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Yamaguchi S, Kiyohira D, Tada K, Kawakami T, Miura A, Mitsudome T, Mizugaki T. Nickel Carbide Nanoparticle Catalyst for Selective Hydrogenation of Nitriles to Primary Amines. Chemistry 2024:e202303573. [PMID: 38179895 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303573] [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: 10/28/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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Despite its unique physicochemical properties, the catalytic application of nickel carbide (Ni3 C) in organic synthesis is rare. In this study, we report well-defined nanocrystalline Ni3 C (nano-Ni3 C) as a highly active catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of nitriles to primary amines. The activity of the aluminum-oxide-supported nano-Ni3 C (nano-Ni3 C/Al2 O3 ) catalyst surpasses that of Ni nanoparticles. Various aromatic and aliphatic nitriles and dinitriles were successfully converted to the corresponding primary amines under mild conditions (1 bar H2 pressure). Furthermore, the nano-Ni3 C/Al2 O3 catalyst was reusable and applicable to gram-scale experiments. Density functional theory calculations suggest the formation of polar hydrogen species on the nano-Ni3 C surface, which were attributed to the high activity of nano-Ni3 C towards nitrile hydrogenation. This study demonstrates the utility of metal carbides as a new class of catalysts for liquid-phase organic reactions.
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- Sho Yamaguchi
- Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-8531, Japan
- Innovative Catalysis Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (ICS-OTRI), Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-8531, Japan
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- Research Institute of Electrochemical Energy (RIECEN), Department of Energy and Environment, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-8-31 Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka, 563-8577, Japan
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- Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-8531, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13, Nishi 8, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8628, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 333-0012, Japan
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- Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-8531, Japan
- Innovative Catalysis Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (ICS-OTRI), Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 333-0012, Japan
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- Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-8531, Japan
- Innovative Catalysis Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (ICS-OTRI), Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
- Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-8531, Japan
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Guo Y, Zhou G, Tong Y. Electronic interaction of ruthenium species on bimetallic phosphide for superior electrocatalytic hydrogen generation. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:12733-12741. [PMID: 37610334 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt01786a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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The exploitation of high-performance electrocatalysts to achieve the economic electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is significant in generating H2 fuel. Enhancing the activity of the carrier catalyst by modifying trace precious metals is one of the important strategies. Herein, a hybrid material is developed by incorporating trace Ru species into a bimetallic phosphide (NiCoP) matrix on nickel foam (NF), showing a superior catalytic activity for HER. The Ru-NiCoP/NF hybrid material has plenty of heterointerfaces, improved electronic interaction, and small interfacial charge transfer resistance, improving the reaction kinetics of the HER. Remarkable, the Ru-NiCoP/NF provides a low overpotential of 96 mV at the current density of 50 mA cm-2 and high stability in 1.0 M KOH solution presenting a promising potential for hydrogen production. In addition, the Ru-NiCoP/NF sample exhibits the highest TOF value of 0.54 s-1 at an overpotential of 100 mV, which outperforms the commercial Ru/C catalyst. This study offers a promising approach for the synthesis of other precious metal supported hybrid materials.
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- Yiming Guo
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, China.
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Prabhu P, Do VH, Peng CK, Hu H, Chen SY, Choi JH, Lin YG, Lee JM. Oxygen-Bridged Stabilization of Single Atomic W on Rh Metallenes for Robust and Efficient pH-Universal Hydrogen Evolution. ACS NANO 2023. [PMID: 37196172 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c02066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Highly efficient and durable electrocatalysts are of the utmost importance for the sustainable generation of clean hydrogen by water electrolysis. Here, we present a report of an atomically thin rhodium metallene incorporated with oxygen-bridged single atomic tungsten (Rh-O-W) as a high-performance electrocatalyst for pH-universal hydrogen evolution reaction. The Rh-O-W metallene delivers ascendant electrocatalytic HER performance, characterized by exceptionally low overpotentials, ultrahigh mass activities, excellent turnover frequencies, and robust stability with negligible deactivation, in pH-universal electrolytes, outperforming that of benchmark Pt/C, Rh/C and numerous other reported precious-metal HER catalysts. Interestingly, the promoting feature of -O-W single atomic sites is understood via operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy characterization and theoretical calculations. On account of electron transfer and equilibration processes take place between the binary components of Rh-O-W metallenes, fine-tuning of the density of states and electron localization at Rh active sites is attained, hence promoting HER via a near-optimal hydrogen adsorption.
