Ultrafast fabrication of Cu oxide micro/nano-structures via laser ablation to promote oxygen evolution reaction

Abstract

Despite the tremendous efforts on the preparation of efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts, it is still a challenge to fabricate stable OER electrocatalysts with good performance on a large scale in a simple, fast, green, and environment-friendly way. Herein, we report a simple way via femtosecond laser ablation to fabricate Cu oxide micro/nano-structures on Cu foams by fine-tuning of the laser parameters. The present method is ultrafast, non-contact, high efficiency, easy control, sustainable, and environment-friendly. The fabricated catalysts exhibit remarkable OER activity and excellent durability in 1 M KOH.