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Zhang X, Wu F, Li G, Wang L, Huang J, Song A, Meng A, Li Z. Mechanistic insight into the synergy between platinum cluster and indium particle dual cocatalysts for enhanced photocatalytic water splitting. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 670:774-784. [PMID: 38795682 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.05.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2024] [Revised: 05/07/2024] [Accepted: 05/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/28/2024]
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Photocatalytic H2 production is envisioned as a promising pillar of sustainable energy conversion system to address the energy crisis and environmental issues but still challenging. Herein, a strategy is proposed to design a dual-metal cocatalysts consisting of Pt nanoclusters (Pt NCs) and In nanoparticles (In NPs) anchored on polymeric carbon nitride (Pt-In/CN) for boosting photocatalytic water splitting. As expected, the designed Pt-In/CN photocatalyst exhibits an impressive H2 production rate of 6.49 mmol·h-1·g-1 with an apparent quantum yield (AQY) of 33.56 % at 400 nm, which is 2.8- and 11.2-fold higher than those of the Pt/CN and In/CN, respectively. Combining experimental characterization with theoretical calculation demonstrates the synergistic mechanisms underpinning the enhanced photocatalytic activity. The Pt NCs and In NPs serve as photogenerated electron and hole trapping sites, respectively, which achieves the spatial separation of charge carriers and induces the polarized surface charge distribution, thus fostering optimal adsorption behavior of intermediates. More importantly, the p-block In NPs modulate the electronic microenvironment of Pt NCs to attenuate the adsorption behavior of H* intermediates for accelerated H2 evolution kinetics. This work unveils a versatile strategy to regulate the electronic structures of dual-metal sites with synergy by establishing charge transfer mechanism for dual-metal cocatalysts.
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- Xinlei Zhang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- Qingdao Huanghai University, Qingdao 266000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China.
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China.
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Ye L, Ding Y, Niu X, Xu X, Fan K, Wen Y, Zong L, Li X, Du X, Zhan T. Unraveling the crucial contribution of additive chromate to efficient and stable alkaline seawater oxidation on Ni-based layered double hydroxides. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 665:240-251. [PMID: 38531271 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.03.132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2024] [Revised: 03/20/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Seawater electrolysis to generate hydrogen offers a clean, green, and sustainable solution for new energy. However, the catalytic activity and durability of anodic catalysts are plagued by the corrosion and competitive oxidation reactions of chloride in high concentrations. In this study, we find that the additive CrO42- anions in the electrolyte can not only promote the formation and stabilization of the metal oxyhydroxide active phase but also greatly mitigate the adverse effect of Cl- on the anode. Linear sweep voltammetry, accelerated corrosion experiments, corrosion polarization curves, and charge transfer resistance results indicate that the addition of CrO42- distinctly improves oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics and corrosion resistance in alkaline seawater electrolytes. Especially, the introduction of CrO42- even in the highly concentrated NaCl (2.5 M) electrolyte prolongs the durability of NiFe-LDH to almost five times the case without CrO42-. Density functional theory calculations also reveal that the adsorption of CrO42- can tune the electronic configuration of active sites of metal oxyhydroxides, enhance conductivity, and optimize the intermediate adsorption energies. This anionic additive strategy can give a better enlightenment for the development of efficient and stable oxygen evolution reactions for seawater electrolysis.
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- Lin Ye
- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China.
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- Qingdao Industrial Energy Storage Research Institute, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 189 Songling Road, Qingdao 266101, China; Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, 266101, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China.
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Wang Y, Zhang Y, Xing P, Li X, Du Q, Fan X, Cai Z, Yin R, Yao Y, Gan W. Self-Encapsulation of High-Entropy Alloy Nanoparticles inside Carbonized Wood for Highly Durable Electrocatalysis. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2402391. [PMID: 38669588 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202402391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2024] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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High-entropy alloy nanoparticles (HEAs) show great potential in emerging electrocatalysis due to their combination and optimization of multiple elements. However, synthesized HEAs often exhibit a weak interface with the conductive substrate, hindering their applications in long-term catalysis and energy conversion. Herein, a highly active and durable electrocatalyst composed of quinary HEAs (PtNiCoFeCu) encapsulated inside the activated carbonized wood (ACW) is reported. The self-encapsulation of HEAs is achieved during Joule heating synthesis (2060 K, 2 s) where HEAs naturally nucleate at the defect sites. In the meantime, HEAs catalyze the deposition of mobile carbon atoms to form a protective few-layer carbon shell during the rapid quenching process, thus remarkably strengthening the interface stability between HEAs and ACW. As a result, the HEAs@ACW shows not only favorable activity with an overpotential of 7 mV at 10 mA cm-2 for hydrogen evolution but also negligible attenuation during a 500 h stability test, which is superior to most reported electrocatalysts. The design of self-encapsulated HEAs inside ACW provides a critical strategy to enhance both activity and stability, which is also applicable to many other energy conversion technologies.
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- Yaoxing Wang
- Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology (Ministry of Education), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology (Ministry of Education), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology (Ministry of Education), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology (Ministry of Education), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology (Ministry of Education), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology (Ministry of Education), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
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- College of Home and Art Design, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology (Ministry of Education), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology (Ministry of Education), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
- Heilongjiang Key Laboratory of Complex Traits and Protein Machines in Organisms, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
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Zhang Y, Jeong S, Son E, Choi Y, Lee S, Baik JM, Park H. In Situ Phase Separation-Induced Self-Healing Catalyst for Efficient Direct Seawater Electrolysis. ACS NANO 2024; 18:16312-16323. [PMID: 38864411 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c06220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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Direct seawater electrolysis technology for sustainable hydrogen production has garnered significant attention, owing to its abundant resource supply and economic potential. However, the complex composition and high chloride concentration of seawater have hindered its practical implementation. In this study, we report an in situ-synthesized dual-phase electrocatalyst (HPS-NiMo), comprising an amorphous phosphide protective outer phase and a crystalline alloy inner phase with supplementary sulfur active sites, to improve the kinetics of direct seawater electrolysis. The HPS-NiMo exhibits long-term stability, remaining stable for periods exceeding 120 h at 200 mA cm-2; moreover, it lowers the required operating voltage to ∼1.8 V in natural seawater. The chlorine chemistry, corrosion during direct natural seawater electrolysis, and mechanism behind the high-performing catalysts are discussed. We also investigated the possibility of recovering the anode precipitates, which inevitably occurs during seawater electrolysis.
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- Yihan Zhang
- KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea
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- School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
- SKKU Institute of Energy Science and Technology (SIEST), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
- Department of Integrative Energy Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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Li W, Liu Y, Azam A, Liu Y, Yang J, Wang D, Sorrell CC, Zhao C, Li S. Unlocking Efficiency: Minimizing Energy Loss in Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2404658. [PMID: 38923073 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202404658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2024] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Catalysts play a crucial role in water electrolysis by reducing the energy barriers for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions (HER and OER). Research aims to enhance the intrinsic activities of potential catalysts through material selection, microstructure design, and various engineering techniques. However, the energy consumption of catalysts has often been overlooked due to the intricate interplay among catalyst microstructure, dimensionality, catalyst-electrolyte-gas dynamics, surface chemistry, electron transport within electrodes, and electron transfer among electrode components. Efficient catalyst development for high-current-density applications is essential to meet the increasing demand for green hydrogen. This involves transforming catalysts with high intrinsic activities into electrodes capable of sustaining high current densities. This review focuses on current improvement strategies of mass exchange, charge transfer, and reducing electrode resistance to decrease energy consumption. It aims to bridge the gap between laboratory-developed, highly efficient catalysts and industrial applications regarding catalyst structural design, surface chemistry, and catalyst-electrode interplay, outlining the development roadmap of hierarchically structured electrode-based water electrolysis for minimizing energy loss in electrocatalysts for water splitting.
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- Wenxian Li
- UNSW Materials and Manufacturing Futures Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- UNSW Materials and Manufacturing Futures Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- UNSW Materials and Manufacturing Futures Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- UNSW Materials and Manufacturing Futures Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- UNSW Materials and Manufacturing Futures Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- UNSW Materials and Manufacturing Futures Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- UNSW Materials and Manufacturing Futures Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- UNSW Materials and Manufacturing Futures Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- UNSW Materials and Manufacturing Futures Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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Zhao L, Tao Z, You M, Xiao H, Wang S, Ma W, Huang Y, He B, Chen Q. Partial Exsolution Enables Superior Bifunctionality of Ir@SrIrO 3 for Acidic Overall Water Splitting. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2309750. [PMID: 38564772 PMCID: PMC11199977 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202309750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 03/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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The pursuit of efficient and durable bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting in acidic media is highly desirable, albeit challenging. SrIrO3 based perovskites are electrochemically active for oxygen evolution reaction (OER), however, their inert activities toward hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) severely restrict the practical implementation in overall water splitting. Herein, an Ir@SrIrO3 heterojunction is newly developed by a partial exsolution approach, ensuring strong metal-support interaction for OER and HER. Notably, the Ir@SrIrO3-175 electrocatalyst, prepared by annealing SrIrO3 in 5% H2 atmosphere at 175 °C, delivers ultralow overpotentials of 229 mV at 10 mA cm-2 for OER and 28 mV at 10 mA cm-2 for HER, surpassing most recently reported bifunctional electrocatalysts. Moreover, the water electrolyzer using the Ir@SrIrO3-175 bifunctional electrocatalyst demonstrates the potential application prospect with high electrochemical performance and excellent durability in acidic environment. Theoretical calculations unveil that constructing Ir@SrIrO3 heterojunction regulates interfacial electronic redistribution, ultimately enabling low energy barriers for both OER and HER.
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- Ling Zhao
- School of Marine Science and EngineeringHainan UniversityHaikou570228P. R China
- Faculty of Materials Science and ChemistryChina University of GeosciencesWuhan430074P. R. China
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- School of Resources, Environment and Safety EngineeringUniversity of South ChinaHengyangHunan421001P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and ChemistryChina University of GeosciencesWuhan430074P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and ChemistryChina University of GeosciencesWuhan430074P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and ChemistryChina University of GeosciencesWuhan430074P. R. China
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- School of Marine Science and EngineeringHainan UniversityHaikou570228P. R China
- Faculty of Materials Science and ChemistryChina University of GeosciencesWuhan430074P. R. China
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- School of Marine Science and EngineeringHainan UniversityHaikou570228P. R China
- Faculty of Materials Science and ChemistryChina University of GeosciencesWuhan430074P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and ChemistryChina University of GeosciencesWuhan430074P. R. China
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- School of Marine Science and EngineeringHainan UniversityHaikou570228P. R China
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Wang K, Liu X, Yu Q, Wang X, Zhu J, Li Y, Chi J, Lin H, Wang L. Mn Doping and P Vacancy Induced Fast Phase Reconstruction of FeP for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Seawater. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2308613. [PMID: 38072783 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202308613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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Due to the shortage of pure water resources, seawater electrolysis is a promising strategy to produce green hydrogen energy. To avoid chlorine oxidation reactions (ClOR) and the production of more corrosive hypochlorite, enhancing OER electrocatalyst activity is the key to solving the above problem. Considering that transition metal phosphides (TMPs) are promising OER eletrocatalysts for seawater splitting, a method to regulate the electronic structure of FeP by introducing Mn heteroatoms and phosphorus vacancy on it (Mn-FePV) is developed. As an OER electrocatalyst in seawater solution, the synthesized Mn-FePV achieves extremely low overpotentials (η500 = 376, η1000 = 395 mV). In addition, the Pt/C||Mn-FePV couple only requires the voltage of 1.81 V to drive the current density of 1000 mA cm-2 for overall seawater splitting. The density functional theory (DFT) calculation shows that Mn-FePV (0.21 e-) has more charge transfer number compared with FeP (0.17 e-). In-situ Raman analysis shows that phosphorus vacancy and Mn doping can synergistically regulate the electronic structure of FeP to induce rapid phase reconstruction, further improving the OER performance of Mn-FePV. The new phase species of FeOOH is confirmed to can enhance the adsorption kinetics of OER intermediates.
