Water oxidation electrocatalysis with iron oxide nanoparticles prepared via laser ablation

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2016-02-12
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Ironoxidenanoparticles(FeO_xNPs,5–30nmsize)preparedvialaserablationinliquidweresupportedontoIndiumTinOxideconductiveglassslidesbymagnetophoreticdeposition(MD)technique.TheresultingFeOx@ITOelectrodesarecharacterizedbyalowamountofironcoverageof16–50nmol/cm~2,andshowelectrocatalyticactivitytowardswateroxidationinneutralphosphatebufferpH7with0.58VoverpotentialandquantitativeFaradaicefficiencytowardsoxygenproduction.XPSanalysisontheoxygenregionoftheFeO_xfilmsrevealsasubstantialhydrationofthesurfaceaftercatalysis,recognizedasacrucialsteptoaccessreactivity.