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Tang S, Zhang Z, Xiang J, Yang X, Shen X, Song F. Recent advances in transition metal nitrides for hydrogen electrocatalysis in alkaline media: From catalyst design to application. Front Chem 2022; 10:1073175. [PMID: 36531324 PMCID: PMC9755346 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.1073175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Hydrogen (H2) has been considered an ideal alternative energy source for solving energy supply security and greenhouse gas reduction. Although platinum group metal (PGM) catalysts have excellent performance in hydrogen electrocatalysis, their scarcity and high cost limit their industrial application. Therefore, it is necessary to develop low-cost and efficient non-PGM catalysts. Transition metal nitrides (TMNs) have attracted much attention because of their excellent catalytic performance in hydrogen electrochemistry, including hydrogen evolution reaction (HER)/hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR). In this paper, we review and discuss the mechanism of HER/HOR in alkaline media. We compare and evaluate electrocatalytic performance for the HER/HOR TMN catalysts recently reported. Finally, we propose the prospects and research trends in sustainable alkaline hydrogen electrocatalysis.
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- Siyuan Tang
- Institute for Advanced Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Institute School of Science, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Energy Materials for Carbon Neutrality, Institute of Technology for Carbon Neutrality/Faculty of Materials Science and Energy Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shenzhen, China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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Wang M, Ma W, Lv Z, Liu D, Jian K, Dang J. Co-Doped Ni 3N Nanosheets with Electron Redistribution as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Efficient Water Splitting. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:1581-1587. [PMID: 33539095 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Preparation of high-activity and earth-abundant bifunctional catalysts for efficient electrochemical water splitting are crucial and challenging. Herein, Co-doped Ni3N nanosheets loaded on nickel foam (Co-Ni3N) were synthesized. The as-prepared Co-Ni3N exhibits excellent catalytic activity toward both the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline media. Density functional theory (DFT) calculation reveals that Co-Ni3N with redistribution of electrons not only can facilitate the HER kinetics but also can regulate intermediates adsorption energies for OER. Specifically, the Co-Ni3N exhibits high efficiency and stable catalytic activity, with an overpotential of only 30 and 270 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2 for the HER and OER in 1 M KOH, respectively. This work provides strong evidence to the merit of Co doping to improve the innate electrochemical performance in bifunctional catalysts, which might have a common impact in many similar metal-metal nitride electrocatalysts.
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- Meng Wang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, PR China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vanadium-Titanium Metallurgy and New Materials, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, PR China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, PR China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vanadium-Titanium Metallurgy and New Materials, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, PR China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, PR China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vanadium-Titanium Metallurgy and New Materials, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, PR China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, PR China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vanadium-Titanium Metallurgy and New Materials, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, PR China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, PR China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vanadium-Titanium Metallurgy and New Materials, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, PR China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, PR China
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Non-ferrous Metals, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, PR China
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Ahsan MA, He T, Eid K, Abdullah AM, Curry ML, Du A, Puente Santiago AR, Echegoyen L, Noveron JC. Tuning the Intermolecular Electron Transfer of Low-Dimensional and Metal-Free BCN/C 60 Electrocatalysts via Interfacial Defects for Efficient Hydrogen and Oxygen Electrochemistry. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:1203-1215. [PMID: 33401899 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c12386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The development of low-dimensional (LD) supramolecular materials with multifunctional electrocatalytic properties has sparked the attention of the catalysis community. Herein, we report the synthesis of a new class of 0D-2D heterostructures composed of boron carbon nitride nanosheets (BCN NSs) and fullerene molecules (C60/F) that exhibit multifunctional electrocatalytic properties for the hydrogen evolution/oxidation reactions (HER/HOR) and the oxygen evolution/reduction reactions (OER/ORR). The electrocatalytic properties were studied with varying F:BCN weight ratios to optimize the intermolecular electron transfer (ET) from the BCN NSs to the electron-accepting C60 molecules. The nanohybrid supramolecular material with 10 wt % F in BCN NSs (10% F/BCN) exhibited the largest Raman and C 1s binding energy shifts, which were associated with greater cooperativity interactions and enhanced ET processes at the F/BCN interface. This synergistic interfacial phenomenon resulted in highly active catalytic sites that markedly boosted electrocatalytic activity of the material. The 10% F/BCN showed the highest tetrafunctional catalytic performance, outperforming the OER catalytic activity of commercial RuO2 catalysts with a η10 of 390 mV and very competitive onset potential values of -0.042 and 0.92 V vs RHE for HER and ORR, respectively, and a current density value of 1.47 mA cm-2 at 0.1 V vs RHE with an ultralow ΔGH* value of -0.03 eV toward the HOR process. Additionally, the 10% F/BCN catalyst was also used as both cathode and anode in a water splitting device, delivering a cell potential of 1.61 V to reach a current density of 10 mA cm-2.
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- Md Ariful Ahsan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States.,Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia.,School of Chemistry and Physics, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
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- Gas Processing Center, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
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- Department of Chemistry, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama 36088, United States
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- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia.,School of Chemistry and Physics, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States.,Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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