Bimetallic NiO/NiFe2O4 heterostructures with interfacial effects for boosting electrochemical water splitting applications

Sebastian Cyril Jesudass; Subramani Surendran; Joon Young Kim; Sathyanarayanan Shanmugapriya; Dae Jun Moon; Gnanaprakasam Janani; Krishnan Veeramani; Shivraj Mahadik; Jinuk Choi; Pildo Jung; Il Goo Kim; Hyunjung Park; Hyun Soo Han; Heechae Choi; Gibum Kwon; Jaeyeong Heo; Kootak Hong; Tae Hoon Kim; Yong Il Park; Uk Sim

doi:10.1016/j.jelechem.2023.117947

Bimetallic NiO/NiFe₂O₄ heterostructures with interfacial effects for boosting electrochemical water splitting applications

Sebastian Cyril Jesudass, Subramani Surendran, Joon Young Kim, Sathyanarayanan Shanmugapriya, Dae Jun Moon, Gnanaprakasam Janani, Krishnan Veeramani, Shivraj Mahadik, Jinuk Choi, Pildo Jung, Il Goo Kim, Hyunjung Park, Hyun Soo Han, Heechae Choi, Gibum Kwon, Jaeyeong Heo, Kootak Hong, Tae Hoon Kim^*, Yong Il Park, Uk Sim

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Abstract

The present work reports the simple preparation of NiO/ NiFe₂O₄ heterostructures with interfacial effects as bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting. At increasing Ni/Fe precursor ratios, the evolution of NiO phases is observed in NFO heterostructures, which incorporate differential strain effects at the interface. The modulated heterojunction of NiO/NiFe₂O₄ heterostructure incorporates compressive strain at the interfaces enhancing its electrocatalytic performances. Notably, NiO/NiFe₂O₄ heterostructure prepared at equimolar Ni/Fe ratios (NFO-1) exhibits significant electrocatalytic performances due to modulated interfacial effects. As such, NFO-1 exhibits lower OER and HER overpotentials of about 242 mV and 106 mV for 10 mA cm⁻² current density and exhibits improved water splitting activity, requiring 1.56 V to drive 10 mA cm⁻² current density. The present work emphasizes the importance of modulating the heterostructures of transition metal oxides to enhance the interfacial effects as bifunctional electrocatalysts for water splitting applications.

Original language	English
Article number	117947
Journal	Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
Volume	952
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2023.117947
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2024

Keywords

Energy conversion
Heterogenous electrocatalysts
Heterostructures
Hydrogen production
Transition metal oxide
Water splitting

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Jesudass, S. C., Surendran, S., Kim, J. Y., Shanmugapriya, S., Moon, D. J., Janani, G., Veeramani, K., Mahadik, S., Choi, J., Jung, P., Kim, I. G., Park, H., Han, H. S., Choi, H., Kwon, G., Heo, J., Hong, K., Kim, T. H., Park, Y. I., & Sim, U. (2024). Bimetallic NiO/NiFe₂O₄ heterostructures with interfacial effects for boosting electrochemical water splitting applications. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 952, Article 117947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2023.117947

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