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- Ketao Wang
- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
- College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
- College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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Liang J, Cai Z, Li Z, Yao Y, Luo Y, Sun S, Zheng D, Liu Q, Sun X, Tang B. Efficient bubble/precipitate traffic enables stable seawater reduction electrocatalysis at industrial-level current densities. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2950. [PMID: 38580635 PMCID: PMC10997793 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47121-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024] Open
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Seawater electroreduction is attractive for future H2 production and intermittent energy storage, which has been hindered by aggressive Mg2+/Ca2+ precipitation at cathodes and consequent poor stability. Here we present a vital microscopic bubble/precipitate traffic system (MBPTS) by constructing honeycomb-type 3D cathodes for robust anti-precipitation seawater reduction (SR), which massively/uniformly release small-sized H2 bubbles to almost every corner of the cathode to repel Mg2+/Ca2+ precipitates without a break. Noticeably, the optimal cathode with built-in MBPTS not only enables state-of-the-art alkaline SR performance (1000-h stable operation at -1 A cm-2) but also is highly specialized in catalytically splitting natural seawater into H2 with the greatest anti-precipitation ability. Low precipitation amounts after prolonged tests under large current densities reflect genuine efficacy by our MBPTS. Additionally, a flow-type electrolyzer based on our optimal cathode stably functions at industrially-relevant 500 mA cm-2 for 150 h in natural seawater while unwaveringly sustaining near-100% H2 Faradic efficiency. Note that the estimated price (~1.8 US$/kgH2) is even cheaper than the US Department of Energy's goal price (2 US$/kgH2).
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- Jie Liang
- College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, Shandong, China
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, Sichuan, China
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- College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, Shandong, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, Sichuan, China
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- College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, Shandong, China
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- College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, Shandong, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, Sichuan, China
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- College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, Shandong, China.
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, Sichuan, China.
- High Altitude Medical Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
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- College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, Shandong, China.
- Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong, China.
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Adisasmito S, Khoiruddin K, Sutrisna PD, Wenten IG, Siagian UWR. Bipolar Membrane Seawater Splitting for Hydrogen Production: A Review. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:14704-14727. [PMID: 38585051 PMCID: PMC10993265 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c09205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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The growing demand for clean energy has spurred the quest for sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels. Hydrogen has emerged as a promising candidate with its exceptional heating value and zero emissions upon combustion. However, conventional hydrogen production methods contribute to CO2 emissions, necessitating environmentally friendly alternatives. With its vast potential, seawater has garnered attention as a valuable resource for hydrogen production, especially in arid coastal regions with surplus renewable energy. Direct seawater electrolysis presents a viable option, although it faces challenges such as corrosion, competing reactions, and the presence of various impurities. To enhance the seawater electrolysis efficiency and overcome these challenges, researchers have turned to bipolar membranes (BPMs). These membranes create two distinct pH environments and selectively facilitate water dissociation by allowing the passage of protons and hydroxide ions, while acting as a barrier to cations and anions. Moreover, the presence of catalysts at the BPM junction or interface can further accelerate water dissociation. Alongside the thermodynamic potential, the efficiency of the system is significantly influenced by the water dissociation potential of BPMs. By exploiting these unique properties, BPMs offer a promising solution to improve the overall efficiency of seawater electrolysis processes. This paper reviews BPM electrolysis, including the water dissociation mechanism, recent advancements in BPM synthesis, and the challenges encountered in seawater electrolysis. Furthermore, it explores promising strategies to optimize the water dissociation reaction in BPMs, paving the way for sustainable hydrogen production from seawater.
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- Sanggono Adisasmito
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi
Bandung (ITB), Jalan
Ganesa No. 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi
Bandung (ITB), Jalan
Ganesa No. 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Universitas Surabaya
(UBAYA), Jalan Raya Kalirungkut (Tenggilis), Surabaya 60293, Indonesia
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi
Bandung (ITB), Jalan
Ganesa No. 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
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- Department
of Petroleum Engineering, Institut Teknologi
Bandung (ITB), Jalan Ganesa No. 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
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Jin C, Huo L, Tang J, Li S, Jiang K, He Q, Dong H, Gong Y, Hu Z. Precise Atomic Structure Regulation of Single-Atom Platinum Catalysts toward Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2309509. [PMID: 37992240 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202309509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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Noble metal single-atom-catalysts (SACs) have demonstrated significant potential to improve atom utilization efficiency and catalytic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, challenges still remain in rationally modulating active sites and catalytic activities of SACs, which often results in sluggish kinetics and poor stability, especially in neutral/alkaline media. Herein, precise construction of Pt single atoms anchored on edge of 2D layered Ni(OH)2 (Pt-Ni(OH)2-E) is achieved utilizing in situ electrodeposition. Compared to the single-atom Pt catalysts anchored on the basal plane of Ni(OH)2 (Pt-Ni(OH)2-BP), the Pt-Ni(OH)2-E possesses superior electron affinity and high intrinsic catalytic activity, which favors the strong adsorption and rapid dissociation toward water molecules. As a result, the Pt-Ni(OH)2-E catalyst requires low overpotentials of 21 and 34 mV at 10 mA cm-2 in alkaline and neutral conditions, respectively. Specifically, it shows the high mass activity of 23.6 A mg-1 for Pt at the overpotential of 100 mV, outperforming the reported catalysts and commercial Pt/C. This work provides new insights into the rational design of active sites for preparing high-performance SACs.
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- Chunqiao Jin
- Technical Center for Multifunctional Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy (Shanghai), Engineering Research Center of Nanophotonics & Advanced Instrument (Ministry of Education), Department of Physics, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Technical Center for Multifunctional Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy (Shanghai), Engineering Research Center of Nanophotonics & Advanced Instrument (Ministry of Education), Department of Physics, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Technical Center for Multifunctional Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy (Shanghai), Engineering Research Center of Nanophotonics & Advanced Instrument (Ministry of Education), Department of Physics, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Technical Center for Multifunctional Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy (Shanghai), Engineering Research Center of Nanophotonics & Advanced Instrument (Ministry of Education), Department of Physics, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Technical Center for Multifunctional Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy (Shanghai), Engineering Research Center of Nanophotonics & Advanced Instrument (Ministry of Education), Department of Physics, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
- School of Arts and Sciences, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Technical Center for Multifunctional Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy (Shanghai), Engineering Research Center of Nanophotonics & Advanced Instrument (Ministry of Education), Department of Physics, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030006, China
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Fei H, Liu R, Liu T, Ju M, Lei J, Wang Z, Wang S, Zhang Y, Chen W, Wu Z, Ni M, Wang J. Direct Seawater Electrolysis: From Catalyst Design to Device Applications. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2309211. [PMID: 37918125 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202309211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
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Direct seawater electrolysis (DSE) for hydrogen production, using earth-abundant seawater as the feedstock and renewable electricity as the driving source, paves a new opportunity for flexible energy conversion/storage and smooths the volatility of renewable energy. Unfortunately, the complex environments of seawater impose significant challenges on the design of DSE catalysts, and the practical performance of many current DSE catalysts remains unsatisfactory on the device level. However, many studies predominantly concentrate on the development of electrocatalysts for DSE without giving due consideration to the specific devices. To mitigate this gap, the most recent progress (mainly published within the year 2020-2023) of DSE electrocatalysts and devices are systematically evaluated. By discussing key bottlenecks, corresponding mitigation strategies, and various device designs and applications, the tremendous challenges in addressing the trade-off among activity, stability, and selectivity for DSE electrocatalysts by a single shot are emphasized. In addition, the rational design of the DSE electrocatalysts needs to align with the specific device configuration, which is more effective than attempting to comprehensively enhance all catalytic parameters. This work, featuring the first review of this kind to consider rational catalyst design in the framework of DSE devices, will facilitate practical DSE development.
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- Hao Fei
- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- Department of Building and Real Estate, Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD) & Research Institute for Smart Energy (RISE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
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- China Southern Power Grid Technology Co., Ltd, Guangzhou, 510000, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- Department of Building and Real Estate, Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD) & Research Institute for Smart Energy (RISE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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Sun J, Qin S, Zhao Z, Zhang Z, Meng X. Rapid carbothermal shocking fabrication of iron-incorporated molybdenum oxide with heterogeneous spin states for enhanced overall water/seawater splitting. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2024; 11:1199-1211. [PMID: 38112124 DOI: 10.1039/d3mh01757e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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Molybdenum dioxide (MoO2) has been considered as a promising hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalyst. However, the active sites are mainly located at the edges, resulting in few active sites and poor activity in the HER. Herein, we first reported on an efficient strategy to incorporate Fe into MoO2 nanosheets on Ni foam (Fe-MoO2/NF) using a rapid carbothermal shocking method (820 °C for 127 s). Notably, the different spin states between Fe and Mo atoms could lead to rich lattice dislocations in Fe-MoO2/NF, exposing abundant oxygen vacancies and the low-oxidation-state of Mo sites during the rapid Joule heating process. As tested, the catalyst exhibited superior activity with ultralow overpotentials (HER: 17 mV@10 mA cm-2; oxygen evolution reaction (OER): 310 mV@50 mA cm-2) and high OER selectivity in alkaline seawater splitting. Meanwhile, this catalyst was equipped in a home-made anion exchange membrane (AEM) seawater electrolyzer, which achieved a low energy consumption (5.5 kW h m-3). More importantly, Fe-MoO2/NF also coupled very well with a solar-driven electrolytic system and turned out a solar-to-hydrogen (STH) efficiency of 13.5%. Theoretical results also demonstrated that Fe incorporated and abundant oxygen vacancies in MoO2 can distort the distance of the Mo-O bonds and regulate the electronic structure, thus optimizing the binding energy of H*/OOH* adsorption. This method can be extended to other heterogeneous spin states in MoO2-based catalysts (e.g. Ni-MoO2/NF, Co-MoO2/NF) for seawater splitting, and provide a simple, efficient and universal strategy to prepare highly-efficient MoO2-based electrocatalysts.
