OER conditions during long-term applications.

Graphical abstract: Creating compressive stress at the NiOOH/NiO interface for water oxidation

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Apr. 2020
Accepted
08 Maijs 2020
First published
08 Maijs 2020

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020,8, 10747-10754

Author version available

Creating compressive stress at the NiOOH/NiO interface for water oxidation

C. Kuai, Y. Zhang, L. Han, H. L. Xin, C. Sun, D. Nordlund, S. Qiao, X. Du and F. Lin, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 10747 DOI: 10.1039/D0TA04244G

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