Promote the electrocatalysis activity of amorphous FeOOH to oxygen evolution reaction by coupling with ZnO nanorod array
Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry(2020)
摘要
Developing highly efficient, low-cost, and stable electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is essential for hydrogen production by electrolyzing water. In this paper, ZnO/amorphous-FeOOH core-shell nanorod array is fabricated on Ni foil via a simple two-step chemical bath method and used as OER catalyst. Amorphous FeOOH possesses more O defects than crystalline FeOOH. Besides, the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results reveal that the strong electron interactions on nano-interface between ZnO and FeOOH facilitate charge transfer from FeOOH to ZnO. Due to these advantages, the ZnO/amorphous-FeOOH hybrid nanorods exhibit excellent electrocatalytic performance for OER, with an overpotential of 301 mV at 10 mA cm −2 , Tafel slope of 50 mV dec −1 , and outstanding stability.
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Iron oxyhydroxide, Zinc oxide, Oxygen evolution reaction, Heterostructure
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