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- Jianpeng Sun
- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N6N5, Canada.
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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Liu HJ, Zhang S, Qiao WZ, Fan RY, Liu B, Wang ST, Hu H, Chai YM, Dong B. Bimetallic metal-organic framework-derived bamboo-like N-doped carbon nanotube-encapsulated Ni-doped MoC nanoparticles for water oxidation. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 657:208-218. [PMID: 38039881 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.11.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 11/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
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Molybdenum carbide materials with unique electronic structures have received special attention as water-splitting catalysts, but their structural stability in the alkaline water electrolysis process is not satisfactory. This study reports an in situ pyrolysis method for preparing NiMo-based metal-organic framework (MOF)-derived chain-mail oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts and bamboo-like N-doped carbon nanotube (NCNT)-encapsulated Ni-doped MoC nanoparticles (NiMoC-NCNTs). The NCNTs can provide chain mail shells to protect the inner highly reactive Ni-doped MoC cores from electrochemical corrosion by the alkaline electrolyte and regulate their catalytic properties through charge redistribution. Benefiting from high N-doping with abundant pyridinic moieties and abundant active sites of the periodic bamboo-like nodes, the as-prepared NiMoC-NCNTs display an outstanding activity for the OER with an overpotential of 310 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and a superior long-term stability of 50 h. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the excellent electrocatalytic activity of NiMoC-NCNTs comes from the electron transfer from NiMoC nanoparticles to NCNTs, resulting in a decrease in the local work function at the carbon surface and optimized free efficiencies of OER intermediates on C sites. This work provides an effective approach to improve the structural stability of fragile catalysts by equipping them with carbon-based chain.
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- Hai-Jun Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China.
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Niu Z, Lu Z, Qiao Z, Wang S, Cao X, Chen X, Yun J, Zheng L, Cao D. Robust Ru-VO 2 Bifunctional Catalysts for All-pH Overall Water Splitting. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2310690. [PMID: 38048484 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202310690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023]
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Designing robust bifunctional catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction in all-pH conditions for overall water splitting (OWS) is an effective way to achieve sustainable development. Herein, a composite Ru-VO2 containing Ru-doped VO2 and Ru nanoparticles (NPs) is synthesized, and it shows a high OWS performance in full-pH range due to their synergist effect. In particular, the OER mass activities of Ru-VO2 at 1.53 V (vs RHE) in acidic, alkaline, and PBS solutions are ≈65, 36, and 235 times of commercial RuO2 in the same conditions. The "Ru-VO2 || Ru-VO2 " two-electrode electrolyzer only needs a voltage of 1.515 V (at 10 mA cm-2 ) in acidic water splitting, which can operate stably for 125 h at 10 mA cm-2 without significant voltage decay. In situ Raman spectra and in situ differential electrochemical mass spectrometry prove that the OER of Ru-VO2 in acid follows the adsorption evolution mechanism. Density functional theory calculations further reveal the synergistic effect between Ru NP and Ru-doped VO2 , which breaks the hydrogen bond network formed by *OH adsorbed on the Ru single-atom site, and thereby significantly enhances the OER activity. This work provides new insights into the design of novel bifunctional pH-universal catalysts for OWS.
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- Ziqiang Niu
- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, 332005, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, 332005, China
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- Qingdao International Academician Park Research Institute, Qingdao, 266000, China
- School of Chemical Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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Zhang J, Cui F, Ma Q, Cui T. Ni 3+ -Rich Ni/NiO x @C Nanocapsules Below 4 nm Constructed by Low-Temperature Graphitization of Self-Assembled Few-Layer Coordination Polymers toward Efficient Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysis. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2311057. [PMID: 38385809 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202311057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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Low-cost and eco-friendly Ni/NiO heterojunctions have been theoretically proven to be the ideal candidate for stepwise electrocatalysis of alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction, attributed to the preferred OHad adsorption by incompletely filled d orbitals of NiO phase and favorable Had adsorption energy of Ni phase. Nevertheless, most Ni/NiO compounds reported so far fail to exhibit excellent catalytic activity, possibly due to the lack of efficient electron transport, limited interfacial active sites, and unregulated Nin+ ratios. To address the above bottlenecks, herein, the ultrasmall Ni/NiOx @C nanocapsules (<5 nm) are directly constructed by graphitization of four-layer Ni-based coordination polymers at record low temperatures of 400 °C. Ascribed to the accelerated electron and mass transfer by the carbon nano-onions coated around Ni/NiOx heterojunctions, the extreme rise in interfaces and Ni3+ defects with t6 2ge1 g electronic configuration owed to the ultrasmall size, the Ni/NiOx @C nanocapsules exhibit the highest catalytic activity and the lowest overpotential of η10 = 80 mV among various Ni/NiO materials (measured on the glassy carbon electrode). This work not only constructs an industrialized high-efficiency electrocatalyst toward alkaline HER, but also provides a novel strategy for the constant-scale preparation of multicomponent transition metals-based nanocrystals below 4 nm.
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- Jiajia Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China
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Hu YW, Sultana F, Balogun MS, Xiong T, Huang Y, Xia Y. Bi-cation incorporated Ni 3N nanosheets boost water dissociation kinetics for enhanced alkaline hydrogen evolution activity. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:4325-4332. [PMID: 38357773 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr05957j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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Nickel nitride (Ni3N) is a promising electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) owing to its excellent metallic features and has been demonstrated to exhibit considerable activity for water oxidation. However, its undesirable characteristics as an HER electrocatalyst due to its poor unfavourable d-band energy level significantly limit its water dissociation kinetics. Herein, the HER electrocatalytic activity of Ni3N was prominently enhanced via the simultaneous incorporation of bi-cations (vanadium (V) and iron (Fe), denoted as V-Fe-Ni3N). The optimized V-Fe-Ni3N displays impressive performance with an overpotential of 69 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and good stability in 1.0 M KOH, which is remarkably better than pristine Ni3N, V-doped Ni3N, and Fe-doped Ni3N and considerably closer to a commercial Pt/C catalyst. Based on density functional theory (DFT) studies, V and Fe atoms not only serve as active sites for promoting water dissociation kinetics but also tune the electronic structure of Ni3N to achieve optimized hydrogen adsorption capabilities. This work presents an inclusive understanding of the rational designing of high-performance transition metal nitride-based electrocatalysts for hydrogen production. Its electrocatalytic performance can be significantly enhanced by doping transition metal cations.
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- Yu-Wen Hu
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China.
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- Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510180, China.
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Rao C, Wang H, Chen K, Chen H, Ci S, Xu Q, Wen Z. Hybrid Acid/Base Electrolytic Cell for Hydrogen Generation and Methanol Conversion Implemented by Bifunctional Ni/MoN Nanorod Electrocatalyst. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2303300. [PMID: 37840438 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202303300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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Combining the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) within an integrated electrolytic system may offer the advantages of enhanced kinetics of the anode, reduced energy consumption, and the production of high-purity hydrogen. Herein, it is reported the construction of Ni─MoN nanorod arrays supported on a nickel foam substrate (Ni─MoN/NF) as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for electrocatalytic hydrogen production and selective methanol oxidation to formate. Remarkably, The optimal Ni─MoN/NF catalyst displays exceptional HER performance with an overpotential of only 49 mV to attain 10 mA cm-2 in acid, and exhibits a high activity for MOR to achieve 100 mA cm-2 at 1.48 V in alkali. A hybrid acid/base electrolytic cell with Ni─MoN/NF electrode as anode and cathode is further developed for an integrated HER-MOR cell, which only requires a voltage of 0.56 V at 10 mA cm-2 , significantly lower than that of the HER-OER system (0.70 V). The density functional theory studies reveal that the incorporation of Ni effectively modulates the electronic structure of MoN, thereby resulting in enhanced catalytic activity. The unique combination of high electrocatalytic activity and excellent stability make the Ni─MoN/NF catalyst a promising candidate for practical applications in electrocatalytic hydrogen production and methanol oxidation.
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- Chaoming Rao
- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Heavy Metals Pollutants Control and Resource Utilization and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330063, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Heavy Metals Pollutants Control and Resource Utilization and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330063, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials and Techniques toward Hydrogen Energy, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Heavy Metals Pollutants Control and Resource Utilization and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330063, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Heavy Metals Pollutants Control and Resource Utilization and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330063, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Heavy Metals Pollutants Control and Resource Utilization and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330063, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Heavy Metals Pollutants Control and Resource Utilization and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330063, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials and Techniques toward Hydrogen Energy, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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He ZM, Zhang CX, Guo SQ, Xu P, Ji Y, Luo SW, Qi X, Liu YD, Cheng NY, Dou SX, Wang YX, Zhang BW. Mo-doping heterojunction: interfacial engineering in an efficient electrocatalyst for superior simulated seawater hydrogen evolution. Chem Sci 2024; 15:1123-1131. [PMID: 38239697 PMCID: PMC10793640 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc05220f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2024] Open
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Exploring economical, efficient, and stable electrocatalysts for the seawater hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is highly desirable but is challenging. In this study, a Mo cation doped Ni0.85Se/MoSe2 heterostructural electrocatalyst, Mox-Ni0.85Se/MoSe2, was successfully prepared by simultaneously doping Mo cations into the Ni0.85Se lattice (Mox-Ni0.85Se) and growing atomic MoSe2 nanosheets epitaxially at the edge of the Mox-Ni0.85Se. Such an Mox-Ni0.85Se/MoSe2 catalyst requires only 110 mV to drive current densities of 10 mA cm-2 in alkaline simulated seawater, and shows almost no obvious degradation after 80 h at 20 mA cm-2. The experimental results, combined with the density functional theory calculations, reveal that the Mox-Ni0.85Se/MoSe2 heterostructure will generate an interfacial electric field to facilitate the electron transfer, thus reducing the water dissociation barrier. Significantly, the heteroatomic Mo-doping in the Ni0.85Se can regulate the local electronic configuration of the Mox-Ni0.85Se/MoSe2 heterostructure catalyst by altering the coordination environment and orbital hybridization, thereby weakening the bonding interaction between the Cl and Se/Mo. This synergistic effect for the Mox-Ni0.85Se/MoSe2 heterostructure will simultaneously enhance the catalytic activity and durability, without poisoning or corrosion of the chloride ions.
