Issue 30, 2024

In situ growth of an active catalytic layer on commercial stainless steel via a hydrothermal-assisted corrosion process for efficient oxygen evolution reaction

Abstract

Exploring highly active and low-cost non-precious electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a pressing challenge for the development of sustainable hydrogen energy technologies. Herein, we develop a facile hydrothermal-assisted corrosion treatment approach to transform readily available low-cost 316L-type commercial stainless steel (316L-SS) into a cost-effective self-supporting electrocatalyst for the OER. The prepared electrode could achieve an outstanding catalytic activity and stability with an overpotential of 282 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm−2 for the OER. The experimental and theoretical results show that a facile surface modification carried out with 316L-SS, based on a corrosion mechanism, to corrosion-induced formation of nickel-iron hydroxides and their transformation into nickel-iron (oxy)(hydro)oxides would account for this superior performance. This work not only provides great promise for a cost-effective, mass-production method to produce cheap, stable, and efficient electrocatalysts for the OER, but also perhaps more importantly bridges traditional metal corrosion engineering and modern electrochemical energy technologies, which would offer new ideas for further electrocatalytic materials design and development.

Graphical abstract: In situ growth of an active catalytic layer on commercial stainless steel via a hydrothermal-assisted corrosion process for efficient oxygen evolution reaction

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 apr 2024
Accepted
05 jun 2024
First published
19 jun 2024

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024,12, 19008-19017

In situ growth of an active catalytic layer on commercial stainless steel via a hydrothermal-assisted corrosion process for efficient oxygen evolution reaction

J. Xia, J. Zhang, K. Huang, B. Zhang, F. Wu, Y. Liang, S. Lu, Y. Huang and J. Wu, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12, 19008 DOI: 10.1039/D4TA02234C

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