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Zheng X, Sun A, Qiu Y, Wang Z, Xu J, Liu J. Controllable atoms implantation for inducing high valency nickel towards optimizing electronic structure for enhanced overall water splitting. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 650:1966-1973. [PMID: 37527601 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.07.131] [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: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
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Adjusting the electronic structure and intrinsic activity of the active site of the catalyst based on atomic implantation is the crucial to realizing efficient electrochemical water splitting in alkaline media. Thus, we introduce vanadium (V) atoms with abundant vacant d orbitals as dopants into nickel selenides (NiSe), which has abundant variable valence states, and successfully synthesise three-dimensional bi-functional catalysts self-supported on Ni foam (NF). The electron structure characterisation reveals that, compared with the pure NiSe phase, the oxidation states of Ni cations and electron concentration at the Se site in V-NiSe increase due to the V doping. These changes are accompanied by changes in the electronic structure and active sites in V-NiSe. The as-generated V-NiSe nanorods exhibit an optimised electronic structure, high number of active sites and highly rough nanorod array structure with large electrochemically active surface area and in situ growth characteristics of conductive NF. Thus, the as-generated V-NiSe nanorods catalysts exhibit excellent bi-functional catalytic activity, with 50 mA⋅cm-2 at an overpotential of 270.2 and 251.2 mV for oxygen evolution reactions (OER) and hydrogen evolution reactions (HER), respectively, in KOH (1 M). Water electrolysis using V-NiSe as both the anode and cathode requires a cell voltage of 1.76 V to drive 50 mA⋅cm-2, continuously operating for 80 h. This study provides a systematic understanding of the design of transition-metal catalysts using heteroatomic doping to control their electronic structure and catalytic activity.
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- Xiuzhang Zheng
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for Graphene Applied Technology Innovation, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for Graphene Applied Technology Innovation, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for Graphene Applied Technology Innovation, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China.
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, Shandong, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for Graphene Applied Technology Innovation, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for Graphene Applied Technology Innovation, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China; College of Materials Science and Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, Shandong, China.
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Srinivas K, Ma F, Liu Y, Zhang Z, Wu Y, Chen Y. Metal-Organic Framework-Derived Fe-Doped Ni 3Se 4/NiSe 2 Heterostructure-Embedded Mesoporous Tubes for Boosting Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:52927-52939. [PMID: 36382691 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c16133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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It is crucial but challenging to promote sluggish kinetics of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) for water splitting via finely tuning the hierarchical nanoarchitecture and electronic structure of the catalyst. To address such issues, herein we present iron-doped Ni3Se4/NiSe2 heterostructure-embedded metal-organic framework-derived mesoporous tubes (Ni-MOF-Fe-Se-400) realized by an interfacial engineering strategy. Due to the hierarchical nanoarchitecture of conductive two-dimensional nanosheet-constructed MOF-derived mesoporous tubes, coupled with fine tuning of the electronic structure via Fe-doping and interactions between Ni3Se4/NiSe2 heterostructures, the Ni-MOF-Fe-Se-400 catalyst delivers superior OER activity: it requires only a low overpotential of 242 mV to achieve 10 mA cm-2 (Ej=10), surpassing the benchmark RuO2 (Ej=10 = 286 mV) and displays exceptional durability in the chronoamperometric i-t test with a small current decay (6.2%) after 72 h. Furthermore, the water splitting system comprises a Ni-MOF-Fe-Se-400 anode and a Pt/C cathode requires a low cell voltage of 1.576 V to achieve Ej=10 with an excellent Faradic efficiency (∼100%), outperforming the RuO2-Pt/C combination. This work presents a novel interfacial engineering strategy to finely adjust the morphology and electronic structure of the non-noble metal-based OER catalyst via a facile fabrication method.