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- Zuo-Ming He
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Energy Materials and Devices, Xiangtan University Xiangtan 411105 PR China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University Chongqing 400044 PR China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shandong University of Technology Zibo 255000 PR China
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- Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University Hefei 230601 PR China
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Energy Materials and Devices, Xiangtan University Xiangtan 411105 PR China
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Energy Materials and Devices, Xiangtan University Xiangtan 411105 PR China
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Energy Materials and Devices, Xiangtan University Xiangtan 411105 PR China
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Energy Materials and Devices, Xiangtan University Xiangtan 411105 PR China
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Energy Materials and Devices, Xiangtan University Xiangtan 411105 PR China
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- Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University Hefei 230601 PR China
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- Institute of Energy Materials Science (IEMS), University of Shanghai For Science and Technology Shanghai 200093 China
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- Institute of Energy Materials Science (IEMS), University of Shanghai For Science and Technology Shanghai 200093 China
- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute of Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong North Wollongong New South Wales 2500 Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University Chongqing 400044 PR China
- Center of Advanced Electrochemical Energy, Institute of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies Chongqing 400044 PR China
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Hu H, Wang X, Attfield JP, Yang M. Metal nitrides for seawater electrolysis. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:163-203. [PMID: 38019124 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00717k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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Electrocatalytic high-throughput seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production is a promising green energy technology that offers possibilities for environmental and energy sustainability. However, large-scale application is limited by the complex composition of seawater, high concentration of Cl- leading to competing reaction, and severe corrosion of electrode materials. In recent years, extensive research has been conducted to address these challenges. Metal nitrides (MNs) with excellent chemical stability and catalytic properties have emerged as ideal electrocatalyst candidates. This review presents the electrode reactions and basic parameters of the seawater splitting process, and summarizes the types and selection principles of conductive substrates with critical analysis of the design principles for seawater electrocatalysts. The focus is on discussing the properties, synthesis, and design strategies of MN-based electrocatalysts. Finally, we provide an outlook for the future development of MNs in the high-throughput seawater electrolysis field and highlight key issues that require further research and optimization.
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- Huashuai Hu
- School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, UK
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- School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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Li D, Guo Z, Zhao R, Ren H, Huang Y, Yan Y, Cui W, Yao X. An efficient cerium dioxide incorporated nickel cobalt phosphide complex as electrocatalyst for All-pH hydrogen evolution reaction and overall water splitting. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 653:1725-1742. [PMID: 37827011 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.09.144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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Transition metal phosphides (TMPs) have been considered as potential electrocatalysts with adjustable valence states, metal characteristics, and phase diversity. However, it is necessary but remains a major challenge to obtain efficient and durable TMPs catalysts, which can realize efficiently for not only all-pH hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), but also oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Hence, cerium dioxide incorporated nickel cobalt phosphide growth on nickel foam (CeO2/NiCoP) is fabricated by hydrothermal and phosphating reaction. CeO2/NiCoP shows excellent activity for all-pH HER (overpotentials of 48, 58 and 72 mV in alkaline, neutral and acidic solution at the current density of 10 mA cm-2), and has a small OER overpotential (231 mV @ 10 mA cm-2). Moreover, the voltage of overall water splitting in alkaline solution and simulated seawater electrolyte is only 1.46 and 1.41 V (10 mA cm-2), respectively, coupled with outstanding operational stability and corrosion resistance. Further mechanism research shows that CeO2/NiCoP possesses rich heterointerfaces, which serves more exposed active sites and possesses a promising superhydrophilic and superaerophobic surface. Density functional theory calculations manifest that CeO2/NiCoP has appropriate energy for intermediates of reactions. This work provides a deep insight into the CeO2/NiCoP catalyst for high-performance water/seawater electrolysis.
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- Dongxiao Li
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China; Binzhou Institute of Technology, Binzhou 256606, PR China; National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material & Technology Research Center for Environment Material and Pollution Control Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China.
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Li H, Zhen F, Qian X, Yang J, Yu H, Wang Q, Zhang L, Wang Y, Qu B. Study of efficient catalytic electrode for hydrogen evolution reaction from seawater based on low tortuosity corn straw cellulose biochar/Mo2C with porous channels. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 254:127993. [PMID: 37949268 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.127993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Porosity and channel structure has important effects on the performance of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) of nanostructured electrocatalysts in acid solution and seawater. Mesopore usually helps to enhance the reaction kinetics and mass transfer, while the macroporous channel structure also affects the electrocatalyst. Traditional graphene materials do not have such structure. Therefore, this paper designs a method to synthesize Mo2C composite nanomaterial in situ on corn straw biochar, inspires by the natural channel structure of conducting water, salt and organic matter in plants. Characteristic characterization shows that the material also has a large number of mesoporous and vertical distribution of large porous channel structure, through the decrease of tortuosity and porosity, ensure the catalyst surface electrolyte transport and hydrogen timely escape, alleviate the process of metal ion precipitation blocking pore channel, so as to improve the rate of hydrogen evolution reaction. The results shows that the overpotential of the catalyst was 48 mV and 251 mV under 10 mA cm-2 acidic electrolyte and simulated seawater electrolyte, respectively. This method provides new ideas for the design of efficient electrocatalysts for seawater decomposition, then the HER performance in alkaline and neutral environments needs to be further explored.
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- Hongru Li
- College of Art and Science, Northeast Agr Univ, Harbin 150030, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- College of Art and Science, Northeast Agr Univ, Harbin 150030, China
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- College of Art and Science, Northeast Agr Univ, Harbin 150030, China; Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Beijing Natl Lab Condensed Matter Phys, Beijing 100190, China
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- Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Beijing Natl Lab Condensed Matter Phys, Beijing 100190, China
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- Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Beijing Natl Lab Condensed Matter Phys, Beijing 100190, China
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- College of Art and Science, Northeast Agr Univ, Harbin 150030, China
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- College of Art and Science, Northeast Agr Univ, Harbin 150030, China
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- College of Art and Science, Northeast Agr Univ, Harbin 150030, China.
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Liu X, Yu Q, Qu X, Wang X, Chi J, Wang L. Manipulating Electron Redistribution in Ni 2 P for Enhanced Alkaline Seawater Electrolysis. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2307395. [PMID: 37740701 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202307395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 09/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/25/2023]
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Developing bifunctional electrocatalyst for seawater splitting remains a persistent challenge. Herein, an approach is proposed through density functional theory (DFT) preanalysis to manipulate electron redistribution in Ni2 P addressed by cation doping and vacancy engineering. The needle-like Fe-doped Ni2 P with P vacancy (Fe-Ni2 Pv) is successfully synthesized on nickel foam, exhibiting a superior bifunctional hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalytic activity for seawater electrolysis in alkaline condition. As a result, bifunctional Fe-Ni2 Pv achieves the industrially required current densities of 1.0 and 3.0 A cm-2 at low voltages of 1.68 and 1.73 V, respectively, for seawater splitting at 60 °C in 6.0 m KOH circumstances. The theoretical calculation and the experimental results collectively reveal the reasons for the enhancement of catalyst activity. Specifically, Fe doping and P vacancies can accelerate the reconstruction of OER active species and optimize the hydrogen adsorption free energy (ΔGH* ) for HER. In addition, the active sites of Fe-Ni2 Pv are identified, where P vacancies greatly improve the electrical conductivity and Ni sites are the dominant OER active centers, meanwhile Fe atoms as active centers for the HER. The study provides a deep insight into the exploration for the enhancement of activity of nickel-based phosphide catalysts and the identification of their real active centers.
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- Xiaobin Liu
- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
- College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
- College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
- College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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Qu J, Wang Z, Gan W, Xiao R, Yao X, Khanam Z, Ouyang L, Wang H, Yang H, Zhang S, Balogun MS. Efficient Hydrogen Evolution on Antiperovskite CuNCo 3 Nanowires by Mo Incorporation and its Trifunctionality for Zn Air Batteries and Overall Water Splitting. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2304541. [PMID: 37661573 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202304541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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The current development of single electrocatalyst with multifunctional applications in overall water splitting (OWS) and zinc-air batteries (ZABs) is crucial for sustainable energy conversion and storage systems. However, exploring new and efficient low-cost trifunctional electrocatalysts is still a significant challenge. Herein, the antiperovskite CuNCo3 prototype, that is proved to be highly efficient in oxygen evolution reaction but severe hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance, is endowed with optimum HER catalytic properties by in situ-derived interfacial engineering via incorporation of molybdenum (Mo). The as-prepared Mo-CuNCo3 @CoN nanowires achieve a low HER overpotential of 58 mV@10 mA cm-2 , which is significantly higher than the pristine CuNCo3 . The assembled CuNCo3 -antiperovskite-based OWS not only entails a low overall voltage of 1.56 V@10 mA cm-2 , comparable to most recently reported metal-nitride-based OWS, but also exhibits excellent ZAB cyclic stability up to 310 h, specific capacity of 819.2 mAh g-1 , and maximum power density of 102 mW cm-2 . The as-designed antiperovskite-based ZAB could self-power the OWS system generating a high hydrogen rate, and creating opportunity for developing integrated portable multifunctional energy devices.
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- Jing Qu
- Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi, 530007, P. R. China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi, 530007, P. R. China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi, 530007, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology for Clean Energy, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology for Clean Energy, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology for Clean Energy, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology for Clean Energy, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology for Clean Energy, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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Moradi-Alavian S, Kazempour A, Mirzaei-Saatlo M, Ashassi-Sorkhabi H, Mehrdad A, Asghari E, Lamb JJ, Pollet BG. Promotion of hydrogen evolution from seawater via poly(aniline-co-4-nitroaniline) combined with 3D nickel nanoparticles. Sci Rep 2023; 13:21486. [PMID: 38057368 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-48355-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023] Open
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This work reports the synthesis of poly (aniline-co-4-nitroaniline) deposited on a three-dimensional nanostructured nickel (3D-Ni) film, where both layers were fabricated via potentiostatic electrodeposition. The obtained electrocatalyst exhibited excellent electrochemical activity for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) with small overpotentials of - 195 and - 325 mV at - 10 and - 100 mAcm-2, respectively, and a low Tafel slope of 53.3 mV dec-1 in seawater. Additionally, the electrocatalyst exhibited good stability after 72 h operation under a constant potential of - 1.9 V vs. RHE. The efficient HER performance of the as-prepared catalyst was found to originate from the synergy between the conducting polymer and three-dimensional nickel nanoparticles with a large electrochemical active surface area. Moreover, the results obtained from electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements revealed that the presence of 3D-Ni layer improved the kinetics of HER by reducing the charge transfer resistance for the electrocatalyst.
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- Saleh Moradi-Alavian
- Electrochemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Electrochemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Electrochemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Electrochemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Electrochemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
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- Hydrogen Energy and Sonochemistry Research Group, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491, Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Energy and Process Engineering & ENERSENSE, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- Green Hydrogen Lab, Institute for Hydrogen Research (IHR), Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), 3351 Boulevard des Forges, Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 5H7, Canada
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Zhou S, Liu Y, Shi J, Li J, Cai W. Regulating the electronic structure of metal-organic frameworks via ion-exchanged Ir dispersion for robust overall water splitting. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:14459-14462. [PMID: 37982741 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc04990f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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A facile ion exchange strategy to fabricate CoIrx-BDC with atomically dispersed Ir is developed towards overall water splitting. The optimized CoIr3-BDC requires only 12 and 81 mV to deliver 10 and 100 mA cm-2 alkaline HER, respectively, and only 245 mV to reach 100 mA cm-2 alkaline OER.
