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Shao Z, Zhu Q, Wang X, Wang J, Wu X, Yao X, Wu YA, Huang K, Feng S. Strongly-Interacted NiSe 2/NiFe 2O 4 Architectures Built Through Selective Atomic Migration as Catalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2310266. [PMID: 38098346 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202310266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/22/2023]
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The interactions between the catalyst and support are widely used in many important catalytic reactions but the construction of strong interaction with definite microenvironments to understand the structure-activity relationship is still challenging. Here, strongly-interacted composites are prepared via selective exsolution of active NiSe2 from the host matrix of NiFe2O4 (S-NiSe2/NiFe2O4) taking advantage of the differences of migration energy, in which the NiSe2 possessed both high dispersion and small size. The characteristics of spatially resolved scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) coupled with analytical Mössbauer spectra for the surface and bulk electronic structures unveiled that this strongly interacted composite triggered more charge transfers from the NiSe2 to the host of NiFe2O4 while stabilizing the inherent atomic coordination of NiFe2O4. The obtained S-NiSe2/NiFe2O4 exhibits overpotentials of 290 mV at 10 mA cm-2 for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). This strategy is general and can be extended to other supported catalysts, providing a powerful tool for modulating the catalytic performance of strongly-interacted composites.
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- Zhiyu Shao
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Solid Functional Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Qianjin Street 2699, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Solid Functional Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Qianjin Street 2699, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Canadian Light Source, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 2V3, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Solid Functional Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Qianjin Street 2699, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- School of Environment and Sciences, and Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Queensland, 4111, Australia
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- Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Solid Functional Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Qianjin Street 2699, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Solid Functional Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Qianjin Street 2699, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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Qu J, Wang Z, Gan W, Xiao R, Yao X, Khanam Z, Ouyang L, Wang H, Yang H, Zhang S, Balogun MS. Efficient Hydrogen Evolution on Antiperovskite CuNCo 3 Nanowires by Mo Incorporation and its Trifunctionality for Zn Air Batteries and Overall Water Splitting. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2304541. [PMID: 37661573 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202304541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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The current development of single electrocatalyst with multifunctional applications in overall water splitting (OWS) and zinc-air batteries (ZABs) is crucial for sustainable energy conversion and storage systems. However, exploring new and efficient low-cost trifunctional electrocatalysts is still a significant challenge. Herein, the antiperovskite CuNCo3 prototype, that is proved to be highly efficient in oxygen evolution reaction but severe hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance, is endowed with optimum HER catalytic properties by in situ-derived interfacial engineering via incorporation of molybdenum (Mo). The as-prepared Mo-CuNCo3 @CoN nanowires achieve a low HER overpotential of 58 mV@10 mA cm-2 , which is significantly higher than the pristine CuNCo3 . The assembled CuNCo3 -antiperovskite-based OWS not only entails a low overall voltage of 1.56 V@10 mA cm-2 , comparable to most recently reported metal-nitride-based OWS, but also exhibits excellent ZAB cyclic stability up to 310 h, specific capacity of 819.2 mAh g-1 , and maximum power density of 102 mW cm-2 . The as-designed antiperovskite-based ZAB could self-power the OWS system generating a high hydrogen rate, and creating opportunity for developing integrated portable multifunctional energy devices.
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- Jing Qu
- Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi, 530007, P. R. China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi, 530007, P. R. China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi, 530007, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology for Clean Energy, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology for Clean Energy, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology for Clean Energy, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology for Clean Energy, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology for Clean Energy, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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Liu C, Chen X, Zhang X, Li J, Wang B, Luo Z, Li J, Qian D, Liu J, Waterhouse GIN. Sodium Tartrate-Assisted Synthesis of High-Purity NiFe 2O 4 Nano-Microrods Supported by Porous Ketjenblack Carbon for Efficient Alkaline Oxygen Evolution. J Phys Chem Lett 2023:6099-6109. [PMID: 37364134 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Herein, a simple two-step synthetic method was developed for the synthesis of NiFe2O4 nano-microrods supported on Ketjenblack carbon (NiFe2O4/KB). A sodium tartrate-assisted hydrothermal method was employed for the synthesis of a NiFe-MOF/KB precursor, which was then pyrolyzed under N2 at 500 °C to yield NiFe2O4/KB. Benefiting from the presence of high-valence Ni3+ and Fe3+, high conductivity, and a large electrochemically active surface area, NiFe2O4/KB delivered outstanding OER electrocatalytic performance under alkaline conditions, including a very low overpotential of 258 mV (vs RHE) at 10 mA cm-2, a small Tafel slope of 43.01 mV dec-1, and excellent durability in 1.0 M KOH. Density functional theory calculations verified the superior alkaline OER electrocatalytic activity of NiFe2O4 to IrO2. While both catalysts possessed a similar metallic ground state, NiFe2O4 offered a lower energy barrier in the rate-determining OER step (*OOH → O2) compared to IrO2, resulting in faster OER kinetics.
