Synergistic Enhancement of Overall Water Splitting across All pH Levels Using CTAB-Assisted FeNi Alloy Nanoclusters
As-synthesized spherical FeNi alloy nanoclusters (NCs), supported by cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), were evaluated for overall water-splitting reactions, i.e., oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), in both alkaline and acidic media, respectively. The alloy NCs exhibited overpotentials of 203 and 170 mV (@ 10 mA/cm<sup>2</sup>) for OER and HER, respectively, with long-term potential/current stability. The excellent electrochemical response is attributed to changes in their electronic structure, and unique synergistic effects demonstrate outstanding catalytic stability and electrode kinetics.
Authors
- Somnath C. Dhawale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0881-5517)
- Ajay V. Munde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4933-4904)
- Bhaskar R. Sathe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8989-0967)
Institutions
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (IN)
- Ariel University (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c05430
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.87
Funders
- University Grants Commission
- Israel National Research Center for Electrochemical Propulsion
- Ariel University