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- P Prabhu
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovation, College of Energy, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Key Laboratory of Core Technology of High Specific Energy Battery and Key Materials for Petroleum and Chemical Industry, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovation, College of Energy, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Key Laboratory of Core Technology of High Specific Energy Battery and Key Materials for Petroleum and Chemical Industry, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Scientific Research Division, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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Interfacial Electronic Rearrangement and Synergistic Catalysis for Alkaline Water Splitting in Carbon-Encapsulated Ni (111)/Ni3C (113) Heterostructures. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12111367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The realization of efficient water electrolysis is still blocked by the requirement for a high and stable driving potential above thermodynamic requirements. An Ni-based electrocatalyst, is a promising alternative for noble-metal-free electrocatalysts but tuning its surface electronic structure and exposing more active sites are the critical challenges to improving its intrinsic catalytic activity. Here, we tackle the challenge by tuning surface electronic structures synergistically with interfacial chemistry and crystal facet engineering, successfully designing and synthesizing the carbon-encapsulated Ni (111)/Ni3C (113) heterojunction electrocatalyst, demonstrating superior hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activities, good stabilities with a small overpotential of −29 mV at 10 mA/cm2, and a low Tafel slope of 59.96 mV/dec in alkaline surroundings, approximating a commercial Pt/C catalyst and outperforming other reported Ni-based catalysts. The heterostructure electrocatalyst operates at 1.55 V and 1.26 V to reach 10 and 1 mA cm−2 in two-electrode measurements for overall alkaline water splitting, corresponding to 79% and 98% electricity-to-fuel conversion efficiency with respect to the lower heating value of hydrogen.
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Amiri M, Dondapati J, Quintal J, Chen A. Sodium Hexa-Titanate Nanowires Modified with Cobalt Hydroxide Quantum Dots as an Efficient and Cost-Effective Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution in Alkaline Media. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:40021-40030. [PMID: 36006793 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c11310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A novel electrocatalyst with high activity and enhanced durability toward the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in alkaline media has been designed and fabricated based on sodium hexa-titanate (Na2Ti6O13) nanowires synthesized by a hydrothermal process and modified with Co(OH)2 quantum dots (QDs) by a facile chemical bath deposition (CBD) method. The current response of the developed Ti/Na2Ti6O13/Co(OH)2 nanocomposite electrode attained 10 mA cm-2 at an overpotential of 159 mV. The nanocomposite electrode exhibited a high stability at an applied current of 100 mA cm-2. The remarkable catalytic behavior was achieved with a loading amount of ca. 0.06 mg cm-2 cobalt hydroxide. This is attributed to the high electrochemically active surface area (EASA) gained by the nanowire-structured substrate and considerable enhancement of electrochemical conductivity with the use of Co(OH)2 quantum dots as an active material. The superior catalytic activity and high stability show that the developed catalyst is a promising candidate for hydrogen production in alkaline media.
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- Mona Amiri
- Department of Chemistry, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1, Canada
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- Electrochemical Technology Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Electrochemical Technology Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Electrochemical Technology Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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Nguyen ET, Bertini IA, Ritz AJ, Lazenby RA, Mao K, McBride JR, Mattia AV, Kuszynski JE, Wenzel SF, Bennett SD, Strouse GF. A Single Source, Scalable Route for Direct Isolation of Earth-Abundant Nanometal Carbide Water-Splitting Electrocatalysts. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:13836-13845. [PMID: 36007248 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Single-phase MxCs (M = Fe, Co, and Ni) were prepared by solvothermal conversion of Prussian blue single source precursors. The single source precursor is prepared in water, and the conversion process is carried out in alkylamines at reaction temperatures above 200 °C. The reaction is scalable using a commercial source of Fe-PB. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron microscopy, and powder X-ray diffraction confirm that carbides have thin oxide termination but lack graphitic surfaces. Electrocatalytic activity reveals that Fe3C and Co2C are oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysts, while Ni3C is a bifunctional [OER and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER)] electrocatalyst.
