Abstract
NiFe layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are among the most advanced electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER), but their catalytic activity and long-term working stability still need to be highly boosted for practical applications. Herein, an innovative strategy that combines anion intercalation/deintercalation and surface coordination is developed, which simultaneously realizes the modification of the interlay and surface properties of the NiFe LDHs by ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA) and trisodium citrate (TSC). The intercalation/deintercalation of the anions engineers the interlay structure, while the surface metal-ligand coordination tunes the surface properties. Both the EDTA- and TSC-engineered NiFe LDHs exhibit highly enhanced catalytic performance, showing an overpotential of 204 and 233 mV, respectively at 10 mA cm-2 in 1.0 M KOH. The remarkable catalytic performance of the EDTA-engineered NiFe LDHs is due to the combined effect of the intercalation/deintercalation and the surface metal-EDTA coordination, while the surface TSC coordination only shows limited promoting effect on catalytic activity. In addition, the EDTA-engineered NiFe LDHs demonstrate good working stability at 100 mA cm-2.
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