Electrodeposited highly active and stable Ni-Fe alloy electrodes towards oxygen evolution reaction

Abstract We prepared porous nickel-iron alloy electrodes for alkaline water electrolysis oxygen evolution reaction (OER) by electrodeposition on a commercial nickel mesh. By regulating the quality of electrodeposition and the concentration of metal ions in the plating solution to change the deposition layer morphology, catalytic performance, and stability of the electrode catalyst, a multi-stage porous dendritic morphology plating was prepared. At a current density of 10 mA·cm^-2, the electrode OER overpotential was only 250 mV, and the Tafel slope was only 35.8 mV·dec^-1. The catalytic activity exceeded that of the commercial Ir catalyst, and the C_dl value reached 14.43 mF·cm^-2, which was 10 times that of the blank Ni mesh, providing excellent OER catalytic activity with a large electrochemical active area. Meanwhile, the porous morphology constructed by electrodeposition reduced the reaction resistance, and the R_ct value of the NiFe alloy electrode (0.32 Ω) was much smaller than that of the Ir/Ni electrode (1.51 Ω), which possessed faster catalytic reaction kinetics. Under the conditions of 80 ℃, 30% KOH and 500 mA·cm^-2 current density, the stable operation of water electrolysis for 75 h did not show any significant degradation, which demonstrated good stability.

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	LI Yue
	MIN Luofu
	ZHANG Wen
	XU Li
	WANG Yuxin

Keywords： alkaline water electrolysis nickel-iron alloy electrode materials oxygen evolution reaction

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LI Yue, MIN Luofu, ZHANG Wen, XU Li, WANG Yuxin.Electrodeposited highly active and stable Ni-Fe alloy electrodes towards oxygen evolution reaction[J] Chemcial Industry and Engineering, 2024,V41(5): 51-60

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