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- Edward T Nguyen
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States.,National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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Non-Covalent Functionalization of Graphene Oxide-Supported 2-Picolyamine-Based Zinc(II) Complexes as Novel Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Production. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12040389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Three mononuclear 2-picolylamine-containing zinc(III) complexes viz [(2-PA)2ZnCl]2(ZnCl4)] (Zn1), [(2-PA)2Zn(H2O)](NO3)2] (Zn2) and [Zn(2-PA)2(OH)]NO3] (Zn3) were synthesized and fully characterized. Spectral and X-ray structural characteristics showed that the Zn1 complex has a square-pyramidal coordination environment around a zinc(II) core. The hydroxide complex Zn3 was non-covalently functionalized with few layers of graphene oxide (GO) sheets, formed by exfoliation of GO in water. The resulting Zn3/GO hybrid material was characterized by FT-IR, TGA-DSC, SEM-EDX and X-ray powder diffraction. The way of interaction of Zn3 with GO has been established through density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Both experimental and theoretical findings indicate that, on the surface of GO, the complex Zn3 forms a complete double-sided adsorption layer. Zn3 and its hybrid form Zn3/GO have been individually investigated as electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction. The hybrid heterogenized form Zn3/GO was supported on glassy carbon (GC) with variable loading densities of Zn3 (0.2, 0.4 and 0.8 mg cm−2) to form electrodes. These electrodes have been tested as molecular electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) using linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in 0.1 M KOH. Results showed that both GC-Zn3 and GC-Zn3/GO catalysts for the HER are highly active, and with increase of the catalyst’s loading density, this catalytic activity enhances. The high catalytic activity of HER with a low onset potential of −140 mV vs. RHE and a high exchange current density of 0.22 mA cm−2 is achieved with the highest loading density of Zn3 (0.8 mg cm−2). To achieve a current density of 10 mA cm−2, an overpotential of 240 mV was needed.
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André RF, Meyniel L, Carenco S. Nickel carbide (Ni 3C) nanoparticles for catalytic hydrogenation of model compounds in solvent. Catal Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cy00894g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nickel carbide nanoparticles (Ni3C) synthesized in high-boiling point solvent are used as colloidal catalysts for the hydrogenation of polar groups and hydrocarbons. They are stable under operating conditions (100 °C, 7 bar H2).
