Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5149538 | Journal of Power Sources | 2017 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
We report a novel magnetic field assisted chemical reduction method for the synthesis of boron-doped Ni/Fe nano-chains as promising catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The boron-doped Ni/Fe nano-chains were synthesised in a one step process at room temperature using NaBH4 as a reducing agent. The addition of boron reduced the magnetic moment of the intermediate synthesis products and produced nano-chains with a high specific surface area of 73.4 m2 gâ1. The boron-doped Ni/Fe nano-chains exhibited catalytic performance superior to state-of-the-art Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3âδ perovskite and RuO2 noble metal oxide catalysts. The mass normalized activity of the boron-doped Ni/Fe nano-chains measured at an overpotential of 0.35 V was 64.0 A gâ1, with a Tafel slope of only 40 mV decâ1. The excellent performance of the boron-doped Ni/Fe nano-chains can be attributed to the uniform elemental distribution and highly amorphous structure of the B-doped nano-chains. These results provide new insights into the effect of doping transition-metal based OER catalysts with non-metallic elements. The study demonstrates a facile approach to prepare transition metal nano-chains using magnetic field assisted chemical reduction method as cheap and highly active catalysts for electrochemical water oxidation.
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Authors
Yisu Yang, Linzhou Zhuang, Rijia Lin, Mengran Li, Xiaoyong Xu, Thomas E. Rufford, Zhonghua Zhu,