Nature Communications (May 2018)

Defect-enriched iron fluoride-oxide nanoporous thin films bifunctional catalyst for water splitting

  • Xiujun Fan,
  • Yuanyue Liu,
  • Shuai Chen,
  • Jianjian Shi,
  • Juanjuan Wang,
  • Ailing Fan,
  • Wenyan Zan,
  • Sidian Li,
  • William A. Goddard,
  • Xian-Ming Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04248-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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While iron-containing materials are excellent water electrolysis electrocatalysts, their poor conductivity requires them to be incorporated into conductive matrices. Here, the authors prepare highly conductive iron fluoride-oxide mixed phase substrates with strong water electrolysis performances.