Promoting nickel oxidation state transitions in single-layer NiFeB hydroxide nanosheets for efficient oxygen evolution

Yuke Bai; Yu Wu; Xichen Zhou; Yifan Ye; Kaiqi Nie; Jiaou Wang; Miao Xie; Zhixue Zhang; Zhaojun Liu; Tao Cheng; Chuanbo Gao

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33846-0

Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Promoting nickel oxidation state transitions in single-layer NiFeB hydroxide nanosheets for efficient oxygen evolution

Yuke Bai,
Yu Wu,
Xichen Zhou,
Yifan Ye,
Kaiqi Nie,
Jiaou Wang,
Miao Xie,
Zhixue Zhang,
Zhaojun Liu,
Tao Cheng,
Chuanbo Gao

Affiliations

Yuke Bai: State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Yu Wu: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University
Xichen Zhou: State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Yifan Ye: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Kaiqi Nie: Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiaou Wang: Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Miao Xie: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University
Zhixue Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Zhaojun Liu: State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Tao Cheng: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University
Chuanbo Gao: State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33846-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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While water-splitting electrolysis offers a potential renewable means to store energy, the oxygen evolution half-reaction’s sluggish kinetics limits performances. Here, authors incorporation boron into nickel-iron hydroxide catalysts to promote electrocatalytic water oxidation activities

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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