The
electrocatalyzed oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions (OER/HER)
are the key constituents of water splitting toward hydrogen production
over electrolysis. The development of stable non-noble nanomaterials
as bifunctional OER/HER electrocatalysts is the foremost bottleneck
to commercial applications. Herein, the fabrication of Te-modulated
FeNiOOH nanocubes (NCs) by a novel tailoring approach is reported,
and the doping of Te superbly modulated the local electronic structures
of Fe and Ni. The Te/FeNiOOH-NC catalyst displays better mass and
electron transfer ability, exposure of plentiful OER/HER edge active
centers on the surface, and a modulated electronic structure. Accordingly,
the as-made Te/FeNiOOH-NC catalyst reveals robust OER activity (overpotential
of 0.22 V@10 mA cm–2) and HER activity (overpotential
of 0.167 V@10 mA cm–2) in alkaline media. Considerably,
this bifunctional catalyst facilitates a high-performance alkaline
water electrolyzer with a cell voltage of 1.65 V at 10 mA cm–2. This strategy opens up a new way for designing and advancing the
tellurium dopant nanomaterials for various applications.