Nanostructuredironoxyhydroxide（FeOOH）thinfilmshavebeensynthesizedusinganelectrodepositionmethodonanickelfoam（NF）substrateandeffectofairannealingtemperatureonthecatalyticperformanceisstudied.Theas-depositedandannealedthinfilmswerecharacterizedbyX-raydiffraction（XRD）,X-rayphotoelectronspectroscopy（XPS）,fieldemissionscanningelectronmicroscopy（FE-SEM）andlinearsweepvoltammetry（LSV）todeterminetheirstructural,morphological,compositionalandelectrochemicalproperties,respectively.Theas-depositednanostructuredamorphousFeOOHthinfilmisconvertedintoapolycrystallineFe2O3withhematitecrystalstructureatahightemperature.TheFeOOHthinfilmactsasanefficientelectrocatalystfortheoxygenevolutionreaction（OER）inanalkaline1MKOHelectrolyte.Thefilmannealedat200°Cshowshighcatalyticactivitywithanonsetoverpotentialof240mVwithasmallerTafelslopeof48mV/dec.Additionally,itneedsanoverpotentialof290mVtothedrivethecurrentdensityof10mA/cm2andshowsgoodstabilityinthe1MKOHelectrolytesolution.
