Fabrication and characterisation of CrMnFeCoNi high entropy alloy electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction
Water electrolysis is attracting increasing attention in becoming the main method for green energy production, which has long been hindered by the sluggish kinetics of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and high cost of noble-metal (NM) containing electrodes. Template replication technique has been emp...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1803512024-10-02T07:28:34Z Fabrication and characterisation of CrMnFeCoNi high entropy alloy electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction Cao, Xun School of Materials Science and Engineering Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment, A*STAR Engineering High entropy alloy Noble metal-free electrocatalyst Water electrolysis is attracting increasing attention in becoming the main method for green energy production, which has long been hindered by the sluggish kinetics of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and high cost of noble-metal (NM) containing electrodes. Template replication technique has been employed to fabricate porous CrMnFeCoNi high entropy alloy (HEA) bulk foams with > 95 % porosity. High entropy led to the formation of a single-phase solid solution of transition metals in the as-fabricated porous HEA bulk foam, and the lattice distortion brings about the outstanding OER performance that is close to that of the RuO2 reference sample. Effective electrochemically active surface area and amount of exposed active sites are increased by grinding into nanoparticles, which produced superior OER performance with a near-record low overpotential of ∼ 245 mV to drive a current density of 10 mA/cm2, a low Tafel slope of 73.6 mV/dec, a double layer capacitance of 102.3 mF, and excellent long-term stability over 24 h. This work demonstrates a cost-effective way to fabricate NM-free HEA electrocatalyst with complex structure and excellent stability in OER, which could help in advancing the research for alkaline water electrolysis. Ministry of Education (MOE) This research was support by the MOE AcRF Tier 1 grant RG 79/20 (2020-T1-001-045). 2024-10-02T07:28:34Z 2024-10-02T07:28:34Z 2024 Journal Article Cao, X. (2024). Fabrication and characterisation of CrMnFeCoNi high entropy alloy electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction. Applied Materials Today, 37, 102128-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2024.102128 2352-9407 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/180351 10.1016/j.apmt.2024.102128 2-s2.0-85185250547 37 102128 en RG79/20 2020-T1-001-045 Applied Materials Today © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Water electrolysis is attracting increasing attention in becoming the main method for green energy production, which has long been hindered by the sluggish kinetics of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and high cost of noble-metal (NM) containing electrodes. Template replication technique has been employed to fabricate porous CrMnFeCoNi high entropy alloy (HEA) bulk foams with > 95 % porosity. High entropy led to the formation of a single-phase solid solution of transition metals in the as-fabricated porous HEA bulk foam, and the lattice distortion brings about the outstanding OER performance that is close to that of the RuO2 reference sample. Effective electrochemically active surface area and amount of exposed active sites are increased by grinding into nanoparticles, which produced superior OER performance with a near-record low overpotential of ∼ 245 mV to drive a current density of 10 mA/cm2, a low Tafel slope of 73.6 mV/dec, a double layer capacitance of 102.3 mF, and excellent long-term stability over 24 h. This work demonstrates a cost-effective way to fabricate NM-free HEA electrocatalyst with complex structure and excellent stability in OER, which could help in advancing the research for alkaline water electrolysis. |
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Fabrication and characterisation of CrMnFeCoNi high entropy alloy electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction |
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