NiFe-based arrays with manganese dioxide enhance chloride blocking for durable alkaline seawater oxidation.

J Colloid Interface Sci

College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014 Shandong, China; Center for High Altitude Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041 Sichuan, China. Electronic address:

Published: April 2025


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Seawater splitting is increasingly recognized as a promising technique for hydrogen production, while the lack of good electrocatalysts and detrimental chlorine chemistry may hinder further development of this technology. Here, the interfacial engineering of manganese dioxide nanoparticles decorated on NiFe layered double hydroxide supported on nickel foam (MnO@NiFe LDH/NF) is reported, which works as a robust catalyst for alkaline seawater oxidation. Density functional theory calculations and experiment findings reveal that MnO@NiFe LDH/NF can selectively enrich OH and repel Cl in oxygen evolution reaction (OER). MnO@NiFe LDH/NF attains a current density of 1000 mA cm in alkaline seawater with an ultralow overpotential of only 313 mV. Furthermore, it can maintain stability at 1500 mA cm over 600 h. Further phosphidation of MnO@NiFe LDH/NF can create MnO@NiFeP/NF used in efficient hydrogen evolution reaction. Moreover, an anion exchange membrane electrolyzer with MnO@NiFe LDH/NF as the anode and MnO@NiFeP/NF as the cathode was also capable of seawater splitting at 500 mA cm for 100 h. This work offers light to develop effective and long-lasting electrocatalysts for seawater splitting.

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