Three-Dimensional Ordered Macroporous NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> Self-Supporting Electrode with Enhanced Mass Transport for High-Efficiency Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Kaiwen Wang, Ronghui Jin, Yuhua Liu, Jing Ai, Zhipeng Liu, Xiaotian Li, Nan Li
Abstract
Despite that nickel–iron spinel (NiFe2O4) exhibits excellent oxygen evolution catalytic activity, its unsatisfactory mass transport limits further improvement in catalytic performance. Herein, we report an electrode with three-dimensional ordered macroporous NiFe2O4 on carbon cloth (3DOM-NiFe2O4/CC) for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The ordered macropores endow the electrode with high porosity and short diffusion passages, which facilitate fast electrolyte flow and gas spillage, thereby enhancing the mass transport capability. Meanwhile, the highly conductive carbon cloth substrate enables the electrons to transfer rapidly through the electrode. Benefited from the excellent mass transport and electron mobility, the as-prepared electrode exhibited high catalytic activity with a small overpotential of 238 mV for a driving current density of 10 mA cm–2 and a small Tafel slope of 57.2 mV dec–1 for OER.