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Boosting HER/OER Activity of Ni‐FeOOH Through S and V Co‐Doping

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Rational manipulation of electronic structure and surface reaction energetics is essential for the development of high‐performance bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting. Herein, a transition‐metal doping method is proposed to systematically evaluate the activity of Ni‐FeOOH modified with V, Nb, Zr, Mn, and Zn. A new S,V, co‐doped Ni‐FeOOH heterostructure supported on Ni foam is constructed, which induces redistributed electron density, regulated lattice strain, and enriched oxygen vacancies. As a result, the S,V, co‐doped Ni‐FeOOH catalyst exhibits outstanding oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance with a low overpotential of 264 mV at 50 mA cm −2 , a small Tafel slope of 28.36 mV dec −1 , ECSA of 25.67 mF cm −2 , and the lowest charge‐transfer resistance ( R ct = 1.20 Ω). Meanwhile, the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity is simultaneously enhanced, achieving an overpotential of 99 mV at 10 mA cm −2 with a Tafel slope of 141.2 mV dec −1 , ECSA of 64.2 mF cm −2 , and R ct = 1.25 Ω. Notably, the catalyst maintains stable OER/HER performance for 600 h at high current densities of 100, 200, and 400 mA cm −2 , demonstrating exceptional durability under industrially relevant conditions. This work establishes a periodicity‐guided dopant‐synergy engineering strategy for simultaneously enhancing activity and durability in bifunctional electrocatalysts for alkaline water electrolysis.

Source: ChemPhysChem

DOI: 10.1002/cphc.70552