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- Canhui Liu
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P.R. China
- Yoening Tianci Mining Changsha Technology Center, Changsha 410083, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hengyang Normal University, Hengyang 421008, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P.R. China
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Flores-Lasluisa JX, Huerta F, Cazorla-Amorós D, Morallón E. Transition metal oxides with perovskite and spinel structures for electrochemical energy production applications. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 214:113731. [PMID: 35753372 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Transition metal oxide-based materials are an interesting alternative to substitute noble-metal based catalyst in energy conversion devices designed for oxygen reduction (ORR), oxygen evolution (OER) and hydrogen evolution reactions (HER). Perovskite (ABO3) and spinel (AB2O4) oxides stand out against other structures due to the possibility of tailoring their chemical composition and, consequently, their properties. Particularly, the electrocatalytic performance of these materials depends on features such as chemical composition, crystal structure, nanostructure, cation substitution level, eg orbital filling or oxygen vacancies. However, they suffer from low electrical conductivity and surface area, which affects the catalytic response. To mitigate these drawbacks, they have been combined with carbon materials (e.g. carbon black, carbon nanotubes, activated carbon, and graphene) that positively influence the overall catalytic activity. This review provides an overview on tunable perovskites (mainly lanthanum-based) and spinels featuring 3d metal cations such as Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Cu on octahedral sites, which are known to be active for the electrochemical energy conversion.
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- J X Flores-Lasluisa
- Dept. Química Física e Instituto Universitario de Materiales, Universidad de Alicante, Ap. 99, E-03080, Alicante, Spain
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- Dept. Ingenieria Textil y Papelera, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Plaza Ferrandiz y Carbonell, 1, E-03801, Alcoy, Spain
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- Dept. Química Inorgánica e Instituto Universitario de Materiales, Universidad de Alicante, Ap. 99, E-03080, Alicante, Spain
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- Dept. Química Física e Instituto Universitario de Materiales, Universidad de Alicante, Ap. 99, E-03080, Alicante, Spain.
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Jiang E, Song N, Hong S, Xiao M, Zhu D, Yan Z, Sun J, Chen G, Li C, Dong H. Cobalt supported on biomass carbon tubes derived from cotton fibers towards high-efficient electrocatalytic overall water-splitting. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.139895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Rational construction of uniform CoS/NiFe2O4 heterostructure as efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution and oxygen evolution reactions. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Chamani S, Khatamian M, Peighambardoust NS, Aydemir U. Microwave-Assisted Auto-Combustion Synthesis of Binary/Ternary Co x Ni 1-x Ferrite for Electrochemical Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:33024-33032. [PMID: 34901654 PMCID: PMC8655901 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Enormous efforts have been dedicated to engineering low-cost and efficient electrocatalysts for both hydrogen evolution and oxygen evolution reactions (HER and OER, respectively). For this, the current contribution reports the successful synthesis of binary/ternary metal ferrites (Co x Ni1-x Ferrite; x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, and 1.0) by a simple one-step microwave technique and subsequently discusses its chemical and electrochemical properties. The X-ray diffraction analysis substantiated the phase purity of the as-obtained catalysts with various compositions. Additionally, the morphology of the nanoparticles was identified via transmission electron microscopy. Further, the vibrating sample magnetometer justified the ferromagnetic character of the as-prepared products. The electrochemical measurements revealed that the as-prepared materials required the overpotentials of 422-600 and 419-467 mV for HER and OER, respectively, to afford current densities of 10 mA cm-2. In the general sense, Ni cation substitution with Co influenced favorably toward both HER and OER. Among all synthesized electrocatalysts, Co0.9Ni0.1Ferrite displayed the highest performance in terms of OER in 1 M KOH solution, which is related to the synergistic effect of multiple parameters including the optimal substitution amount of Co, the highest Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area, the smallest particle size among all samples (26.71 nm), and the lowest charge transfer resistance. The successful synthesis of ternary ferrites carried out for the first time via a microwave-assisted auto-combustion route opens up a new path for their applications in renewable energy technologies.
