Mild plating method enhances stability and efficiency of corrosion-resistant electrodes for oxygen evolution reaction, indicating promise for electrochemical energy conversion.
Economical, stable, and corrosion‐resistant catalytic electrodes are still urgently needed for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in water and seawater. Herein, a mild electroless plating strategy is used to achieve large‐scale preparation of the “integrated” phosphorus‐based precatalyst (FeP–NiP) on nickel foam (NF), which is in situ reconstructed into a highly active and corrosion‐resistant (Fe)NiOOH phase for OER. The interaction between phosphate anions (PO x y − ) and iron ions (Fe 3+ ) tunes the electronic structure of the catalytic phase to further enhance OER kinetics. The integrated FeP–NiP@NF electrode exhibits low overpotentials for OER in alkaline water/seawater, requiring only 275/289, 320/336, and 349/358 mV to reach 0.1, 0.5, and 1.0 A cm − 2 , respectively. The in situ reconstructed PO x y − anion electrostatically repels Cl − in seawater electrolytes, allowing stable operation for over 7 days at 1.0 A cm − 2 in extreme electrolytes (1.0 M KOH + seawater and 6.0 M KOH + seawater), demonstrating industrial‐level stability. This study overcomes the complex synthesis limitations of P‐based materials through innovative material design, opening new avenues for electrochemical energy conversion.
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