%0 Journal Article %T ElectrocatalyticoxygenevolutionreactionataFeNicompositeonacarbonnanofibermatrixinalkalinemedia %A Xianghua An %A Dongyoon Shin %A Joey D. Ocon %A Jae Kwang Lee %A Young-il Son %A Jaeyoung Lee %J ´ß»¯Ñ§±¨ %P 891-895 %D 2014 %R 10.1016/S1872-2067(14)60127-3 %X £¿Non-noblemetalssuchasFeandNihavecomparableelectrocatalyticactivityandstabilitytothatofIrandRuinanoxygenevolutionreaction(OER).Inthisstudy,wesynthesizedcarbonnanofiberswithembeddedFeNicomposites(FeNi-CNFs)asOERelectrocatalystsbyafacileroutecomprisingelectrospinningandthepyrolysisofamixtureofmetalprecursorsandapolymersolution.FeNi-CNFsdemonstratedcatalyticactivityandstabilitythatwerebetterthanthatof20wt%IronVulcancarbonblackinoxidizingwatertoproduceoxygeninanalkalinemedia.PhysicochemicalandelectrochemicalcharacterizationrevealedthatFeandNihadsynergisticrolesthatenhancedOERactivitybytheuniformformationandwideningofporesinthecarbonstructure,whiletheCNFmatrixalsocontributedtotheincreasedstabilityofthecatalyst. %K Oxygenevolutionreaction %K Carbonnanofiber %K Iron %K Nickel %K Alkalinemedia %U http://www.chxb.cn/CN/abstract/abstract21364.shtml