Boride-derived oxygen-evolution catalysts.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
19 Oct 2021
19 Oct 2021
Historique:
received:
27
01
2021
accepted:
30
09
2021
entrez:
20
10
2021
pubmed:
21
10
2021
medline:
21
10
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Metal borides/borates have been considered promising as oxygen evolution reaction catalysts; however, to date, there is a dearth of evidence of long-term stability at practical current densities. Here we report a phase composition modulation approach to fabricate effective borides/borates-based catalysts. We find that metal borides in-situ formed metal borates are responsible for their high activity. This knowledge prompts us to synthesize NiFe-Boride, and to use it as a templating precursor to form an active NiFe-Borate catalyst. This boride-derived oxide catalyzes oxygen evolution with an overpotential of 167 mV at 10 mA/cm
Identifiants
pubmed: 34667176
doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-26307-7
pii: 10.1038/s41467-021-26307-7
pmc: PMC8526748
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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© 2021. The Author(s).
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