Co-Doped NiSe nanowires on nickel foam via a cation exchange approach as efficient electrocatalyst for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction†
Yuan-Zi Xu,Cheng-Zong Yuan,Xue-Ping Chen
RSC Advances Pub Date : 10/26/2016 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C6RA23580H
Abstract

Co-Doped NiSe nanowires supported on nickel foam (NF) were successfully synthesized using NiSe NWs/NF as precursor template in a facile cation exchange approach. Synthesis of the Co-doped NiSe NWs/NF was confirmed by XRD, SEM images, XPS, EDX and HRTEM. Electrochemical performance of Co-doped NiSe NWs/NF in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) was investigated. The as-obtained nanomaterials exhibited significantly enhanced activated activity compared with pure NiSe NWs/NF toward the OER. The Co-doped NiSe NWs/NF demonstrated dramatically enhanced OER activity with much lower overpotential of 283 mV at 100 mA cm−2 than those of other NiSe-based electrocatalysts.

Graphical abstract: Co-Doped NiSe nanowires on nickel foam via a cation exchange approach as efficient electrocatalyst for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction