Probing the catalytic heterogeneity of single FeCo and FeCoNi hydroxide nanoneedles by scanning electrochemical microscopy†
Abstract
Bimetallic and trimetallic alloys are widely used as catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and other electrocatalytic processes. We employed a scanning electrochemical microscope (SECM) and finite-element simulations to investigate the OER at single FeCo and FeCoNi hydroxide nanoneedles and observed different distributions of catalytic activity on bimetallic and trimetallic particles.