Room-Temperature Synthesis of Carbon-Nanotube-Interconnected Amorphous NiFe-Layered Double Hydroxides for Boosting Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Synthesis and Structural Characterizations
2.2. Oxygen Evolution Activity
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Materials
3.2. Synthesis
3.2.1. Synthesis of Ni-LDH
3.2.2. Synthesis of Fe-LDH
3.2.3. Synthesis of NiFe-LDH
3.2.4. Synthesis of NiFe-LDH@CNT
3.3. Structural Characterizations
3.4. Electrochemical Characterizations
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Sample Availability
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Chen, Z.; Qu, Q.; Li, X.; Srinivas, K.; Chen, Y.; Zhu, M. Room-Temperature Synthesis of Carbon-Nanotube-Interconnected Amorphous NiFe-Layered Double Hydroxides for Boosting Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Molecules 2023, 28, 7289. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28217289
Chen Z, Qu Q, Li X, Srinivas K, Chen Y, Zhu M. Room-Temperature Synthesis of Carbon-Nanotube-Interconnected Amorphous NiFe-Layered Double Hydroxides for Boosting Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Molecules. 2023; 28(21):7289. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28217289
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Zhuo, Qiang Qu, Xinsheng Li, Katam Srinivas, Yuanfu Chen, and Mingqiang Zhu. 2023. "Room-Temperature Synthesis of Carbon-Nanotube-Interconnected Amorphous NiFe-Layered Double Hydroxides for Boosting Oxygen Evolution Reaction" Molecules 28, no. 21: 7289. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28217289