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Title: Controlling 3-D Morphology of Ni-Fe-Based Nanocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Journal Article · · Nanoscale
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NR10138H· OSTI ID:1494044
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  1. Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States)
  2. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  3. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (People's Republic of China)
  4. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
  5. Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (People's Republic of China)

Here, controlling the 3-D morphology of nanocatalysts is one of the underexplored but important approaches for improving the sluggish kinetics of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in water electrolysis. This work reports a scalable, oil-based method based on thermal decomposition or organometallic complexes to yield highly uniform Ni-Fe-based nanocatalysts with well-defined morphology (i.e., Ni-Fe core-shell, Ni/Fe alloy, and Fe-Ni core shell).

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704; AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1494044
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1494964
Report Number(s):
BNL-211253-2019-JAAM
Journal Information:
Nanoscale, Vol. 11, Issue 17; ISSN 2040-3364
Publisher:
Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 13 works
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