FeNi doped porous carbon as an efficient catalyst for oxygen evolution reaction

Abstract

Polymer-derived porous carbon was used as a support of iron and nickel species with an objective to obtain an efficient oxygen reduction reaction (OER) catalyst. The surface features were extensively characterized using X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. On FeNi-modified carbon the overpotential for OER was very low (280 mV) and comparable to that on noble metal catalyst IrO₂. The electrochemical properties have been investigated to reveal the difference between the binary alloy- and single metal-doped carbons. This work demonstrates a significant step for the development of low-cost, environmentally-friendly and highly-efficient OER catalysts.

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Keywords

OER / polystyrene salt / porous carbon / FeNi alloy / p/n junction

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21421001, 21875118) and the 111 Project (Grant No. B12015).

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