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Wu C, Wang X, Huang M, Meng C, Chang L, Xu D, Pei W. Design and fabrication of intermetallic NiCo electrocatalysts for the alkaline HER. NANOSCALE 2024. [PMID: 39087743 DOI: 10.1039/d4nr02519a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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The design and fabrication of highly efficient electrocatalysts are crucial for reducing energy consumption, improving hydrogen production rates, and prolonging the service life of alkaline electrolyzers. In this study, intermetallic L10-NiCo electrocatalysts were designed using DFT calculations and fabricated through a one-step solid-state reaction method. The DFT calculations indicated that L10-NiCo presented a lower H adsorption Gibbs free energy and a moderate H2O dissociation barrier compared to the commonly used Ni catalyst and disordered NiCo alloy. Increasing the solid-state reaction temperature facilitated the formation of intermetallic L10-NiCo. Electrocatalytic tests for the alkaline HER demonstrated that the ECSA of L10-NiCo nanoparticles increased to 2.3 times, the overpotential decreased by 19%, the electrocatalytic activity increased to 1.5 times, and the stability improved to 2.2 times compared to those of the Ni nanoparticles. This research provides insights into the design and fabrication of highly efficient catalytic electrodes for alkaline electrolyzers.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chun Wu
- Ordos Institute of Liaoning Technical University, Ordos, 017010, China.
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, 123000, China
- Key Laboratory of Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China.
- Science and Technology Development Corporation, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang, 110159, China
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- Ordos Institute of Liaoning Technical University, Ordos, 017010, China.
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, 123000, China
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- Ordos Institute of Liaoning Technical University, Ordos, 017010, China.
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, 123000, China
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- Ordos Institute of Liaoning Technical University, Ordos, 017010, China.
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, 123000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China.
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Niu S, Yue D, Wang H, Ma Z, Li Q. Cu Regulating the Bifunctional Activity of Co-O Sites for the High-Performance Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:36295-36303. [PMID: 38973617 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c04853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/09/2024]
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The rational design of cost-effective and highly active electrocatalysts becomes the crucial energy storage technology to boost the kinetics of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), which hinders the large-scale application of metal-air batteries under the situation of increasingly pressing energy anxiety. Herein, the Co-based ZIF introduced the moderate amount of Cu2+-derived Cu/Co metal nanoparticles (NPs) embedded in carbon frameworks after high-temperature calcination. The Co-O bond on the surface of Co nanoparticles is modulated by adjacent Cu nanoparticles with the surface Cu-O bonds. The resulted increase of the Co2+/Co3+ ratio in 0.1CuCo-NC enhances the ORR/OER bifunctional catalytic kinetics along with the ΔE of 0.639 V. In situ Raman spectra of the catalyst on the three-electrode system as well as in the driven zinc-air battery (ZAB) show that the Co-O active sites regulated by Cu nanoparticles with Cu-O bonds maintain a periodic lattice expansion and compression during discharging and charging. The zinc-air battery based on 0.1CuCo-NC has a peak power density of up to 198.3 mW cm-2, a mass-specific capacity of 798.2 mAh g-1, and a cycling stability of 923 h at room temperature. This work makes up the research gap of a Co-based metal-organic framework (MOF)-derived catalyst regulated by a transition metal.
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- Shaoyang Niu
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy Materials, Guangxi New Energy Ship Battery Engineering Technology Research Center, Guangxi Scientific and Technological Achievements Transformation Pilot Research Base of Electrochemical Energy Materials and Devices, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy Materials, Guangxi New Energy Ship Battery Engineering Technology Research Center, Guangxi Scientific and Technological Achievements Transformation Pilot Research Base of Electrochemical Energy Materials and Devices, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy Materials, Guangxi New Energy Ship Battery Engineering Technology Research Center, Guangxi Scientific and Technological Achievements Transformation Pilot Research Base of Electrochemical Energy Materials and Devices, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy Materials, Guangxi New Energy Ship Battery Engineering Technology Research Center, Guangxi Scientific and Technological Achievements Transformation Pilot Research Base of Electrochemical Energy Materials and Devices, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy Materials, Guangxi New Energy Ship Battery Engineering Technology Research Center, Guangxi Scientific and Technological Achievements Transformation Pilot Research Base of Electrochemical Energy Materials and Devices, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
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Chen Y, Wang Y, Li C, Wang W, Xue X, Pan H, Che R. Integrating Sulfur Doping with a Multi-Heterointerface Fe 7S 8/NiS@C Composite for Wideband Microwave Absorption. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2401618. [PMID: 38712450 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202401618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 03/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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Heterointerface engineering is presently considered a valuable strategy for enhancing the microwave absorption (MA) properties of materials via compositional modification and structural design. In this study, a sulfur-doped multi-interfacial composite (Fe7S8/NiS@C) coated with NiFe-layered double hydroxides (LDHs) is successfully prepared using a hydrothermal method and post-high-temperature vulcanization. When assembled into twisted surfaces, the NiFe-LDH nanosheets exhibit porous morphologies, improving impedance matching, and microwave scattering. Sulfur doping in composites generates heterointerfaces, numerous sulfur vacancies, and lattice defects, which facilitate the polarization process to enhance MA. Owing to the controllable heterointerface design, the unique porous structure induced multiple heterointerfaces, numerous vacancies, and defects, endowing the Fe7S8/NiS@C composite with an enhanced MA capability. In particular, the minimum reflection loss (RLmin) value reached -58.1 dB at 15.8 GHz at a thickness of 2.1 mm, and a broad effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) value of 7.3 GHz is achieved at 2.5 mm. Therefore, the Fe7S8/NiS@C composite exhibits remarkable potential as a high-efficiency MA material owing to the synergistic effects of the polarization processes, multiple scatterings, porous structures, and impedance matching.
