Oxygen evolution reaction; Heterogeneous catalysis; Water splitting; Electrochemical measurements
Table Of Contents
I. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background of electrochemical energy conversion systems 1 1.1.1 Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Electrolyzers 3 1.1.2 Alkaline Electrolyzers 3 1.1.3 Solid Oxide Electrolyzer 4 1.1.4 Microbial Electrolyzer 4 1.2 Principle and key components 5 1.3 Current status and challenges 7 1.4 Solutions 8 1.4.1 Electrolyte 8 1.4.2 Electrocatalysts 10 1.5 Cost evaluation of oxygen evolution electrocatalysts 13 1.6 Motivation and objectives of research 14 II. EXPERIMENTAL SECTION 15 2.0 Development of Active Electrocatalyst Boron doped Nickel Iron for Oxygen Evolution Reaction loaded on Hierarchically Porous Nickel Foam 15 2.1 Synthesis 15 2.1.1 Chemicals 15 2.1.2 Development of Boron–doped Nickel Iron (B-NiFe) Electrocatalyst 15 2.1.3 Development of Nickel Iron electrocatalyst 16 2.1.4 Electrocatalytic Electrodes Preparation 16 2.1.5 Mass Activity Evaluation 17 2.2 Characterization 17 2.2.1 X-ray diffractometer 17 2.2.2 Scanning Electron Microscopy 17 2.2.3 Transmission Electron Microscopy 17 2.2.3 Thermogravimetric Analysis 17 2.2.4 X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy 18 III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 19 3.0 Development of Active Electrocatalyst Boron doped Nickel Iron for Oxygen Evolution Reaction loaded on Hierarchically Porous Nickel Foam 19 3.1 Characterization 19 3.2 Electrocatalytic Performance 27 3.3 Summary 40 IV. CONCLUSIONS 41 V. REFERENCES 42