Abstract

In this study, Ni-MOF-derived NiO was mixed with various weights of commercial antimony-doped tin oxide (ATO) using a simple and efficient hydrothermal method to synthesize composites denoted as AN-1, AN-2, and AN-3, which were subsequently characterized using a variety of physicochemical methods. The as-prepared materials were used as bifunctional electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and urea oxidation reaction (UOR). In the UOR, the AN-1 electrocatalyst exhibited excellent performance compared to the other electrocatalysts. In a 1.0 M KOH aqueous electrolyte, the OER onset potential was approximately 1.64 V, whereas, in the UOR, the overpotential was 1.38 V (vs RHE), which is lower than that of the OER. The AN-1 electrocatalyst showed lower Tafel slope values in both the OER and UOR studies: 173 mV dec−1 and 109mV dec−1, respectively.

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