{"publication_identifier":{"issn":["1944-8244","1944-8252"]},"intvolume":"        17","date_updated":"2025-12-03T16:27:30Z","abstract":[{"text":"We investigated electrodeposited nanoparticulate nickel selenide (pre)catalysts that transform into nickel oxides/oxyhydroxides under oxygen evolution reaction conditions in alkaline solutions. Previous studies of this transformation were conducted at lower current densities than those of industrial relevance (≥1 A cm–2). We used ultramicroelectrodes (UMEs) to achieve such current densities, benefiting from their small size, ensuring low absolute currents and low ohmic drop but high current densities. Morphological degradation of the catalyst material was only observed at current densities exceeding 1 A cm–2 but not for smaller ones. Using X-ray absorption, X-ray photoemission spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction, we confirmed that the degradation was accompanied by the literature-known transformation of nanoparticulate Ni3Se2 (bulk)/NiSe (surface) into nickel oxyhydroxide. The transformation of the precatalyst goes along with a significant improvement in the charge transfer kinetics observed by decreasing Tafel slopes with ongoing experimental time extracted from cyclic voltammetry (CV) experiments and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in the high-frequency range. However, these kinetic improvements are accompanied by limitations in mass transport concluded from decreasing current responses at high overpotentials in CVs and increasing impedance in the low-frequency range of the EIS spectra after extended CV cycling. These mass transport limitations originated from morphological degradations at the UME exceeding 1 A cm–2 which we proved by applying identical location scanning electron microscopy. This has not been reported in studies that have been limited to lower current densities before. Our findings showcase how UMEs can be used to study (pre)catalysts (herein nickel selenides) under current densities of industrial relevance in the absence of ohmic drop-related ambiguities, combined with in-depth materials characterization studies, e.g., identical location microscopy and advanced spectroscopic methods. This approach enables direct evaluation and comparison of catalyst materials and thus demonstrates how to overcome long-standing limitations of electrocatalyst design and testing.","lang":"eng"}],"extern":"1","quality_controlled":"1","publication_status":"published","article_type":"original","user_id":"116779","publisher":"American Chemical Society (ACS)","page":"41893-41903","keyword":["Electrocatalysis","oxygen evolution reaction","nickel selenide","microelectrode"],"title":"Morphological Degradation of Oxygen Evolution Reaction-Electrocatalyzing Nickel Selenides at Industrially Relevant Current Densities","volume":17,"type":"journal_article","date_created":"2025-12-03T15:08:47Z","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"doi":"10.1021/acsami.5c05381","department":[{"_id":"985"}],"oa":"1","author":[{"first_name":"Felix","last_name":"Hiege","full_name":"Hiege, Felix"},{"first_name":"Chun-Wai","last_name":"Chang","full_name":"Chang, Chun-Wai"},{"full_name":"Trost, Oliver","last_name":"Trost","first_name":"Oliver"},{"full_name":"van Halteren, Charlotte E. R.","last_name":"van Halteren","first_name":"Charlotte E. R."},{"first_name":"Pouya","last_name":"Hosseini","full_name":"Hosseini, Pouya"},{"full_name":"Bendt, Georg","last_name":"Bendt","first_name":"Georg"},{"last_name":"Schulz","full_name":"Schulz, Stephan","first_name":"Stephan"},{"first_name":"Zhenxing","full_name":"Feng, Zhenxing","last_name":"Feng"},{"orcid":"0000-0001-6883-5424","full_name":"Linnemann, Julia","last_name":"Linnemann","first_name":"Julia","id":"116779"},{"last_name":"Tschulik","full_name":"Tschulik, Kristina","first_name":"Kristina"}],"status":"public","publication":"ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces","issue":"29","main_file_link":[{"url":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.5c05381","open_access":"1"}],"year":"2025","citation":{"ieee":"F. Hiege <i>et al.</i>, “Morphological Degradation of Oxygen Evolution Reaction-Electrocatalyzing Nickel Selenides at Industrially Relevant Current Densities,” <i>ACS Applied Materials &#38; Interfaces</i>, vol. 17, no. 29, pp. 41893–41903, 2025, doi: <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c05381\">10.1021/acsami.5c05381</a>.","mla":"Hiege, Felix, et al. “Morphological Degradation of Oxygen Evolution Reaction-Electrocatalyzing Nickel Selenides at Industrially Relevant Current Densities.” <i>ACS Applied Materials &#38; Interfaces</i>, vol. 17, no. 29, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2025, pp. 41893–903, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c05381\">10.1021/acsami.5c05381</a>.","bibtex":"@article{Hiege_Chang_Trost_van Halteren_Hosseini_Bendt_Schulz_Feng_Linnemann_Tschulik_2025, title={Morphological Degradation of Oxygen Evolution Reaction-Electrocatalyzing Nickel Selenides at Industrially Relevant Current Densities}, volume={17}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c05381\">10.1021/acsami.5c05381</a>}, number={29}, journal={ACS Applied Materials &#38; Interfaces}, publisher={American Chemical Society (ACS)}, author={Hiege, Felix and Chang, Chun-Wai and Trost, Oliver and van Halteren, Charlotte E. R. and Hosseini, Pouya and Bendt, Georg and Schulz, Stephan and Feng, Zhenxing and Linnemann, Julia and Tschulik, Kristina}, year={2025}, pages={41893–41903} }","short":"F. Hiege, C.-W. Chang, O. Trost, C.E.R. van Halteren, P. Hosseini, G. Bendt, S. Schulz, Z. Feng, J. Linnemann, K. Tschulik, ACS Applied Materials &#38; Interfaces 17 (2025) 41893–41903.","apa":"Hiege, F., Chang, C.-W., Trost, O., van Halteren, C. E. R., Hosseini, P., Bendt, G., Schulz, S., Feng, Z., Linnemann, J., &#38; Tschulik, K. (2025). Morphological Degradation of Oxygen Evolution Reaction-Electrocatalyzing Nickel Selenides at Industrially Relevant Current Densities. <i>ACS Applied Materials &#38; Interfaces</i>, <i>17</i>(29), 41893–41903. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c05381\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c05381</a>","chicago":"Hiege, Felix, Chun-Wai Chang, Oliver Trost, Charlotte E. R. van Halteren, Pouya Hosseini, Georg Bendt, Stephan Schulz, Zhenxing Feng, Julia Linnemann, and Kristina Tschulik. “Morphological Degradation of Oxygen Evolution Reaction-Electrocatalyzing Nickel Selenides at Industrially Relevant Current Densities.” <i>ACS Applied Materials &#38; Interfaces</i> 17, no. 29 (2025): 41893–903. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c05381\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c05381</a>.","ama":"Hiege F, Chang C-W, Trost O, et al. Morphological Degradation of Oxygen Evolution Reaction-Electrocatalyzing Nickel Selenides at Industrially Relevant Current Densities. <i>ACS Applied Materials &#38; Interfaces</i>. 2025;17(29):41893-41903. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c05381\">10.1021/acsami.5c05381</a>"},"_id":"62798"}