Abstract
The sluggish kinetics for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) significantly impede the practical applications of electrocatalytic water splitting technology for renewable energy source. The facile design of self-supporting electrocatalysts with high activity and stability for OER catalysis at industrial-grade current density is of paramount significance to mitigate the above bottlenecks. We report herein the construction of iron foam (IF) self-supported Ir-magnetite (Ir-Fe3O4/IF-T-x) electrode via galvanic replacement between IrCl62− ions and Fe2+ in Fe3O4 nanosheet arrays, which is simply synthesized by annealing IF in air and subsequent thermal treatment in reducing atmosphere. Such pre-treatment enables the growth of leaf-like Fe3O4 nanosheet arrays with rich Fe2+ species and oxygen defects, which facilitate the depositing of Ir on the surface of nanosheet arrays and thereby promote the electrochemical OER performance in basic electrolyte. Impressively, the optimized Ir-Fe3O4/IF-400-2 delivers the highest electrocatalytic activity with a low overpotential of 316 mV to obtain industrial-grade current density of 500 mA cm−2 for alkaline OER. Meanwhile, the catalyst still shows good long-term stability after 36 h V-t test at 100 mA cm−2. This study offers a simple and efficient pathway to prepare self-supporting electrode for alkaline OER at industrial-grade current density.
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