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ArticleChemical science2026

Alkaline electrocatalytic water oxidation by Fe-Ni nanostructures on porous turbostratic carbon with tailorable metal-metal active sites.

Dipankar Saha, Chaoyun Tang, Javed Khan, Pulkit Jain, Cheng-Jie Yang, Chung-Li Dong, Richard F Webster, Chi-Liang Chen, Zhu Chen, Peng Bai and 3 more

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Dipankar SahaConte Center for Polymer Research, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst Massachusetts 01003 USA watkins@polysci.umass.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6268-2807
Chaoyun TangDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst Massachusetts 01003 USA nianqiangwu@umass.edu.
Javed KhanDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst Massachusetts 01003 USA nianqiangwu@umass.edu.
Pulkit JainDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst Massachusetts 01003 USA nianqiangwu@umass.edu.
Cheng-Jie YangDepartment of Physics, Tamkang University Tamsui 25137 Taiwan.
Chung-Li DongDepartment of Physics, Tamkang University Tamsui 25137 Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4289-4677
Richard F WebsterMark Wainwright Analytical Centre, The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1414-928X
Chi-Liang ChenNational Synchrotron Radiation Research Center Hsinchu 30076 Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8509-0655
Zhu ChenDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst Massachusetts 01003 USA nianqiangwu@umass.edu.
Peng BaiDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst Massachusetts 01003 USA nianqiangwu@umass.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6881-4663
Richard M TilleyMark Wainwright Analytical Centre, The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2097-063X
Nianqiang WuDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst Massachusetts 01003 USA nianqiangwu@umass.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-2444
James J WatkinsConte Center for Polymer Research, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst Massachusetts 01003 USA watkins@polysci.umass.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8302-825X

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Metal ensembles on carbon supports enhance electrocatalysis by requiring close metal-metal proximity, but controlling their clustering remains difficult with current synthesis methods. This study presents a one-step high-throughput synthesis using a bottlebrush block copolymer (BBCP) template, dopamine, and metal precursors (Fe and Ni salts), which can generate high metal loadings (4 at%) of bimetallic Fe-Ni nanostructures with a reduced metallic oxidation state. The BBCP template and polymerized dopamine create a porous carbon matrix upon carbonization. Rapid photothermal pyrolysis, a photonic curing technique, carbonizes samples in seconds, creating uniform Fe-Ni active sites with reduced time and low cost. The short time scales of carbonization and metal precursor reduction favor high metal dispersion, small cluster formation, and the reduced metal oxidation state, all crucial for catalyst performance. In oxygen evolution reaction (OER) testing, the Fe-Ni/N-C catalyst showed a 130 mV overpotential at 10 mA cm

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