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- Katam Srinivas
- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu610054, PR China
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- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu610054, PR China
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- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu610054, PR China
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- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu610054, PR China
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- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu610054, PR China
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- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu610054, PR China
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Yang Y, Zhu B, Guo PF, Ding TY, Yang QN, Feng WX, Jia Y, Wang K, Wang WT, He ZH, Liu ZT. In Situ Anodic Oxidation Tuning of NiFeV Diselenide to the Core-Shell Heterojunction for Boosting Oxygen Evolution. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:16805-16813. [PMID: 36223409 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Developing non-noble metal-based core-shell heterojunction electrocatalysts with high catalytic activity and long-lasting stability is crucial for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Here, we prepared novel core-shell Fe,V-NiSe2@NiFe(OH)x heterostructured nanoparticles on hydrophilic-treated carbon paper with high electronic transport and large surface area for accelerating the oxygen evolution rate via high-temperature selenization and electrochemical anodic oxidation procedures. Performance testing shows that Fe,V-NiSe2@NiFe(OH)x possesses the highest performance for OER compared to as-prepared diselenide core-derived heterojunctions, which only require an overpotential of 243 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and a low Tafel slope of 91.6 mV decade-1 under basic conditions. Furthermore, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) confirm the morphology and elementary stabilities of Fe,V-NiSe2@NiFe(OH)x after long-term chronopotentiometric testing. These advantages are largely because of the strong synergistic effect between the Fe,V-NiSe2 core with high conductivity and the amorphous NiFe(OH)x shell with enriched defects and vacancies. This study also presents a general approach to designing and synthesizing more active core-shell heterojunction electrocatalysts for OER.
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- Yang Yang
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China.,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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Zhang M, Zhou L, Du X, Huang X, Liu H, Wang Q, Guo L, Wang H. Rapid In-Situ Growth of Oxygen-defects Rich Fe(OH)3@Co(OH)2@NF Nanoarray as Efficient OER Electrocatalyst. CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.210814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Mengyuan Zhang
- School of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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Qin R, Wang P, Li Z, Zhu J, Cao F, Xu H, Ma Q, Zhang J, Yu J, Mu S. Ru-Incorporated Nickel Diselenide Nanosheet Arrays with Accelerated Adsorption Kinetics toward Overall Water Splitting. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2105305. [PMID: 34854554 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202105305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Developing high-efficiency electrocatalysts toward overall water splitting is an increasingly important area for sustainable energy evolution. Theoretical calculation results demonstrate that the incorporation of Ru optimizes the Gibbs free energy of adsorption of H2 O molecules and intermediates for the hydrogen/oxygen evolution reactions (HER/OER) on metal selenide sites, thus boosting electrocatalytic overall water splitting. Accordingly, ruthenium modified nickel diselenide nanosheet arrays are designed and construct on nickel foam (Ru-NiSe2 /NF). The obtained Ru-NiSe2 /NF electrode with a stable 3D structure shows greatly improved OER and HER activity in alkaline solution. Particularly, toward OER, it only requires 210 mV to obtain a current density of 10 mA cm-2 , and the formation of the intermediate nickel oxyhydroxide as active center during the OER process is captured by in situ Raman. Moreover, the overall water splitting can be driven by a voltage of merely 1.537 V to obtain 10 mA cm-2 . This work provides an available strategy for selenides to enhance electrochemical properties and inspires more studies to explore highly efficient electrocatalysts toward full water splitting.
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- Rui Qin
- 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
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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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- 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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Liu Y, Cao J, Chen Y, Wei M, Liu X, Li X, Wu Q, Feng B, Zhang Y, Yang L. Regulation of Morphology and Electrochemical Properties of Ni0.85Se via Fe Doping for Overall Water Splitting and Supercapacitor. CrystEngComm 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ce01555a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The Fe-doped Ni0.85Se nanosheets array on Ni foam was synthesized successfully through one-step solvothermal method as effective binder-free multifunctional catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), overall...
