abstract
The Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER), half-reaction of the water-splitting process for hydrogen production, suffers from sluggish kinetics. NiFe materials appeared as interesting catalytic materials for this reaction in alkaline electrolyzers and have been studied, particularly in the form of NiFe Layered Double Hydroxides (LDH). However, the impact of the specificity of the atomic arrangement in the LDH and of its composition on the catalytic efficiency of the material are still unknown. Herein, LDH are synthesized with Ni/Fe ratios from 2 to 4 and different levels of crystallinity to assess their electrocatalytic behavior in 0.1 M KOH. Statistical analysis of the electrochemical results allows to highlight that, while no effect from the atomic ratio is observed, an increase in the crystallinity of the LDH seem detrimental to the catalytic efficiency. (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
keywords
WATER; ELECTROCATALYSTS; EFFICIENT; NANOSHEETS; GRAPHENE; SITES
subject category
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
authors
Wilhelm, M; Bastos, A; Neves, C; Martins, R; Tedim, J
our authors
Ana Rita da Naia Bastos
Researcher
Cristina Sofia dos Santos Neves
Junior Researcher
João Tedim
Assistant Professor
Manon Wilhelm
PhD StudentGroups
1 - inorganic functional nanomaterials and organic-inorganic hybrids
3 - carbon materials, composites and functional coatings
Projects
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020)
acknowledgements
Thanks are due to FCT/MCTES for the financial support to CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020; UIDP/50011/2020) and CESAM (UIDP/50017/2020 + UID B/50017/2020), through national funds. We thank also the European Commission funding the project NANOBARRIER (Reference N~280759) through the programme FP7-NMP. This study was also carried out in the framework of the NANOGREEN R&D project (CIRCNA/BRB/0291/2019) funded by national funds (OE), through FCT. Roberto Martins and Alexandre Bastos funded by national funds (OE), through FCT -Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, I.P., in the scope of the framework contract foreseen in the numbers 4, 5 and 6 of the article 23, of the Decree-Law 57/2016, of August 29, changed by Law 57/2017, of July 19 (CEECIND/01329/2017), and in frame of SMARTAQUA project, which is funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology in Portugal (FCT), the Research Council of Norway (RCN), Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST), and co-funded by European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the framework of ERANET Cofund MarTERA (Maritime and Marine Technologies for a new Era).