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Stainless steel supported NiS/CeS nanocomposite for significantly enhanced oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline media

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The discovery of highly active and cost-effective materials capable of catalyzing the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is essential for water splitting. In the present study, we developed a new method for producing the structural components of advanced non-precious metal electrocatalysts NiS/CeS nanocomposite supported on stainless steel strip (SSS) represented as NiS/CeS/SSS that are both innovative and practical. To accomplish a current density of 10 mA cm−2, the NiS/CeS/SSS requires OER overpotential of 289 mV, which is smaller than the pure NiS/SSS (319 mV) and CeS/SSS (309 mV), and with enhanced stability of 40 h tested in 1.0 M KOH electrolyte. The higher efficiency of OER is due to the strong electrical contacts between NiS/SSS and CeS/SSS, the availability of active centers, and also the lower charge transfer resistance.

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The author M. N. Ashiq received financial support from Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan. The authors express their gratitude to Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project (Grant No. PNURSP2022R291), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Moreover, we would like to thank Taif University Research Supporting Project number (TURSP-2020/63), Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.

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  1. Institute of Chemical Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan

    Abdul Ghafoor Abid, Muhammad Faheem Ashiq, Sumaira Manzoor, Mehar Un Nisa & Muhammad Naeem Ashiq

  2. Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia

    Nada Alfryyan

  3. Department of Physics, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey

    M. S. Al-Buriahi

  4. Physics Department, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia

    M. S. Al-Buriahi

  5. Physics Department, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia

    Sultan Alomairy

  6. Department of Physics, College of Science, Jouf University, P.O. Box 2014, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia

    Z. A. Alrowaili

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Abid, A.G., Ashiq, M.F., Alfryyan, N. et al. Stainless steel supported NiS/CeS nanocomposite for significantly enhanced oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline media. J Solid State Electrochem 26, 2107–2118 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-022-05202-1

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