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- Shunfa Zhou
- Sustainable Energy Laboratory, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- Sustainable Energy Laboratory, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
- Wuhan Monitoring Station, State Urban Water Supply Quality Monitoring Network, No. 240 Jiefang Avenue, 430034, Wuhan, China
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- Sustainable Energy Laboratory, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- Sustainable Energy Laboratory, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- Sustainable Energy Laboratory, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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Zhang Y, Zhang W, Lei Y, Huang J, Lin Z, Lai Y. Iron-optimized oxygen vacancy concentration to strengthen the electrocatalytic ability of the urea oxidation reaction. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:14395-14398. [PMID: 38010126 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc03889k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Iron-modified Ni(OH)2/NiSe2 enhances oxygen vacancies, expanding the electrochemically active surface area, which exhibiting superior selectivity and stability in urea oxidation reaction, outperforming pristine Ni(OH)2@NiSe2. It also demonstrates superior catalytic performance in the oxidation reactions of other small molecules.
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- Yingzhen Zhang
- National Engineering Research Center of Chemical Fertilizer Catalyst (NERC-CFC), College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China.
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- National Engineering Research Center of Chemical Fertilizer Catalyst (NERC-CFC), College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China.
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- National Engineering Research Center of Chemical Fertilizer Catalyst (NERC-CFC), College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China.
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- National Engineering Research Center of Chemical Fertilizer Catalyst (NERC-CFC), College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China.
- Qingyuan Innovation Laboratory, Quanzhou 362801, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585, Singapore.
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- National Engineering Research Center of Chemical Fertilizer Catalyst (NERC-CFC), College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China.
- Qingyuan Innovation Laboratory, Quanzhou 362801, P. R. China
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Wang P, Yan Y, Qin B, Ye Z, Cai W, Zheng X. Carbon nanotubes encapsulating Pt/MoN heterostructures for superior hydrogen evolution. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 650:1174-1181. [PMID: 37473477 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.07.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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Achieving efficient hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts to scale up electrochemical water splitting is desirable but remains a major challenge. Here, nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (NCNTs) loaded with PtNi/MoN electrocatalyst (PtNi/MoN@C) is synthesized by a simple strategy to obtain stronger interphase effects and significantly improve HER activity. The surface morphology of the materials is altered by Pt doping and the electronic structure of MoN is changed, which optimizing the electronic environment of the materials, shifting the binding energy and giving the materials a higher electrical conductivity, this ultimately leads to faster proton and electron transfer processes. The synergistic effect of Pt nanoparticles, MoN and the good combination with carbon leads to a high HER activity of 18 mV to reach 10 mA cm-2 in alkaline solution, outperforming that of the commercial Pt/C. Theoretical studies show that the heterostructures can efficiently enhance the electron transport and reduce the △GH*.
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- Peijia Wang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
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Chen S, Liu D, Zhou P, Qiao L, An K, Zhuo Y, Lu J, Liu Q, Ip WF, Wang Z, Pan H. Multi-metal electrocatalyst with crystalline/amorphous structure for enhanced alkaline water/seawater hydrogen evolution. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 650:807-815. [PMID: 37450969 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.07.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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The development of well-defined nanomaterials as non-noble metal electrocatalysts has broad application prospect for hydrogen generation technology. Recently, multi-metal electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) have attracted extensive attention due to their high catalytic performance arising from the synergistic effect of multi-metal interaction. However, most multi-metal catalysts suffer from the limited synergistic effect because of poor interfacial compatibility between different components. Here, a novel multi-metal catalyst (Ni/MoO2@CoFeOx) nanosheet with a crystalline/amorphous structure is demonstrated, which shows high HER activity. Ni/MoO2@CoFeOx exhibits an ultra-low overpotential of 18, 39, and 93 mV at 10 mA cm-2 in alkaline water, alkaline seawater and natural seawater, respectively, which outperformances most of the state-of-the-art non-noble metal compounds. In addition, the catalyst shows exceptional stability under 500 mA cm-2 in alkaline solution. In-situ Raman and other advanced structural characterization confirms the excellent catalytic activity is mainly contributed by: (1) the strong synergistic effect of multi-metal components provides multiple active sites in the catalytic process; (2) the crystalline/amorphous interface in Ni/MoO2@CoFeOx boosts the catalytically active sites and structure stability; (3) the crystalline phase enhances the intrinsic conductivity greatly; and (4) the amorphous phase provides abundant unsaturated sites for improved intrinsic catalytic activity. This work provides a feasible way to design electrocatalyst with high activity and stability for practical applications.
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- Songbo Chen
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518071, China; College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China; Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518071, China.
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518071, China; Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518071, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518071, China
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China.
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518071, China.
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China; Department of Physics and Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China.
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Zhang J, Zhang S, Zhang X, Ma Z, Wang Z, Zhao B. Construction of Ni 4Mo/MoO 2 heterostructure on oxygen vacancy enriched NiMoO 4 nanorods as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 650:1490-1499. [PMID: 37481786 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.07.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Despite great efforts over the past decade, rational design of bifunctional electrocatalysts with low cost and high efficiency still remains a challenge to achieve industrial water splitting. Herein, we synthesized the nickel-molybdenum nanorod array catalyst supported on NF (NMO@NM/MO) by a two-step process of hydrothermal and reductive annealing. Partial reduction of the NiMoO4 induces the structural reconstruction and formation of the Ni4Mo/MoO2 heterostructure on oxygen vacancy enriched nanorod, which bring out sufficient active sites, large specific surface area and favorable interfacial charge transfer. Thanks to the unique core-shell structure with the heterostructured Ni4Mo/MoO2 surface and defect-rich NiMoO4 core, the obtained electrocatalyst shows greatly improved hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity with an ultralow overpotential of 63 mV at 100 mA cm-2 (vs. 314 mV for the NiMoO4). Density function theory calculations reveal that the construction of the Ni4Mo/MoO2 heterostructure effectively accelerates H2O dissociation kinetics, while the defective NiMoO4 facilitates H* adsorption/desorption. Moreover, the heterostructure catalyst also displays excellent oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance with the low overpotential of 274 mV at 100 mA cm-2. When coupling HER and OER by using NMO@NM/MO as both the cathode and anode, the alkaline electrolyzer delivers a current density of 10 mA cm-2 at only 1.50 V as well as good robustness. The synergistic effect of the hetero-interface and the defect engineering endows the electrocatalyst with excellent bifunctional catalytic activity for HER and OER. This work may provide a route for rational design of heterostructure electrocatalysts with multiple active components.
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- Jingyuan Zhang
- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China.
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Zhang K, Xu M, Wang J, Chen Z. Self-supporting, hierarchically hollow structured NiFe-PBA electrocatalyst for efficient alkaline seawater oxidation. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:17525-17533. [PMID: 37869872 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr04101h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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Seawater electrolysis, taking advantage of the huge seawater resource, holds great promise for sustainable hydrogen generation. Compared to conventional water electrolysis, seawater electrolysis is more challenging because of the more complex and corrosive electrolyte and competitive side reactions, which necessitates the development of highly efficient and stable electrocatalysts. In this study, a self-supporting, highly porous NiFe-PBA (Prussian-blue-analogue) electrocatalyst with a hierarchically hollow nanostructure is introduced, which exhibits impressive catalytic performance towards the oxygen evolution in alkaline seawater electrolytes. In NiFe-PBA, the synergistic interaction between Ni and Fe improves intrinsic conductivity for efficient electron transfer, enhances chemical stability in seawater, and boosts overall electrocatalytic activity. The direct use of self-supporting NiFe-PBA as an electrocatalyst avoids the energy-intensive and tedious pyrolysis procedure during the preparation process while making use of the tailored morphological, structural, and compositional benefits of PBA-based materials. By combining the NiFe-PBA catalyst with the NiMoN cathode, the constructed two-electrode electrolyzer achieved a high current density of 500 mA cm-2 at a low cell voltage of 1.782 V for overall electrolysis of alkaline seawater, demonstrating excellent durability for 100 hours. Our findings have important implications for the hydrogen economy and sustainable development through the development of robust and efficient PBA-based electrocatalysts for seawater electrolysis.
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- Kaiyan Zhang
- Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
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Wu L, Ning M, Xing X, Wang Y, Zhang F, Gao G, Song S, Wang D, Yuan C, Yu L, Bao J, Chen S, Ren Z. Boosting Oxygen Evolution Reaction of (Fe,Ni)OOH via Defect Engineering for Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis Under Industrial Conditions. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2306097. [PMID: 37607336 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202306097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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Developing non-precious catalysts with long-term catalytic durability and structural stability under industrial conditions is the key to practical alkaline anion exchange membrane (AEM) water electrolysis. Here, an energy-saving approach is proposed to synthesize defect-rich iron nickel oxyhydroxide for stability and efficiency toward the oxygen evolution reaction. Benefiting from in situ cation exchange, the nanosheet-nanoflake-structured catalyst is homogeneously embedded in, and tightly bonded to, its substrate, making it ultrastable at high current densities. Experimental and theoretical calculation results reveal that the introduction of Ni in FeOOH reduces the activation energy barrier for the catalytic reaction and that the purposely created oxygen defects not only ensure the exposure of active sites and maximize the effective catalyst surface but also modulate the local coordination environment and chemisorption properties of both Fe and Ni sites, thus lowering the energy barrier from *O to *OOH. Consequently, the optimized d-(Fe,Ni)OOH catalyst exhibits outstanding catalytic activity with long-term durability under both laboratory and industrial conditions. The large-area d-(Fe,Ni)OOH||NiMoN pair requires 1.795 V to reach a current density of 500 mA cm-2 at an absolute current of 12.5 A in an AEM electrolyzer for overall water electrolysis, showing great potential for industrial water electrolysis.
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- Libo Wu
- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
- School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650091, China
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- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Nano-Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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Su J, Wang Q, Fang M, Wang Y, Ke J, Shao Q, Lu J. Metastable Hexagonal-Phase Nickel with Ultralow Pt Content for an Efficient Alkaline/Seawater Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023. [PMID: 37883154 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c11303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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Hydrogen has been hailed as the core of the world's future energy architecture. It is imperative to develop catalysts with an efficient and sustained hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) to scale up alkaline/seawater electrolysis, yet significant difficulties and challenges, such as the high usage of precious metals, still remain. In this paper, a metastable-phase hexagonal close-packed (hcp) Ni-based catalyst with ultralow Pt content (3.1 at %) was designed, which has excellent catalytic performance in the alkaline/seawater HER. The optimal catalyst offers low overpotentials of 21 and 137 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and remains stable during operation for 100 and 300 h at this current density in 1.0 M KOH and real seawater, respectively. A mechanistic study shows that the metastable-phase Ni acts as an anchor site for OH-, which promotes the dissociation of water and greatly improves the formation rate of H2.