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- Rémi F. André
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Collège de France, Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Collège de France, Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Collège de France, Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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Transition metals decorated g-C3N4/N-doped carbon nanotube catalysts for water splitting: A review. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2021.115510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Song X, Ye S, Zhou X, Gui W, Yang C, Yang Z. Construction of Z-scheme NiO/NiC/g-C 3N 4 composites using NiC as novel cocatalysts for the efficient photocatalytic degradation. RSC Adv 2021; 11:24822-24835. [PMID: 35481003 PMCID: PMC9036862 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra03562b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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A novel composite consisting of NiO/NiC/g-C3N4 with excellent photocatalytic properties was successfully synthesized by the simple calcination of layered double metal hydroxide (LDH) and melamine. The color and chemical composition of the as-prepared composites could be tailored by changing the mass ratio of NiAl-LDH and g-C3N4. For the L4C composite at the ratio of 1 : 1, it showed the desired dark color due to the generated NiC. It also showed high photodegradation efficiency under visible light irradiation, reaching 97.5% toward Rhodamine B and 92.6% toward tetracycline. The high photodegradation efficiency could be mainly attributed to the unique formation of NiC cocatalysts coupled with g-C3N4 and NiO semiconductors, which constructed a Z-scheme system and facilitated the efficient separation of the photogenerated electron–hole pairs. The present findings provide a promising approach for fabricating the new types of composite photocatalysts for pollutant degradation. A novel composite consisting of NiO/NiC/g-C3N4 with excellent photocatalytic properties was successfully synthesized by the simple calcination of layered double metal hydroxide (LDH) and melamine.![]()
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- Xiaojie Song
- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 China +86-27-67884814
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 China +86-27-67884814
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 China +86-27-67884814
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 China +86-27-67884814
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 China +86-27-67884814
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 China +86-27-67884814
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Luo X, Lai W, Liu X. Multiple Modification of Titanium Dioxide to Enhance Its Photocatalytic Performance. ChemistrySelect 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202003916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Xufei Luo
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering College of Polymer Science and Engineering Sichuan University Chengdu Sichuan 610065 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering College of Polymer Science and Engineering Sichuan University Chengdu Sichuan 610065 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering College of Polymer Science and Engineering Sichuan University Chengdu Sichuan 610065 P.R. China
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Ahsan MA, Puente Santiago AR, Sanad MF, Mark Weller J, Fernandez-Delgado O, Barrera LA, Maturano-Rojas V, Alvarado-Tenorio B, Chan CK, Noveron JC. Tissue paper-derived porous carbon encapsulated transition metal nanoparticles as advanced non-precious catalysts: Carbon-shell influence on the electrocatalytic behaviour. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 581:905-918. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Wang H, Li J, Li K, Lin Y, Chen J, Gao L, Nicolosi V, Xiao X, Lee JM. Transition metal nitrides for electrochemical energy applications. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:1354-1390. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00415d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 295] [Impact Index Per Article: 98.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This review comprehensively summarizes the progress on the structural and electronic modulation of transition metal nitrides for electrochemical energy applications.
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- Hao Wang
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
- Singapore 637459
- Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Film and Integrated Devices
- School of Electronic Science and Engineering
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
- Chengdu
- China
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- School of Chemistry
- Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) & Advanced Materials Bio-Engineering Research Centre (AMBER)
- Trinity College Dublin
- Dublin 2
- Ireland
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, & Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University
- Suzhou 215006
- China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University
- Suzhou 215123
- China
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, & Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University
- Suzhou 215006
- China
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- School of Chemistry
- Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) & Advanced Materials Bio-Engineering Research Centre (AMBER)
- Trinity College Dublin
- Dublin 2
- Ireland
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Film and Integrated Devices
- School of Electronic Science and Engineering
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
- Chengdu
- China
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
- Singapore 637459
- Singapore
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Chebanenko MI, Lobinsky AA, Nevedomskiy VN, Popkov VI. NiO-decorated graphitic carbon nitride toward electrocatalytic hydrogen production from ethanol. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:12088-12097. [PMID: 32820775 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt01602k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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In this study, exfoliated g-C3N4/NiO nanocomposites were synthesized by the heat treatment of urea and subsequent ultrasonic exfoliation of the colloidal solution with the introduction of nickel acetate. Ultrafine nanocomposites were obtained after repeated heat treatment and were marked as initial g-C3N4, g-C3N4/NiO 2.5%, g-C3N4/NiO 5.0%, g-C3N4/NiO 7.5%, and g-C3N4/NiO 10%. The successful attachment of NiO to the surface of g-C3N4 was further confirmed by the results of TEM and SAED. The average sizes of the coherent scattering region, determined by the broadening of the reflex (002), were 11.6, 10.4, 10.4, 9.9 and 9.9 nm for the initial, 2.5%, 5.0%, 7.5%, 10% samples, respectively. The obtained powder of graphite-like carbon nitride and the NiO-composites, according to the results of low-temperature nitrogen adsorption, had a mesoporous structure and was characterized by an average pore size of 16.6-20.8 nm and a porosity of 0.40-0.57 cm3 g-1. It was found that increasing the amount of nickel oxide in the composite had a positive effect on the electrochemical characteristics of the electrode during electro-catalytic reforming - hydrogen evolution from a water-alcohol solution. The g-C3N4/NiO 7.5% nanocomposite showed the best results. Based on voltammetry, it was found that the overpotential of the hydrogen evolution reaction on graphitic carbon nitride equalled 215 mV (at 10 mA cm-2) and the Tafel slope was 95 mV dec-1. The results of the cyclic voltammetry of the electrode based on exfoliated g-C3N4 indicated its high stability.
