{"title":"Construction of an electrocatalyst with oxygen-vacancy-rich nickel oxyhydroxide self-supported film for urea oxidation reaction","authors":"M. Yao, Weiling Chen","doi":"10.1080/14328917.2023.2186473","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this work, the oxygen-vacancy-rich nickel oxyhydroxide self-supported on iron foam was fabricated by rapid electrodeposition method followed by an Ar plasma treatment. The Ar plasma engineering offers nickel oxyhydroxide film porous structure with enhanced surface area and abundant oxygen vacancies. The oxygen-vacancy-rich nickel oxyhydroxide electrocatalyst showed small potentials of 1.42 V at 10 mA cm−2 and 1.59 V at 100 mA cm−2 for urea oxidation reaction in alkaline condition with a small Tafel slope of 76.1 mV dec−1 and good durability over 20 h. This work provides a rapid, facile and simple way to synthesise highly efficient and self-supported electrocatalyst for urea oxidation reaction.","PeriodicalId":18235,"journal":{"name":"Materials Research Innovations","volume":"177 1","pages":"464 - 471"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Materials Research Innovations","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14328917.2023.2186473","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Engineering","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT In this work, the oxygen-vacancy-rich nickel oxyhydroxide self-supported on iron foam was fabricated by rapid electrodeposition method followed by an Ar plasma treatment. The Ar plasma engineering offers nickel oxyhydroxide film porous structure with enhanced surface area and abundant oxygen vacancies. The oxygen-vacancy-rich nickel oxyhydroxide electrocatalyst showed small potentials of 1.42 V at 10 mA cm−2 and 1.59 V at 100 mA cm−2 for urea oxidation reaction in alkaline condition with a small Tafel slope of 76.1 mV dec−1 and good durability over 20 h. This work provides a rapid, facile and simple way to synthesise highly efficient and self-supported electrocatalyst for urea oxidation reaction.
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Materials Research Innovations covers all areas of materials research with a particular interest in synthesis, processing, and properties from the nanoscale to the microscale to the bulk. Coverage includes all classes of material – ceramics, metals, and polymers; semiconductors and other functional materials; organic and inorganic materials – alone or in combination as composites. Innovation in composition and processing to impart special properties to bulk materials and coatings, and for innovative applications in technology, represents a strong focus. The journal attempts to balance enduring themes of science and engineering with the innovation provided by such areas of research activity.