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Wang F, Liu Z, Zhang K, Zha Q, Ni Y. Ce-Doped Ni-S nanosheets on Ni foam supported NiMoO 4 micropillars: fast electrodeposition, improved electrocatalytic activity and ultralong durability for the oxygen evolution reaction in various electrolytes. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:17774-17784. [PMID: 34816851 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt03266f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Developing active, durable, and inexpensive electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is drawing increased interest. Here, a mild hydrothermal-electrodeposition two-step route is designed for the preparation of Ce-doped Ni-S@NiMoO4 micropillar composites on nickel foam (CeNiS@NiMoO4/NF). The as-constructed CeNiS@NiMoO4/NF electrode shows an ultralow overpotential, fast kinetics, superb intrinsic activity and excellent long-term stability for the OER. In 1 M KOH solution, 187 mV overpotential is required to deliver a current density of 10 mA cm-2 with a Tafel slope of 35.28 mV dec-1, and in a saline-alkaline solution of 1 M KOH and 0.5 M NaCl, only 260 mV overpotential is needed to reach 100 mA cm-2, demonstrating its excellent OER performance. The above outstanding electrocatalytic activity is attributed to the influence of CeNiS nanosheets on the surface microstructure of NiMoO4 micropillars, which not only improves the conductivity of the catalyst, but also increases the surface area, as well as accelerates the escape of gases produced. Compared with other non-precious metal OER electrocatalysts, the as-prepared CeNiS@NiMoO4/NF presents stronger or close electrocatalytic activity and better durability, which provides a new electrocatalyst selection in practical applications.
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- Fangfang Wang
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University, 189 Jiuhua Southern Road, Wuhu, 241002, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University, 189 Jiuhua Southern Road, Wuhu, 241002, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University, 189 Jiuhua Southern Road, Wuhu, 241002, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University, 189 Jiuhua Southern Road, Wuhu, 241002, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University, 189 Jiuhua Southern Road, Wuhu, 241002, PR China.
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Qiu Y, Liu Z, Zhang X, Sun A, Ji X, Liu J. Controllable atom implantation for achieving Coulomb-force unbalance toward lattice distortion and vacancy construction for accelerated water splitting. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 610:194-201. [PMID: 34922075 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Engineering lattice strain, especially when it combines with the lattice distortion and vacancy (LDV) induced by locally unbalanced Coulomb forces (LUCFs), can improve the local coordination environment of atoms to achieve synergistically active sites and dynamic regulation of electrocatalysts, which are beneficial to high-performance bifunctional water splitting. Considering that Ni-based selenides possess abundant variable valence states, the Nb/Fe diatomic heterogeneous spin states are purposely introduced to produce LUCFs for improving the electronic coordination environment of the materials. The as-prepared Nb/Fe co-doped Ni-Ses (NbFe-NixSey) electrocatalyst exhibits the prominent oxygen and hydrogen evolution reaction (OER/HER) properties, with low overpotentials of 237 and 226 mV at 50 mA cm-2, respectively. The alkaline water electrolyzer with NbFe-NixSey as both anodic and cathodic electrodes only requires a cell potential of 1.7 V to reach 50 mA cm-2 in a continuous operation of 50 h. This work provides a new insight to regulate the electronic structure of advanced catalyst materials at the atomic level through LUCFs-induced LDV and further push forward the energy conversion technology.
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- Yanling Qiu
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for Graphene Applied Technology Innovation, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for Graphene Applied Technology Innovation, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for Graphene Applied Technology Innovation, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for Graphene Applied Technology Innovation, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for Graphene Applied Technology Innovation, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China.
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for Graphene Applied Technology Innovation, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China; College of Materials Science and Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi, Shandong 276000, China.
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Kou Z, Li X, Zhang L, Zang W, Gao X, Wang J. Dynamic Surface Chemistry of Catalysts in Oxygen Evolution Reaction. SMALL SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/smsc.202100011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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- Zongkui Kou
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering National University of Singapore 117574 Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering National University of Singapore 117574 Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering National University of Singapore 117574 Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering National University of Singapore 117574 Singapore Singapore
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- Jiangsu Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials School of Electronic and Information Engineering Changshu Institute of Technology Changshu 215500 P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering National University of Singapore 117574 Singapore Singapore
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