A bimetal hierarchical layer structure MOF grown on Ni foam as a bifunctional catalyst for the OER and HER
Qiuxiang Mou, Zhenhang Xu, Guannan Wang, Erlei Li, Jinyan Liu, Pingping Zhao, Xinghai Liu, Houbin Li, Gongzhen Cheng
Abstract
The as-synthesized NiFe-MOF-5 exhibited an overpotential of 168 mV at 10 mA cm<sup>−2</sup> for OER and a voltage of 1.57 V at 10 mA cm<sup>−2</sup> for overall water splitting, outperforming most non-noble metal catalysts reported in 1 M KOH.
Topics & Concepts
BimetalOverpotentialBifunctionalCatalysisMaterials scienceLayer (electronics)Noble metalWater splittingChemical engineeringNanotechnologyMetalMetallurgyChemistryElectrodePhysical chemistryElectrochemistryEngineeringOrganic chemistryPhotocatalysisAdvanced Memory and Neural ComputingElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionSemiconductor materials and devices