Electrochemical synthesis of FexNi1−x nanostructures for environmental remediation

FexNi1−x nanostructures with different compositions (0  0.5), FexNi1−x nanostructures showed mainly metallic (zero-valent) Fe present as determined by XRD and selected area electron diffraction (SAED) patterns. Accordingly, Fe1.0, Fe0.71Ni0.29 and Fe0.55Ni0.45 exhibited reactivity toward 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane, with Fe1.0 yielding the greatest rate of reductive dechlorination.