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- Jiaqi Su
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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Jin H, Xu J, Liu H, Shen H, Yu H, Jaroniec M, Zheng Y, Qiao SZ. Emerging materials and technologies for electrocatalytic seawater splitting. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadi7755. [PMID: 37851797 PMCID: PMC10584342 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi7755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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The limited availability of freshwater in renewable energy-rich areas has led to the exploration of seawater electrolysis for green hydrogen production. However, the complex composition of seawater presents substantial challenges such as electrode corrosion and electrolyzer failure, calling into question the technological and economic feasibility of direct seawater splitting. Despite many efforts, a comprehensive overview and analysis of seawater electrolysis, including electrochemical fundamentals, materials, and technologies of recent breakthroughs, is still lacking. In this review, we systematically examine recent advances in electrocatalytic seawater splitting and critically evaluate the obstacles to optimizing water supply, materials, and devices for stable hydrogen production from seawater. We demonstrate that robust materials and innovative technologies, especially selective catalysts and high-performance devices, are critical for efficient seawater electrolysis. We then outline and discuss future directions that could advance the techno-economic feasibility of this emerging field, providing a roadmap toward the design and commercialization of materials that can enable efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable seawater electrolysis.
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- Huanyu Jin
- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
- Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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Li Y, Jiao Y, Yan H, Yang G, Liu Y, Tian C, Wu A, Fu H. Mo-Ni-based Heterojunction with Fine-customized d-Band Centers for Hydrogen Production Coupled with Benzylamine Electrooxidation in Low Alkaline Medium. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202306640. [PMID: 37312604 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202306640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Benzylamine electrooxidation reaction (BAOR) is a promising route to produce value-added, easy-separated benzonitrile, and effectively hoist H2 production. However, achieving excellent performance in low alkaline medium is a huge challenge. The performance is intimately correlated with effective coupling of HER and BAOR, which can be achieved by manipulating the d-electron structure of catalyst to regulate the active species from water. Herein, we constructed a biphasic Mo0.8 Ni0.2 N-Ni3 N heterojunction for enhanced bifunctional performance toward HER coupled with BAOR by customizing the d-band centers. Experimental and theoretical calculations indicate that charge transfer in the heterojunction causes the upshift of the d-band centers, which one side facilitates to decrease water activation energy and optimize H* adsorption on Mo0.8 Ni0.2 N for promoting HER activity, the other side favors to more easily produce and adsorb OH* from water for forming NiOOH on Ni3 N and optimizing adsorption energy of benzylamine, thus catalyzing BAOR effectively. Accordingly, it shows an industrial current density of 220 mA cm-2 at 1.59 V and high Faradaic efficiencies (>99 %) for H2 production and converting benzylamine to benzonitrile in 0.1 M KOH/0.5 M Na2 SO4 . This work guides the design of excellent bifunctional electrocatalysts for the scalable production of green hydrogen and value-added products.
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- Yue Li
- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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Ma W, Yang X, Li D, Xu R, Nie L, Zhang B, Wang Y, Wang S, Wang G, Diao J, Zheng L, Bai J, Leng K, Li X, Qu Y. Ru-W Pair Sites Enabling the Ensemble Catalysis for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2303110. [PMID: 37435625 PMCID: PMC10502621 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202303110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023]
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Simultaneously optimizing elementary steps, such as water dissociation, hydroxyl transferring, and hydrogen combination, is crucial yet challenging for achieving efficient hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in alkaline media. Herein, Ru single atom-doped WO2 nanoparticles with atomically dispersed Ru-W pair sites (Ru-W/WO2 -800) are developed using a crystalline lattice-confined strategy, aiming to gain efficient alkaline HER. It is found that Ru-W/WO2 -800 exhibits remarkable HER activity, characterized by a low overpotential (11 mV at 10 mA cm-2 ), notable mass activity (5863 mA mg-1 Ru at 50 mV), and robust stability (500 h at 250 mA cm-2 ). The highly efficient activity of Ru-W/WO2 -800 is attributed to the synergistic effect of Ru-W sites through ensemble catalysis. Specifically, the W sites expedite rapid hydroxyl transferring and water dissociation, while the Ru sites accelerate the hydrogen combination process, synergistically facilitating the HER activity. This study opens a promising pathway for tailoring the coordination environment of atomic-scale catalysts to achieve efficient electro-catalysis.
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- Weilong Ma
- International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional MaterialsInstitute of Photonics and Photon‐TechnologyNorthwest UniversityXi'anShaanxi710069China
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- Oncology DepartmentNational Clinical Research Center for Geriatric DisordersXiangya HospitalCentral South UniversityChangsha410083China
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- International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional MaterialsInstitute of Photonics and Photon‐TechnologyNorthwest UniversityXi'anShaanxi710069China
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- International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional MaterialsInstitute of Photonics and Photon‐TechnologyNorthwest UniversityXi'anShaanxi710069China
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- International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional MaterialsInstitute of Photonics and Photon‐TechnologyNorthwest UniversityXi'anShaanxi710069China
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- International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional MaterialsInstitute of Photonics and Photon‐TechnologyNorthwest UniversityXi'anShaanxi710069China
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- International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional MaterialsInstitute of Photonics and Photon‐TechnologyNorthwest UniversityXi'anShaanxi710069China
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- International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional MaterialsInstitute of Photonics and Photon‐TechnologyNorthwest UniversityXi'anShaanxi710069China
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- International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional MaterialsInstitute of Photonics and Photon‐TechnologyNorthwest UniversityXi'anShaanxi710069China
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation FacilityInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100039China
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- Université Paris‐SaclayCentraleSupélecENS Paris‐SaclayCNRSLMPS‐Laboratoire de Mécanique Paris‐Saclay8–10 rue Joliot‐CurieGif‐sur‐Yvette91190France
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- International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional MaterialsInstitute of Photonics and Photon‐TechnologyNorthwest UniversityXi'anShaanxi710069China
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- Institute of Intelligent Manufacturing TechnologyShenzhen PolytechnicShenzhen518055China
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- International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional MaterialsInstitute of Photonics and Photon‐TechnologyNorthwest UniversityXi'anShaanxi710069China
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Shi H, Wang T, Liu J, Chen W, Li S, Liang J, Liu S, Liu X, Cai Z, Wang C, Su D, Huang Y, Elbaz L, Li Q. A sodium-ion-conducted asymmetric electrolyzer to lower the operation voltage for direct seawater electrolysis. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3934. [PMID: 37402710 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39681-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
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Hydrogen produced from neutral seawater electrolysis faces many challenges including high energy consumption, the corrosion/side reactions caused by Cl-, and the blockage of active sites by Ca2+/Mg2+ precipitates. Herein, we design a pH-asymmetric electrolyzer with a Na+ exchange membrane for direct seawater electrolysis, which can simultaneously prevent Cl- corrosion and Ca2+/Mg2+ precipitation and harvest the chemical potentials between the different electrolytes to reduce the required voltage. In-situ Raman spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations reveal that water dissociation can be promoted with a catalyst based on atomically dispersed Pt anchored to Ni-Fe-P nanowires with a reduced energy barrier (by 0.26 eV), thus accelerating the hydrogen evolution kinetics in seawater. Consequently, the asymmetric electrolyzer exhibits current densities of 10 mA cm-2 and 100 mA cm-2 at voltages of 1.31 V and 1.46 V, respectively. It can also reach 400 mA cm-2 at a low voltage of 1.66 V at 80 °C, corresponding to the electricity cost of US$1.36 per kg of H2 ($0.031/kW h for the electricity bill), lower than the United States Department of Energy 2025 target (US$1.4 per kg of H2).
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- Hao Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), 430074, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 201804, Shanghai, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Chemistry and the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, 5290002, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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Ning M, Wang Y, Wu L, Yang L, Chen Z, Song S, Yao Y, Bao J, Chen S, Ren Z. Hierarchical Interconnected NiMoN with Large Specific Surface Area and High Mechanical Strength for Efficient and Stable Alkaline Water/Seawater Hydrogen Evolution. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2023; 15:157. [PMID: 37336833 PMCID: PMC10279610 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01129-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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NiMo-based nanostructures are among the most active hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts under an alkaline environment due to their strong water dissociation ability. However, these nanostructures are vulnerable to the destructive effects of H2 production, especially at industry-standard current densities. Therefore, developing a strategy to improve their mechanical strength while maintaining or even further increasing the activity of these nanocatalysts is of great interest to both the research and industrial communities. Here, a hierarchical interconnected NiMoN (HW-NiMoN-2h) with a nanorod-nanowire morphology was synthesized based on a rational combination of hydrothermal and water bath processes. HW-NiMoN-2h is found to exhibit excellent HER activity due to the accomodation of abundant active sites on its hierarchical morphology, in which nanowires connect free-standing nanorods, concurrently strengthening its structural stability to withstand H2 production at 1 A cm-2. Seawater is an attractive feedstock for water electrolysis since H2 generation and water desalination can be addressed simultaneously in a single process. The HER performance of HW-NiMoN-2h in alkaline seawater suggests that the presence of Na+ ions interferes with the reation kinetics, thus lowering its activity slightly. However, benefiting from its hierarchical and interconnected characteristics, HW-NiMoN-2h is found to deliver outstanding HER activity of 1 A cm-2 at 130 mV overpotential and to exhibit excellent stability at 1 A cm-2 over 70 h in 1 M KOH seawater.
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- Minghui Ning
- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Cullen College of Engineering and TcSUH, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Cullen College of Engineering and TcSUH, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, 435002, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and TcSUH, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and TcSUH, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and TcSUH, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA.
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Kang X, Yang F, Zhang Z, Liu H, Ge S, Hu S, Li S, Luo Y, Yu Q, Liu Z, Wang Q, Ren W, Sun C, Cheng HM, Liu B. A corrosion-resistant RuMoNi catalyst for efficient and long-lasting seawater oxidation and anion exchange membrane electrolyzer. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3607. [PMID: 37330593 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39386-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023] Open
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Direct seawater electrolysis is promising for sustainable hydrogen gas (H2) production. However, the chloride ions in seawater lead to side reactions and corrosion, which result in a low efficiency and poor stability of the electrocatalyst and hinder the use of seawater electrolysis technology. Here we report a corrosion-resistant RuMoNi electrocatalyst, in which the in situ-formed molybdate ions on its surface repel chloride ions. The electrocatalyst works stably for over 3000 h at a high current density of 500 mA cm-2 in alkaline seawater electrolytes. Using the RuMoNi catalyst in an anion exchange membrane electrolyzer, we report an energy conversion efficiency of 77.9% and a current density of 1000 mA cm-2 at 1.72 V. The calculated price per gallon of gasoline equivalent (GGE) of the H2 produced is $ 0.85, which is lower than the 2026 technical target of $ 2.0/GGE set by the United Stated Department of Energy, thus, suggesting practicability of the technology.
