Highly Porous Ni Electrode Decorated with Fe₃O₄ for Oxygen Evolution Reaction(OER)

Abstract:

Hydrogen is an environmentally friendly energy source that can be extracted from water through electrolysis. However, the slow oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at the anode side is the main obstacle to the widespread use of water-splitting devices. This study used self-developed highly porous nickel structures (SMNF) and commercial nickel foam (CNF) as working electrodes in the electrolysis process. Iron (II, III) Oxide (Fe₃O₄) as a catalyst is coated with a dip coating technique on the Ni porous structure and then calcined using a laser process to produce a Ni-Fe₃O₄-based electrode. Electrochemical test results show that the presence of Fe₃O₄ significantly impacts high reaction kinetics. The SMNF-Fe₃O₄ demonstrated an overpotential of 217,3 mV at 1 M KOH electrolyte, at a current density of 10 mA, lower to SMNF electrode without Fe₃O₄ with an overpotential of 361,4 mV under the same conditions. In addition, the difference in porosity less significantly affects the electrode's effectiveness due to the slight difference in mass loading, which is only < 5 mg. However, electro-impedance spectroscopy (EIS) testing shows better performance on SMNF-Fe₃O₄ with a smaller electrical series resistance (ESR), around 0.638 Ω, compared to CNF-Fe₃O₄, which is 0.767 Ω. Overall, observations by chronoamperometry test at an overpotential of 155 mV at 5 hrs show stable performance of SMNF-Fe₃O₄ electrodes.

• Periodical: Engineering Chemistry (Volume 7)
• Pages: 89-98
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-GI7wfs
• Online since: June 2024
• Authors: Bayu Satria Wardhana*, Sheng Wei Lee, Jason Shian Ching Jang
• Keywords: Fe₃O₄ Catalyst, Laser Calcination, Nickel Porous Structure, Oxygen Evolution Reaction

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