Citation: Hailang JIA, Pengcheng JI, Hongcheng LI. Preparation and performance of nickel doped ruthenium dioxide electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2025, 41(8): 1632-1640. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.20240398 shu

Preparation and performance of nickel doped ruthenium dioxide electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213001, China

Corresponding author: Hailang JIA, jiahailang85@126.com
Received Date: 3 November 2024
Revised Date: 26 June 2025

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We used ZIF-8 as a sacrificial template and utilized its inherent polyhedral spatial structure to suppress the stacking and aggregation behavior of nanoparticle catalysts. At the same time, we further introduced transition metal nickel (Ni) element to doping ruthenium dioxide (RuO₂) to optimize the electronic structure of the material and improve the intrinsic activity of active sites. As a result, the high-performance oxygen evolution electrocatalyst (Ni-RuO₂) with a particle size of 8-10 nm was prepared. The results indicated that Ni-RuO₂ had excellent oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalytic performance, surpassing commercial RuO₂. When Ni-RuO₂ was used as the anode for overall water splitting testing, only a decomposition voltage of 1.476 V was required at a current density of 10 mA·cm^-2.
- oxygen evolution reaction,
- nickel doping,
- ruthenium dioxide,
- sacrificial template
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