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- Xin Kang
- Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute & Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China
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- Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute & Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China
- Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK
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- Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute & Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China
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- Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute & Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China
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- Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute & Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China
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- Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute & Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China
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- Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute & Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China
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- Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute & Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, 35 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A4, Canada
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- Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute & Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China.
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, P.R. China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, P.R. China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, P.R. China
- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Technology for Carbon Neutrality, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China
- Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
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- Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute & Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China.
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Shi J, Peng W, Yang YF, Li B, Nie J, Wan H, Li Y, Huang GF, Hu W, Huang WQ. A General Strategy for Synthesis of Binary Transition Metal Phosphides Hollow Sandwich Heterostructures. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023:e2302906. [PMID: 37183269 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202302906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The hollow sandwich core-shell micro-nanomaterials are widely used in materials, chemistry, and medicine, but their fabrication, particularly for transition metal phosphides (TMPs), remains a great challenge. Herein, a general synthesis strategy is presented for binary TMPs hollow sandwich heterostructures with vertically interconnected nanosheets on the inside and outside surfaces of polyhedron FeCoPx /C, demonstrated by a variety of transition metals (including Co, Fe, Cd, Mn, Cu, Cr, and Ni). Density functional theory (DFT) calculation reveals the process and universal mechanism of layered double hydroxide (LDH) growth on Prussian blue analog (PBA) surface in detail for the first time, which provides the theoretical foundations for feasibility and rationality of the synthesis strategy. This unique structure exhibits a vertical nanosheet-shell-vertical nanosheet configuration combining the advantages of sandwich, hollow and vertical heterostructures, effectively achieving their synergistic effect. As a proof-of-concept of their applications, the CoNiPx @FeCoPx /C@CoNiPx hollow sandwich polyhedron architectures (representative samples) show excellent catalytic performance for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline electrolytes. This work provides a general method for constructing hollow-sandwich micro-nanostructures, which provides more ideas and directions for design of micro-nano materials with special geometric topology.
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- Jinghui Shi
- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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Sun Z, Chu B, Wang S, Dong L, Pang Q, Fan M, Zhang X, He H, Li B, Chen Z. Hydrogen-bond induced and hetero coupling dual effects in N-doped carbon coated CrN/Ni nanosheets for efficient alkaline freshwater/seawater hydrogen evolution. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 646:361-369. [PMID: 37201464 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Developing efficient and robust non-precious-metal-based hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts is highly desirable but remains quite challenging for alkaline freshwater/seawater electrolysis. In the present study, we report a theory-guided design and synthesis of a nickel foam (NF) supported N-doped carbon-coated (NC) nickel (Ni)/chromium nitride (CrN) nanosheets (NC@CrN/Ni) as a highly active and durable electrocatalyst. Our theoretical calculation firstly reveals that CrN/Ni heterostructure can greatly promote the H2O dissociation via hydrogen-bond induced effect, and the N site can be optimized by hetero coupling to achieve a facile hydrogen associative desorption, thereby significantly boosting alkaline HER. Guided by theoretical calculation, we prepared the nickel-based metal-organic framework as a precursor, and introduced the Cr by the subsequent hydrothermal treatment, finally obtained the target catalyst by ammonia pyrolysis. Such a simple process ensures the exposure of abundant accessible active sites. Consequently, the as-prepared NC@CrN/Ni catalyst exhibits outstanding performance in both alkaline freshwater and seawater, with the respective overpotential of only 24 and 28 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2, respectively. More impressively, the catalyst also possesses superior durability in the constant-current test of 50 h at the different current densities of 10, 100, and 1000 mA cm-2.
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- Zhengjian Sun
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry Technology and Resource Development, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry Technology and Resource Development, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry Technology and Resource Development, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry Technology and Resource Development, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry Technology and Resource Development, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry Technology and Resource Development, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Wuzhou University, Wuzhou 543002, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry Technology and Resource Development, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry Technology and Resource Development, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China.
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry Technology and Resource Development, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China.
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Liu Y, Zhou B, Zhang Y, Xiao W, Li B, Wu Z, Wang L. In situ synthesis of two-dimensional graphene-like nickel-molybdenum nitride as efficient electrocatalyst towards water-splitting under large-current density. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 637:104-111. [PMID: 36689796 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.01.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Transition metal nitride (TMNs) electrocatalysts have attracted tremendous attentions for their unique electron structure, high activity, and excellent stability. Herein, a two-dimensional (2D) graphene-like structured nickel-molybdenum nitride (Ni-MoN) on nickel foam (NF), is prepared via facile hydrothermal and following nitridation process. The as-prepared Ni-MoN-450 (pyrolysis at 450 °C) displays good hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performances in alkaline media. Only 22 mV and 117 mV are needed to achieve current densities of 10 mA cm-2 and 500 mA cm-2 in 1.0 M KOH, respectively, toward HER. The assembled two-electrode system, with the synthesized Ni-MoN-450 as the anode and cathode, exhibits good performance to achieve 1000 mA cm-2 in 1.0 M KOH + 25 °C and 6.0 M KOH + 80 °C. Moreover, it also presents long-term stability under large-current density, which verified its robust property.
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- Yibing Liu
- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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- College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China; Shandong Engineering Research Center for Marine Environment Corrosion and Safety Protection, College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China.
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Loomba S, Khan MW, Haris M, Mousavi SM, Zavabeti A, Xu K, Tadich A, Thomsen L, McConville CF, Li Y, Walia S, Mahmood N. Nitrogen-Doped Porous Nickel Molybdenum Phosphide Sheets for Efficient Seawater Splitting. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2207310. [PMID: 36751959 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202207310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Hydrogen is emerging as an alternative clean fuel; however, its dependency on freshwater will be a threat to a sustainable environment. Seawater, an unlimited source, can be an alternative, but its salt-rich nature causes corrosion and introduces several competing reactions, hindering its use. To overcome these, a unique catalyst composed of porous sheets of nitrogen-doped NiMo3 P (N-NiMo3 P) having a sheet size of several microns is designed. The presence of large homogenous pores in the basal plane of these sheets makes them catalytically more active and ensures faster mass transfer. The introduction of N and Ni into MoP significantly tunes the electronic density of Mo, surface chemistry, and metal-non-metal bond lengths, optimizing surface energies, creating new active sites, and increasing electrical conductivity. The presence of metal-nitrogen bonds and surface polyanions increases the stability and improves anti-corrosive properties against chlorine chemistry. Ultimately, the N-NiMo3 P sheets show remarkable performance as it only requires overpotentials of 23 and 35 mV for hydrogen evolution reaction, and it catalyzes full water splitting at 1.52 and 1.55 V to achieve 10 mA cm-2 in 1 m KOH and seawater, respectively. Hence, structural and compositional control can make catalysts effective in realizing low-cost hydrogen directly from seawater.
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- Suraj Loomba
- School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO, 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO, 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
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Xiong T, Zhu Z, He Y, Balogun MS, Huang Y. Phase Evolution on the Hydrogen Adsorption Kinetics of NiFe-Based Heterogeneous Catalysts for Efficient Water Electrolysis. SMALL METHODS 2023; 7:e2201472. [PMID: 36802208 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202201472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Transition metal layered double hydroxides, especially nickel-iron layered double hydroxide (NiFe-LDH) shows significant advancement as efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalyst but also plays a momentous role as a precursor for NiFe-based hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts. Herein, a simple strategy for developing Ni-Fe-derivative electrocatalysts via phase evolution of NiFe-LDH under controllable annealing temperatures in an argon atmosphere is reported. The optimized catalyst annealed at 340 o C (denoted NiO/FeNi3 ) exhibits superior HER properties with an ultralow overpotential of 16 mV@10 mA cm-2 . Density functional theory simulation and in situ Raman analyses reveal that the excellent HER properties of the NiO/FeNi3 can be attributed to the strong electronic interaction at the interface of the metallic FeNi3 and semiconducting NiO, which optimizes the H2 O and H adsorption energies for efficient HER and OER catalytic processes. This work will provide rational insights into the subsequent development of related HER electrocatalysts and other corresponding compounds via LDH-based precursors.
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- Tuzhi Xiong
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology for Clean Energy, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology for Clean Energy, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology for Clean Energy, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology for Clean Energy, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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Zhao T, Wang S, Jia C, Rong C, Su Z, Dastafkan K, Zhang Q, Zhao C. Cooperative Boron and Vanadium Doping of Nickel Phosphides for Hydrogen Evolution in Alkaline and Anion Exchange Membrane Water/Seawater Electrolyzers. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023:e2208076. [PMID: 36971280 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202208076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Developing low-cost and high-performance transition metal-based electrocatalysts is crucial for realizing sustainable hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in alkaline media. Here, a cooperative boron and vanadium co-doped nickel phosphide electrode (B, V-Ni2 P) is developed to regulate the intrinsic electronic configuration of Ni2 P and promote HER processes. Experimental and theoretical results reveal that V dopants in B, V-Ni2 P greatly facilitate the dissociation of water, and the synergistic effect of B and V dopants promotes the subsequent desorption of the adsorbed hydrogen intermediates. Benefiting from the cooperativity of both dopants, the B, V-Ni2 P electrocatalyst requires a low overpotential of 148 mV to attain a current density of -100 mA cm-2 with excellent durability. The B, V-Ni2 P is applied as the cathode in both alkaline water electrolyzers (AWEs) and anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers (AEMWEs). Remarkably, the AEMWE delivers a stable performance to achieve 500 and 1000 mA cm-2 current densities at a cell voltage of 1.78 and 1.92 V, respectively. Furthermore, the developed AWEs and AEMWEs also demonstrate excellent performance for overall seawater electrolysis.
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- Tingwen Zhao
- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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Wang L, Xue X, Luan Q, Guo J, Chu L, Wang Z, Li B, Yang M, Wang G. Interface engineering of Mo-doped Ni 9S 8/Ni 3S 2 multiphase heterostructure nanoflowers by one step synthesis for efficient overall water splitting. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 634:563-574. [PMID: 36549205 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.12.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Accelerating charge transfer efficiency by constructing heterogeneous interfaces on metal-based substrates is an effective way to improve the electrocatalytic performance of materials. However, minimizing the substrate-catalyst interfacial resistance to maximize catalytic activity remains a challenge. This study reports a simple interface engineering strategy for constructing Mo-Ni9S8/Ni3S2 heterostructured nanoflowers. Experimental and theoretical investigations reveal that the primary role assumed by Ni3S2 in Mo-Ni9S8/Ni3S2 heterostructure is to replace nickel foam (NF) substrate for electron conduction, and Ni3S2 has a lower potential energy barrier (0.76 to 1.11 eV) than NF (1.87 eV), resulting in a more effortless electron transfer. The interface between Ni3S2 and Mo-Ni9S8 effectively regulates electron redistribution, and when the electrons from Ni3S2 are transferred to Mo-Ni9S8, the potential energy barriers at the heterogeneous interface are 1.06 eV, lower than that between NF and Ni3S2 (1.53 eV). Mo-Ni9S8/Ni3S2-0.1 exhibited excellent oxygen evolution reaction (OER)/hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) bifunctional catalytic activity in 1 M KOH, with overpotentials of only 223 mV@100 mA cm-2 for OER and 116 mV@10 mA cm-2 for HER. Moreover, when combined with an alkaline electrolytic cell, it required only an ultra-low cell voltage of 1.51 V to drive a current density of 10 mA cm-2. This work provides new inspirations for rationally designing interface engineering for advanced catalytic materials.
