One-step solvothermal preparation of Fe-doped Ni_0.85Se/NF: An efficient catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction

Abstract

Metal-cation doping is a fundamental strategy for enhancing catalyst performance. Fe-doped Ni_0.85Se/NF (Fe-Ni_0.85Se/NF) nanoparticles were prepared at 80 °C via Fe²⁺ etching method. The addition of Fe altered the coordination environment of the Ni species along with the catalyst's morphology, creating additional active sites. Notably, the synergistic interaction between the bimetallic components augmented the built-in activity and accelerated reaction kinetics. The Fe-Ni_0.85Se/NF electrocatalysts demonstrated remarkable catalytic activity for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), with an acceptable overpotential of 276 mV and a Tafel slope of 58.1 mV dec⁻¹ at 100 mA cm⁻². Moreover, they demonstrated exceptional durability. In situ Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analyses showed that the excellent OER performance stemmed from the reconstruction-induced hydroxyl oxide. This study offers a novel approach for streamlining the synthesis procedures and reducing the experimental costs for developing high-efficiency electrocatalysts.

Keywords

Doping / Selenylation / Hydrothermal reaction / Oxygen evolution reaction / Electrocatalysts

Declaration of Competing Interest

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

CRediT authorship contribution statement

Longqi Zhu: Writing - original draft, Conceptualization. Runze Wang: Investigation, Data curation. Chen Wang: Methodology, Formal analysis. Shuhan Yang: Validation, Formal analysis. Haizhen Liu: Validation, Funding acquisition. Bo Xing: Writing - original draft, Funding acquisition. Honghui Cheng: Data curation. Kuikui Wang: Writing - review & editing, Funding acquisition.

Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the financial support provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51801108), the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (ZR2023ME072), and the Key Research and Development Program of Shandong Province (2019GGX103048). Additionally, this project received support from the Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology (BM2012110), the Open Foundation of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Processing for Non-Ferrous Metals and Featured Materials (2022GXYSOF16), and the Open Fundation of the National Engineering Laboratory of Circular Economy at Sichuan University of Science and Engineering (XHJJ-2304).

Supplementary materials

Supplementary material associated with this article can be found, in the online version, at doi: 10.1016/j.chphma.2024.03.002.

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