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Research Article | Open Access

Constructing Cation Vacancy Defects on NiFe-LDH Nanosheets for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Yingying Hao1, Chen Qiao2( ), Shuping Zhang2, Yibin Zhu2, Lei Ji2, Chuanbao Cao1( ), Jiatao Zhang2( )
Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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Abstract

Active site exposure and intrinsic catalytic performance are considered important aspects of oxygen evolution reaction catalyst design. In this work, the coordination capacity of tributylphosphine is utilized to construct cationic vacancy defects on NiFe-LDH nanosheets. As-prepared defective NiFe-LDH nanosheets show not only the optimization of the exposure ability of the active site but also the intrinsic catalytic capacity is improved by construction of cationic vacancy defect to tune local electronic structure. The x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results revealed that after reconstruction of the prepared d-NiFe-LDH, high-valence Ni and Fe can stably appear on the surface of the material. The presence of high-valence Ni and Fe is considered to be the main reason to improve the intrinsic catalytic capacity of catalysts. Finally, d-NiFe-LDH nanosheets show excellent catalytic performance (η10 = 243 mV) and remarkable long-term stability.

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Energy Material Advances
Volume 4,
2023
Article number: 0040
DOI: 10.34133/energymatadv.0040
Cite this article:
Hao Y, Qiao C, Zhang S, et al. Constructing Cation Vacancy Defects on NiFe-LDH Nanosheets for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Energy Material Advances, 2023, 4: 0040. https://doi.org/10.34133/energymatadv.0040

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Received: 08 May 2023
Accepted: 10 June 2023
Published: 29 June 2023
© 2023 Yingying Hao et al. Exclusive licensee Beijing Institute of Technology Press. No claim to original U.S. Government Works.

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