Abstract
Heterostructure engineering has been proposed as a promising approach to construct high-efficiency bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting. Integrated transition metal and metal oxide heterointerfaces with carbon nanomaterials are designed to facilitate electrocatalytic performance toward overall water splitting. Fe/MnO heterostructures are fabricated on graphene using a one-step DC arc plasma technology. In this way, increased electrochemically active specific areas, accelerated charge transfer, and proper interfacial electronic structure can be achieved. Benefiting from the synergistic effect of multiple materials, fabricated Fe/MnO/graphene heterointerfaces can make the redistribution of electrons between heterointerfaces, which effectively optimizes adsorption/desorption energy of the reaction intermediates. Fe/MnO/graphene delivers excellent catalytic activity with only 362 mV and 339 mV overpotential to reach current density of 10 mA cm−2 for OER and HER and exceptional long-term stability in alkaline solution. As electrocatalyst at both the cathode and the anode of an alkaline electrolyzer simultaneously, Fe/MnO/graphene electrocatalyst requires a cell voltage of 1.987 V at a current density of 10 mA cm−2 for overall water splitting. Therefore, this work offers a feasible route to construct hierarchically nanohybrids as bifunctional electrocatalysts by combining transition metal and metal oxide with carbon nanomaterials.
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