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FeNi3 and Ni-Based Nanoparticles as Electrocatalysts for Magnetically Enhanced Alkaline Water Electrolysis

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Today, hydrogen mainly originates from fossil sources (gas, oil, and coal). Room temperature water electrolysis is an interesting alternative for renewable electricity storage, even if it is well-known that high-temperature systems are more efficient. To address this issue, we studied different non-platinum group metal (non-PGM) catalysts for alkaline oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) by recording cyclic voltamperograms with a rotating disk electrode set up. Physicochemical characterizations of Ni-based and FeNi3-based catalysts were performed using transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS). Ni synthesized by the hot injection method is a good catalyst for HER, yet still less active than Pt/C. FeNi3 with and without a Ni surface doping is very good OER catalysts, slightly better than commercial unsupported IrO2. Electrochemical tests under alternating magnetic field (AMF) using these nanoparticles are ongoing, as these materials are compatible with AMF activation.

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Acknowledgments

The LPCNO authors thank ERC Advanced Grant (MONACAT 2015-694159). The LPCNO is acknowledged for the NP syntheses. Christian Beauger, from the PERSEE group of ARMINES in Sophia Antipolis, is greatly acknowledged for having provided the ATO support used herein.

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This work has been performed in the frame of the Hy-WalHy project, funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR-1-CE05-0017).

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  1. University Grenoble Alpes, University Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Grenoble INP (Institute of Engineering Univ. Grenoble Alpes), LEPMI, 38000, Grenoble, France

    Vivien Gatard, Raphaël Chattot, Vincent Martin, Jonathan Deseure & Marian Chatenet

  2. Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano Objets, INSA, Université de Toulouse, 135, Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077, Toulouse, France

    Vivien Gatard, Déborah De Masi, Irene Mustieles Marin, Juan Manuel Asensio Revert, Pier-Francesco Fazzini, Stéphane Faure, Julian Carrey & Bruno Chaudret

  3. Consortium des Moyens Technologiques Communs, CMTC, Grenoble INP, 38000, Grenoble, France

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Vivien Gatard did all the electrochemical tests, the TEM pictures of the Ni-based catalysts with the help of Marian Chatenet, and helped doing ICP-MS measurements with Vincent Martin. Déborah De Masi and Irene Mustieles Marin did the FeNi3 and the FeNi3@Ni syntheses while Pier-Francesco Fazzini characterized them with TEM pictures. Raphaël Chattot designed and performed the Ni-based material syntheses. Juan Manuel Asensio Revert did the FeC@Ni synthesis. Thierry Encinas performed all the XRD measurements. VG, JD, and MC essentially wrote and reviewed the contribution, with the help of Stéphane Faure, Julian Carrey, and Bruno Chaudret.

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Gatard, V., De Masi, D., Chattot, R. et al. FeNi3 and Ni-Based Nanoparticles as Electrocatalysts for Magnetically Enhanced Alkaline Water Electrolysis. Electrocatalysis 11, 567–577 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12678-020-00616-9

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