Abstract

Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) has gained increasing attention among researchers due to its significance in energy conversion. However, the sluggish kinetics of the OER present notable challenges. In this work, we present an energy-efficient, cost-effective, widely applicable, and scaled-up biological preparation method to prepare OER catalytic materials with high activity and stability based on bacteria and inexpensive Ni-Fe foam under mild conditions. Anaerobic sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio caledoniensis and aerobic Pseudomonas stutzeri are the typical microorganisms and the OER performance of their products is not clear. Electrochemical measurements show that the catalyst prepared via D. caledoniensis exhibits a low overpotential of only 247 mV to achieve 10 mA cm−2 and a low Tafel slope of 46 mV dec-1, while the catalyst prepared via P. stutzeri has an overpotential and Tafel slope of 259 mV and 71 mV dec-1, respectively. Therefore, these catalysts exhibit excellent catalytic activities. Furthermore, they have a good stability of more than 40 h at 10 mA cm−2 which is far superior to that of the majority of reported NiFe-based OER catalysts. This work shows new insights into the preparation and development of high-performance OER catalysts in mild conditions.

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