The development of oxygen evolution
reaction (OER) catalysts with
high activity and high stability through convenient and economical
methods is greatly important for the promotion of hydrogen energy
based on electrolysis technology. Herein, by using an unconventional
high electrodeposition potential, novel petal-like clusters constructed
by cross-linking ultrathin nickel hydroxide nanosheets were controllably
synthesized on nickel foam (or copper foam or carbon cloth) and the
effect of electrodeposition conditions on their OER performance was
carefully explored. Due to the abundant catalytically active sites,
promoting electron conduction/mass transmission from the specific
micro–nano structure, as well as the ultrasmall thickness of
∼3.0 nm, the optimized α-Ni(OH)2/NF self-supporting
electrode exhibits excellent electrocatalytic performance for OER,
merely requiring low overpotentials of 192 and 240 mV to yield current
densities of 10 and 100 mA cm–2 in 1.0 M KOH, respectively,
which surpassed those of all of the reported nickel hydroxide/oxides
and the benchmark RuO2. Moreover, α-Ni(OH)2/NF can drive the high-current density (500–1000 mA cm–2) OER at low overpotentials, meeting the requirements
of potential industrial applications.
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