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- Sanaz Chamani
- Inorganic
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, Tabriz 5166616471, Iran
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- Inorganic
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, Tabriz 5166616471, Iran
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- Koç
University Boron and Advanced Materials Application and Research Center
(KUBAM), Sariyer, Istanbul 34450, Turkey
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- Koç
University Boron and Advanced Materials Application and Research Center
(KUBAM), Sariyer, Istanbul 34450, Turkey
- Department
of Chemistry, Koç University, Sariyer, Istanbul 34450, Turkey
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Konno Y, Yamamoto T, Nagayama T. Nanoporous manganese ferrite films by anodising electroplated Fe-Mn alloys for bifunctional oxygen electrodes. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:12738-12749. [PMID: 34477624 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr02457d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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An electroplating-anodising method based on a facile and scalable electrochemical process was used to fabricate manganese ferrite porous oxide films for use as precious-metal-free oxygen reduction/evolution reaction (ORR/OER) electrodes. Porous oxide films of spinel manganese ferrites (MnxFe3-xO4) were formed on electroplated Fe-Mn films. The MnxFe3-xO4 porous oxide formed on microcracks in the Fe-Mn films constituted a nanoporous/microcrack hierarchical structure (NP/MC), which provided a large electrode surface area for ORR/OER. The electrochemically active surface area of the NP/MC on Fe-36 at% Mn was 33.3 cm2, which is nine times that of the nanoporous structure on Fe (3.67 cm2). The onset potential of the NP/MC on Fe-15 at% Mn and Fe-36 at% Mn was 0.88 V vs. RHE (overpotential, ∼350 mV) for the ORR at -0.1 mA cm-2. The OER onset potentials at 10 mA cm-2 were 1.79 V on Fe-15 at% Mn (∼560 mV) and 1.74 V on Fe-36 at% Mn (∼510 mV). The OER and ORR activities of the MnxFe3-xO4 porous oxides are better than those of spinel iron oxide (∼510 and ∼640 mV for the ORR and OER, respectively) because of the good intrinsic activity of MnxFe3-xO4 and greater surface area of the NP/MC. The ORR activities of the MnxFe3-xO4 porous oxides decreased to about 30% during ORR durability testing for 7.5 h, and the same level of activity was retained after 24 h of use. The MnxFe3-xO4 porous oxides retained a high level of activity during OER durability testing for 8 h.
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- Yoshiki Konno
- Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture, Kyoto 6008815, Japan.
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Yuan F, Liu Z, Qin G, Ni Y. Fe-Doped Co-Mo-S microtube: a highly efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting in alkaline solution. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:15009-15022. [PMID: 33094763 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt03014g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Fe-Doped Co-Mo-S microtubes were successfully synthesized through a multistep synthetic route, employing MoO3 microrods as the sacrificial template, Co(NO3)2·6H2O and Fe(SO4)2·7H2O as the metal sources, 2-methylimidazole (2-MI) as the ligand and thioacetamide (TAA) as the S2- ion source. The as-prepared products were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS), inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), (high-resolution) transmission electron microscopy (TEM/HRTEM) and HAADF-STEM-EDS elemental mapping. Experiments showed that the as-obtained Fe-doped Co-Mo-S microtube catalyst demanded overpotentials of ∼105 and 268 mV to afford the current density of -10 mA cm-2 for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and 10 mA cm-2 for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with a durability of 60 h in 1.0 M KOH solution, respectively. In a two-electrode water-splitting device, the as-prepared Fe-doped Co-Mo-S microtubes acted as both anode and cathode simultaneously. To deliver a current density of 10 mA cm-2, a cell voltage of 1.605 V was required in 1.0 M KOH solution. After continuously catalyzing the overall water splitting for 60 h, the overpotential hardly changed, implying remarkable long-term stability. Obviously, the present Fe-doped Co-Mo-S microtubes have potential applications as bifunctional catalysts for electrochemical water splitting.
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- Feifei Yuan
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, Anhui Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Anhui Normal University, 189 Jiuhua Southern Road, Wuhu, 241002, P. R. China.
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