Durable Ampere-Scale Seawater Electrolysis Driven by Ba-Doped NiFe Layered Double Hydroxide
Direct seawater electrolysis is promising for green hydrogen production from earth's most abundant water resource, but its anode suffers from chloride-induced corrosion. Herein, Ba-doped NiFe layered double hydroxide supported on Ni foam (Ba-NiFe LDH/NF) is demonstrated as a high-performance anode for durable alkaline seawater oxidation. Such Ba-NiFe LDH/NF needs only an overpotential of 342 mV to achieve 1000 mA cm<sup>-2</sup> and operates stably for 1500 h with negligible degradation and minimal active chlorine generation. Ba doping not only accelerates catalyst surface reconstruction but also favors the selective adsorption of OH<sup>-</sup> vs Cl<sup>-</sup> over the anode. The membrane electrode assembly electrolyzer composed of Ba-NiFe LDH/NF and Pt/C/NF demonstrates stable operation at 1000 mA cm<sup>-2</sup> for 500 h.
Authors
- Guanwei Cui
- Yuchun Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9375-0902)
- Mohamed S. Hamdy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7234-4924)
- Yang Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7385-6166)
- Xuefei Liu
- Xuping Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5326-3838)
- Imran Shakir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3385-4363)
- Zixiao Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4713-5418)
- Bo Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8712-7025)
- Xixi Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7048-4627)
- Chaoxin Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5573-8606)
- Shengjun Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6381-9548)
- Fatma A. Ibrahim
Institutions
- NSF NCAR High Altitude Observatory (US)
- Guizhou Normal University (CN)
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Shandong Normal University (CN)
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University (CN)
- Islamic University of Madinah (SA)
- Laoshan Laboratory
- Southwest Jiaotong University (CN)
- King Khalid University (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Published
- 2025-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c03907
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.45