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Title: Multi-component Fe–Ni hydroxide nanocatalyst for oxygen evolution and methanol oxidation reactions under alkaline conditions

Journal Article · · ACS Catalysis
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  1. National Institute of Standard and Technology, Boulder, CO (United States)
  2. Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (United States)
  3. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
  4. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  5. Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States)
  6. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States); Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
  7. National Institute of Standard and Technology, Boulder, CO (United States); Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States)

Here, iron-incorporated nickel-based materials show promise as catalysts for the oxygen evolution reac-tion (OER) half-reaction of water electrolysis. Nickel has also exhibited high catalytic activity for methanol oxidation, particularly when in the form of a bimetallic catalyst. In this work, bimetallic iron-nickel nanoparticles were synthesized using a multi-step procedure in water under ambient conditions. When compared to monometallic iron and nickel nanoparticles, Fe-Ni nanoparticles show enhanced catalytic activity for both OER and methanol oxidation under alkaline conditions. At 1 mA/cm2, the overpotential for monometallic iron and nickel nanoparticles was 421 mV and 476 mV, respectively, while the bimetallic Fe-Ni nanoparticles had a greatly reduced overpotential of 256 mV. At 10 mA/cm2, bimetallic Fe-Ni nanoparticles had an overpotential of 311 mV. Spec-troscopy characterization suggests that the primary phase of nickel in Fe-Ni nanoparticles is the more disordered alpha phase of nickel hydroxide.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); U.S. Army Research Laboratory, U.S. Army Research Office (ARO)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1363813
Journal Information:
ACS Catalysis, Vol. 7, Issue 1; ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 126 works
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