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- Saint-Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia
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- Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia.
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Wang P, Qin R, Ji P, Pu Z, Zhu J, Lin C, Zhao Y, Tang H, Li W, Mu S. Synergistic Coupling of Ni Nanoparticles with Ni 3 C Nanosheets for Highly Efficient Overall Water Splitting. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e2001642. [PMID: 32762000 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202001642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 06/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Exploring earth-abundant bifunctional electrocatalysts with high efficiency for water electrolysis is extremely demanding and challenging. Herein, density functional theory (DFT) predictions reveal that coupling Ni with Ni3 C can not only facilitate the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics, but also optimize the hydrogen adsorption and water adsorption energies. Experimentally, a facile strategy is designed to in situ fabricate Ni3 C nanosheets on carbon cloth (CC), and simultaneously couple with Ni nanoparticles, resulting in the formation of an integrated heterostructure catalyst (Ni-Ni3 C/CC). Benefiting from the superior intrinsic activity as well as the abundant active sites, the Ni-Ni3 C/CC electrode demonstrates excellent bifunctional electrocatalytic activities toward the OER and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), which are superior to all the documented Ni3 C-based electrocatalysts in alkaline electrolytes. Specifically, the Ni-Ni3 C/CC catalyst exhibits the low overpotentials of only 299 mV at the current density of 20 mA cm-2 for the OER and 98 mV at 10 mA cm-2 for the HER in 1 m KOH. Furthermore, the bifunctional Ni-Ni3 C/CC catalyst can propel water electrolysis with excellent activity and nearly 100% faradic efficiency. This work highlights an easy approach for designing and constructing advanced nickel carbide-based catalysts with high activity based on the theoretical predictions.
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- Pengyan Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
- Foshan Xianhu Laboratory, Foshan, 528200, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- Institute for Sustainable Energy/College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Function-Oriented Porous Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang, 471934, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
- Foshan Xianhu Laboratory, Foshan, 528200, P. R. China
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Xia Y, Wu W, Wang H, Rao S, Zhang F, Zou G. Amorphous RuS 2 electrocatalyst with optimized active sites for hydrogen evolution. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2020; 31:145401. [PMID: 31846946 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab62d3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Transition metal chalcogenides have attracted much attention as high-performance electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Here, we synthesized an efficient HER electrocatalyst of amorphous ruthenium sulfide (A-RuS2), exhibiting an overpotential of 141 mV at the current density of 10 mA cm-2 and a Tafel slope of 65.6 mV dec-1. Experiments demonstrate amorphous RuS2 has much better catalytic activity than that of its crystalline counterparts. Our study shows that amorphous RuS2 has increased intrinsic activity and active sites. This work provides a feasible strategy for the development of HER electrocatalysts in amorphous state.
