Corrosion engineering towards efficient oxygen evolution electrodes with stable catalytic activity for over 6000 hours

Yipu Liu, Xiao Liang, Lin Gu, Yu Zhang, Guo-Dong Li, Xiaoxin Zou () and Jie-Sheng Chen
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Yipu Liu: Jilin University
Xiao Liang: Jilin University
Lin Gu: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yu Zhang: Beihang University
Guo-Dong Li: Jilin University
Xiaoxin Zou: Jilin University
Jie-Sheng Chen: Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract Although a number of nonprecious materials can exhibit catalytic activity approaching (sometimes even outperforming) that of iridium oxide catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction, their catalytic lifetimes rarely exceed more than several hundred hours under operating conditions. Here we develop an energy-efficient, cost-effective, scaled-up corrosion engineering method for transforming inexpensive iron substrates (e.g., iron plate and iron foam) into highly active and ultrastable electrodes for oxygen evolution reaction. This synthetic method is achieved via a desired corrosion reaction of iron substrates with oxygen in aqueous solutions containing divalent cations (e.g., nickel) at ambient temperature. This process results in the growth on iron substrates of thin film nanosheet arrays that consist of iron-containing layered double hydroxides, instead of rust. This inexpensive and simple manufacturing technique affords iron-substrate-derived electrodes possessing excellent catalytic activities and activity retention for over 6000 hours at 1000 mA cm-2 current densities.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05019-5

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