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- Liyan Wang
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Function Materials for Molecule & Structure Construction, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Function Materials for Molecule & Structure Construction, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Function Materials for Molecule & Structure Construction, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Function Materials for Molecule & Structure Construction, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Function Materials for Molecule & Structure Construction, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Function Materials for Molecule & Structure Construction, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Function Materials for Molecule & Structure Construction, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Function Materials for Molecule & Structure Construction, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China.
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Function Materials for Molecule & Structure Construction, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China.
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He X, Hu Z, Zou Q, Yang J, Guo R, Wu L. Co-deposition of Co-Ni alloy catalysts from an ethylene glycol system for the hydrogen evolution reaction. RSC Adv 2023; 13:8901-8914. [PMID: 36936832 PMCID: PMC10019500 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra08233k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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The preparation of active, stable and low-cost non-noble electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) using the electrochemical water splitting process is crucial for the promotion of sustainable energy. In this study, Co-Ni alloys with various Co contents are prepared using a galvanostatic method and the co-deposition behavior of Co2+ and Ni2+ in ethylene glycol (EG) is reported. These results indicate that the presence of additional Ni2+ species can accelerate the Co-Ni co-deposition process and Co2+ species in the system can inhibit the reduction of Ni2+. Moreover, the two effects are improved with an increase in Ni2+ or Co2+ species concentration in the EG system, respectively. Chronoamperometry records show that the Co-Ni electro-crystallization mechanism is one of 3D instantaneous nucleation and growth. Moreover, the Co-Ni alloy with 59.46 wt% Co exhibits high electrocatalytic activity for HER with an overpotential of 133 mV at 10 mA cm-2 in 1 M KOH due to a high value of electrochemical active surface area (ECSA) (955.0 cm2). Therefore, the Co-Ni alloy electrocatalyst obtained from the EG system could be a promising candidate for practical hydrogen production.
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- Xinkuai He
- School of Packaging and Materials Engineering, Hunan University of Technology Zhuzhou 412007 PR China +86 731 22182168 +86 731 22182088
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- School of Packaging and Materials Engineering, Hunan University of Technology Zhuzhou 412007 PR China +86 731 22182168 +86 731 22182088
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- School of Packaging and Materials Engineering, Hunan University of Technology Zhuzhou 412007 PR China +86 731 22182168 +86 731 22182088
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- School of Packaging and Materials Engineering, Hunan University of Technology Zhuzhou 412007 PR China +86 731 22182168 +86 731 22182088
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- School of Packaging and Materials Engineering, Hunan University of Technology Zhuzhou 412007 PR China +86 731 22182168 +86 731 22182088
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- School of Packaging and Materials Engineering, Hunan University of Technology Zhuzhou 412007 PR China +86 731 22182168 +86 731 22182088
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Yang M, Shi B, Tang Y, Lu H, Wang G, Zhang S, Sarwar MT, Tang A, Fu L, Wu M, Yang H. Interfacial Chemical Bond Modulation of Co 3(PO 4) 2-MoO 3-x Heterostructures for Alkaline Water/Seawater Splitting. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:2838-2847. [PMID: 36709429 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c04181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
Abstract
The development of a high current density with high energy conversion efficiency electrocatalyst is vital for large-scale industrial application of alkaline water splitting, particularly seawater splitting. Herein, we design a self-supporting Co3(PO4)2-MoO3-x/CoMoO4/NF superaerophobic electrode with a three-dimensional structure for high-performance hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) by a reasonable devise of possible "Co-O-Mo hybridization" on the interface. The "Co-O-Mo hybridization" interfaces induce charge transfer and generation of fresh oxygen vacancy active sites. Consequently, the unique heterostructures greatly facilitate the dissociation process of H2O molecules and enable efficient hydrogen spillover, leading to excellent HER performance with ultralow overpotentials (76 and 130 mV at 100 and 500 mA cm-2) and long-term durability of 100 h in an alkaline electrolyte. Theoretical calculations reveal that the Co3(PO4)2-MoO3-x/CoMoO4/NF promotes the adsorption/dissociation process of H2O molecules to play a crucial role in improving the stability and activity of HER. Our results exhibit that the HER activity of non-noble metal electrocatalysts can be greatly enhanced by rational interfacial chemical bonding to modulate the heterostructures.
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- Mei Yang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.,Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.,Key Laboratory of Functional Geomaterials in China Nonmetallic Minerals Industry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.,Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.,Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.,Key Laboratory of Functional Geomaterials in China Nonmetallic Minerals Industry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Mineral Materials and Application, School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.,Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.,Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.,Key Laboratory of Functional Geomaterials in China Nonmetallic Minerals Industry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, 3610 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 0C5, Canada
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Mineral Materials and Application, School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.,Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.,Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.,Key Laboratory of Functional Geomaterials in China Nonmetallic Minerals Industry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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Tan Z, Kong XY, Ng BJ, Soo HS, Mohamed AR, Chai SP. Recent Advances in Defect-Engineered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution: Perfecting Imperfections. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:1851-1863. [PMID: 36687105 PMCID: PMC9850467 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c06524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Switching to renewable, carbon-neutral sources of energy is urgent and critical for climate change mitigation. Despite how hydrogen production by electrolyzing water can enable renewable energy storage, current technologies unfortunately require rare and expensive platinum group metal electrocatalysts, which limit their economic viability. Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are low-cost, earth-abundant materials that possess the potential to replace platinum as the hydrogen evolution catalyst for water electrolysis, but so far, pristine TMDs are plagued by poor catalytic performances. Defect engineering is an attractive approach to enhance the catalytic efficiency of TMDs and is not subjected to the limitations of other approaches like phase engineering and surface structure engineering. In this minireview, we discuss the recent progress made in defect-engineered TMDs as efficient, robust, and low-cost catalysts for water splitting. The roles of chalcogen atomic defects in engineering TMDs for improvements to the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are summarized. Finally, we highlight our perspectives on the challenges and opportunities of defect engineering in TMDs for electrocatalytic water splitting. We hope to provide inspirations for designing the state-of-the-art catalysts for future breakthroughs in the electrocatalytic HER.
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- Zheng
Hao Tan
- School
of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371Singapore
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- School
of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371Singapore
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- Multidisciplinary
Platform of Advanced Engineering, Chemical Engineering Discipline,
School of Engineering, Monash University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, 47500Selangor, Malaysia
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- School
of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371Singapore
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- Low
Carbon Economy (LCE) Group, School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, Seri Ampangan, 14300Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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- Multidisciplinary
Platform of Advanced Engineering, Chemical Engineering Discipline,
School of Engineering, Monash University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, 47500Selangor, Malaysia
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Shi W, Zhu J, Gong L, Feng D, Ma Q, Yu J, Tang H, Zhao Y, Mu S. Fe-Incorporated Ni/MoO 2 Hollow Heterostructure Nanorod Arrays for High-Efficiency Overall Water Splitting in Alkaline and Seawater Media. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2205683. [PMID: 36344459 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202205683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Developing high-efficiency and cost-effective bifunctional catalysts for water electrolysis is fascinating but still remains challenging. Thus, diverse strategies have been utilized to boost the activity toward oxygen/hydrogen evolution reactions (OER/HER) for water splitting. Among them, composition and structure engineering as an effective strategy has received extensive attention. Here, by means of a self-sacrificing template strategy and simultaneous regulation of the composition and structure, Fe-incorporated Ni/MoO2 heterostructural (NiFe/Fe-MoO2 ) hollow nanorod arrays are designed and constructed. Benefiting from abundant catalytic active sites, high intrinsic activity, and fast reaction kinetics, NiFe/Fe-MoO2 exhibits superior OER (η20 = 213 and 219 mV) and Pt-like HER activity (η10 = 34 and 38 mV), respectively, in 1 m KOH and alkaline seawater media. This results in attractive prospects in alkaline water and seawater electrolysis with only voltages of 1.48 and 1.51 V, and 1.69 and 1.73 V to achieve current densities of 10 and 100 mA cm-2 , respectively, superior to the Pt/C and RuO2 pair as a benchmark. Undoubtedly, this work provides a beneficial approach to the design and construction of noble-metal-free bifunctional catalysts toward efficient hydrogen production from alkaline water and seawater electrolysis.
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- Wenjie Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Foshan Xianhu Laboratory of the Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Xianhu Hydrogen Valley, Foshan, 528200, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Foshan Xianhu Laboratory of the Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Xianhu Hydrogen Valley, Foshan, 528200, China
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- Institute for Sustainable Energy/College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Foshan Xianhu Laboratory of the Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Xianhu Hydrogen Valley, Foshan, 528200, China
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Meng G, Chen Y, Wang R, Zhu L, Yao H, Chen C, Chang Z, Tian H, Kong F, Cui X, Shi J. CoW Bimetallic Carbide Nanocatalysts: Computational Exploration, Confined Disassembly-Assembly Synthesis and Alkaline/Seawater Hydrogen Evolution. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2204443. [PMID: 36257819 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202204443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Earth-abundant tungsten carbide exhibits potential hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalytic activity owing to its Pt-like d-band electronic structure, which, unfortunately, suffers from the relatively strong tungsten-hydrogen binding, deteriorating its HER performance. Herein, a catalyst design concept of incorporating late transition metal into early transition metal carbide is proposed for regulating the metal-H bonding strength and largely enhancing the HER performance, which is employed to synthesize CoW bi-metallic carbide Co6 W6 C by a "disassembly-assembly" approach in a confined environment. Such synthesized Co6 W6 C nanocatalyst features the optimal Gibbs free energy of *H intermediate and dissociation barrier energy of H2 O molecules as well by taking advantage of the electron complementary effect between Co and W species, which endows the electrocatalyst with excellent HER performance in both alkaline and seawater/alkaline electrolytes featuring especially low overpotentials, elevated current densities, and much-enhanced operation durability in comparison to commercial Pt/C catalyst. Moreover, a proof-of-concept Mg/seawater battery equipped with Co6 W6 C-2-600 as cathode offers a peak power density of 9.1 mW cm-2 and an open-circuit voltage of ≈1.71 V, concurrently realizing hydrogen production and electricity output.
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- Ge Meng
- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Steel Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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