Abstract

FeOOH nanowires were prepared and characterized with X-ray diffraction spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. A composite electrode consisting of FeOOH and Ni foam (FeOOH/Ni-foam) was fabricated, and its catalytic performance for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) was evaluated and compared with nanowire NiCo2O4/Ni-foam electrode. The mass current density of OER on FeOOH/Ni-foam is around three times of that on NiCo2O4/Ni-foam. Ni foam played a key role for the high activity of the FeOOH/Ni-foam. A synergistic mechanism of FeOOH and Ni was proposed to account for the superior catalytic performance of the FeOOH/Ni-foam electrode. Considering the low cost, abundant resource and environment-benign property of FeOOH, the FeOOH/Ni-foam electrode would be a promising anode for OER.

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