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Chemical Communications

Synergism between polyurethane and polydopamine in the synthesis of Ni–Fe alloy monoliths†

Thangavel Naresh Kumar,a   Santhana Sivabalan,b   Naveen Chandrasekaran*b  and  Kanala Lakshminarasimha Phani*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Nanoscale Electrocatalysis Research Group, Electrodics & Electrocatalysis Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi-630006, India
E-mail: kanalaphani@yahoo.com, klnphani@cecri.res.in
Fax: +91 4565227779

b Electroplating & Metal Finishing Technology Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi-06, India
E-mail: naveen@cecri.res.in, naveenumr@gmail.com

Abstract

Herein, we report the first synthesis of a light-weight macroporous 3-D alloy monolith of Ni–Fe/C using synergism between polydopamine (pDA) and polyurethane (pU); in situ formed polyurethane (pU) enables efficient mixing of pDA (carbon source) and Ni–FeOx resulting in Ni–Fe alloy monoliths at a temperature as low as ∼600 °C. The monolithic Ni–Fe/C exhibits enhanced oxygen evolution activity.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC07534J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Sep 2014
Accepted
11 Dec 2014
First published
11 Dec 2014

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 1922-1925

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Synergism between polyurethane and polydopamine in the synthesis of Ni–Fe alloy monoliths

T. Naresh Kumar, S. Sivabalan, N. Chandrasekaran and K. L. Phani, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 1922 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC07534J

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