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- Yikun Chen
- School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Lab of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Academy for Engineering & Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
- College of Physics, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China
- Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, 311100, China
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Xu H, She X, Li H, Wang C, Chen S, Diao L, Lu P, Li L, Tan L, Sun J, Zou Y. Electronic Structure Regulated Nickel-Cobalt Bimetal Phosphide Nanoneedles for Efficient Overall Water Splitting. Molecules 2024; 29:657. [PMID: 38338401 PMCID: PMC10856751 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29030657] [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: 12/30/2023] [Revised: 01/28/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Transition metal phosphides (TMPs) have been widely studied for water decomposition for their monocatalytic property for anodic or cathodic reactions. However, their bifunctional catalytic activity still remains a major challenge. Herein, hexagonal nickel-cobalt bimetallic phosphide nanoneedles with 1-3 μm length and 15-30 nm diameter supported on NF (NixCo2-xP NDs/NF) with adjusted electron structure have been successfully prepared. The overall alkaline water electrolyzer composed of the optimal anode (Ni0.67Co1.33P NDs/NF) and cathode (Ni1.01Co0.99P NDs/NF) provide 100 mA cm-2 at 1.62 V. Gibbs Free Energy for reaction paths proves that the active site in the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is Ni and the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is Co in NixCo2-xP, respectively. In the HER process, Co-doping can result in an apparent accumulation of charge around Ni active sites in favor of promoting HER activity of Ni sites, and ΔGH* of 0.19 eV is achieved. In the OER process, the abundant electron transfer around Co-active sites results in the excellent ability to adsorb and desorb *O and *OOH intermediates and an effectively reduced ∆GRDS of 0.37 eV. This research explains the regulation of electronic structure change on the active sites of bimetallic materials and provides an effective way to design a stable and effective electrocatalytic decomposition of alkaline water.
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- Heyang Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Biobased Fibers and Ecological Textiles, Institute of Marine Biobased Materials, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China; (H.X.); (X.S.); (H.L.); (C.W.); (P.L.); (L.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Biobased Fibers and Ecological Textiles, Institute of Marine Biobased Materials, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China; (H.X.); (X.S.); (H.L.); (C.W.); (P.L.); (L.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Biobased Fibers and Ecological Textiles, Institute of Marine Biobased Materials, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China; (H.X.); (X.S.); (H.L.); (C.W.); (P.L.); (L.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Biobased Fibers and Ecological Textiles, Institute of Marine Biobased Materials, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China; (H.X.); (X.S.); (H.L.); (C.W.); (P.L.); (L.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China;
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- Qingdao Hanxing New Materials Co., Ltd., Qingdao 266109, China;
- School of Material Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Biobased Fibers and Ecological Textiles, Institute of Marine Biobased Materials, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China; (H.X.); (X.S.); (H.L.); (C.W.); (P.L.); (L.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Biobased Fibers and Ecological Textiles, Institute of Marine Biobased Materials, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China; (H.X.); (X.S.); (H.L.); (C.W.); (P.L.); (L.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Biobased Fibers and Ecological Textiles, Institute of Marine Biobased Materials, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China; (H.X.); (X.S.); (H.L.); (C.W.); (P.L.); (L.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Biobased Fibers and Ecological Textiles, Institute of Marine Biobased Materials, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China; (H.X.); (X.S.); (H.L.); (C.W.); (P.L.); (L.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Biobased Fibers and Ecological Textiles, Institute of Marine Biobased Materials, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China; (H.X.); (X.S.); (H.L.); (C.W.); (P.L.); (L.L.)
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Zarei H, Sobhani S, Sansano JM. First Reusable Catalyst for the Reductive Coupling Reaction of Organohalides with Aldehydes. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:36801-36814. [PMID: 37841197 PMCID: PMC10568700 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c03414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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In this study, we simulate the reductive coupling (Barbier-Grignard-type) reaction of organohalides with aldehydes using a new reusable catalyst. In this regard, bimetallic alloys of NiCo encapsulated in melamine-based dendrimers (MBD) immobilized on magnetic nanoparticles symbolized as γ-Fe2O3-MBD/NiCo were designed and synthesized. The structure and properties of the catalyst were studied by a variety of techniques such as Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM), energy-dispersive spectrometry (EDS) mapping, and inductively coupled plasma (ICP). The presence of NiCo nanoalloys was confirmed by XRD and XPS analysis, TEM images, and EDS mapping. Various secondary alcohols were produced in good to high yields by reductive coupling of different types of aldehydes and organohalides in the presence of HCO2K as a nonmetallic reducing agent in aqueous media catalyzed by γ-Fe2O3-MBD/NiCo. In these reactions, the high catalytic performance of γ-Fe2O3-MBD/NiCo was achieved in comparison to monometallic counterparts due to the synergistic cooperative effect of Co and Ni in the NiCo nanoalloys. Magnetic and hydrophilic properties of the catalyst facilitate the catalyst recyclability for seven runs. The reusability of γ-Fe2O3-MBD/NiCo, use of water as an environmentally friendly solvent, ease of processing, and absence of metal additives make this process an excellent choice for the reductive coupling reaction to produce secondary alcohols from aldehydes. This is the first report on these kinds of reactions using a reusable catalyst.
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- Hamed Zarei
- Department
of Chemistry, College of Sciences, University
of Birjand, Birjand 414, Iran
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- Department
of Chemistry, College of Sciences, University
of Birjand, Birjand 414, Iran
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- Departamento
de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Centro de
Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEOCINQA) and Instituto
de Síntesis Orgánica (ISO), Universidad de Alicante, Apdo. 99, 03080 Alicante, Spain
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