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- Yongji Xia
- School of New Energy Science and Engineering, Xinyu University, Xinyu 338004, People's Republic of China
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Liu B, Peng HQ, Cheng J, Zhang K, Chen D, Shen D, Wu S, Jiao T, Kong X, Gao Q, Bu S, Lee CS, Zhang W. Nitrogen-Doped Graphene-Encapsulated Nickel-Copper Alloy Nanoflower for Highly Efficient Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2019; 15:e1901545. [PMID: 31087782 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201901545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Development of high-performance and low-cost nonprecious metal electrocatalysts is critical for eco-friendly hydrogen production through electrolysis. Herein, a novel nanoflower-like electrocatalyst comprising few-layer nitrogen-doped graphene-encapsulated nickel-copper alloy directly on a porous nitrogen-doped graphic carbon framework (denoted as Nix Cuy @ NG-NC) is successfully synthesized using a facile and scalable method through calcinating the carbon, copper, and nickel hydroxy carbonate composite under inert atmosphere. The introduction of Cu can effectively modulate the morphologies and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance. Moreover, the calcination temperature is an important factor to tune the thickness of graphene layers of the Nix Cuy @ NG-NC composites and the associated electrocatalytic performance. Due to the collective effects including unique porous flowered architecture and the synergetic effect between the bimetallic alloy core and graphene shell, the Ni3 Cu1 @ NG-NC electrocatalyst obtained under optimized conditions exhibits highly efficient and ultrastable activity toward HER in harsh environments, i.e., a low overpotential of 122 mV to achieve a current density of 10 mA cm-2 with a low Tafel slope of 84.2 mV dec-1 in alkaline media, and a low overpotential of 95 mV to achieve a current density of 10 mA cm-2 with a low Tafel slope of 77.1 mV dec-1 in acidic electrolyte.
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- Bin Liu
- Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF) and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF) and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan, Anhui, 243032, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF) and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF) and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF) and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF) and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF) and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF) and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- COSDAF and Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF) and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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Jiang R, Pi L, Deng B, Hu L, Liu X, Cui J, Mao X, Wang D. Electric Field-Driven Interfacial Alloying for in Situ Fabrication of Nano-Mo 2C on Carbon Fabric as Cathode toward Efficient Hydrogen Generation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:38606-38615. [PMID: 31564096 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b11253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A binderless composite cathode for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), Mo2C-decorated carbon cloth (denoted as CC/MC), is simply fabricated via a novel and unique strategy which involves a solid-solid phase interfacial electrochemical reaction between carbon fiber and bulk-MoS2 in molten NaCl-KCl (700 °C). MoS2, evenly coated on carbon cloth (CC), is electrochemically reduced in situ and readily reacts with the carbon fibers of CC current collector to form a Mo2C nanoparticle layer. The experiment and calculation results show that the applied electric field results in a declining migration barrier of Mo vacancies in Mo2C lattice, which promotes the diffusion of Mo atoms into carbon across the interfacial Mo2C layer, thereby impelling the combination of Mo with C in depth. The electrochemical tests indicate that the optimized cathode (CC/MC-2) exhibits a small overpotential of 134.4 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and stays stable for HER in acidic media. The catalytic capacity for N2 reduction of CC/MC-2 is analyzed. In addition, a Ni-doped Mo2C-modified carbon fabric electrode with enhanced HER activity (η10 = 96.6 mV) can be prepared through a similar process.
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- Rui Jiang
- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei International Cooperation Research Center of Sustainable Resource and Energy , Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 , China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei International Cooperation Research Center of Sustainable Resource and Energy , Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 , China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei International Cooperation Research Center of Sustainable Resource and Energy , Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 , China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei International Cooperation Research Center of Sustainable Resource and Energy , Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 , China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei International Cooperation Research Center of Sustainable Resource and Energy , Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 , China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei International Cooperation Research Center of Sustainable Resource and Energy , Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 , China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei International Cooperation Research Center of Sustainable Resource and Energy , Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 , China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei International Cooperation Research Center of Sustainable Resource and Energy , Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 , China
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Zhang W, Li W, Li Y, Peng S, Xu Z. One-step synthesis of nickel oxide/nickel carbide/graphene composite for efficient dye-sensitized photocatalytic H2 evolution. Catal Today 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2018.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Zhao Z, Wu J, Zheng YZ, Li N, Li X, Tao X. Ni3C-Decorated MAPbI3 as Visible-Light Photocatalyst for H2 Evolution from HI Splitting. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b01605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Zhijie Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Beijing 100029, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Beijing 100029, P.R. China
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- Research Center of the Ministry of Education for High Gravity Engineering & Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Beijing 100029, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Beijing 100029, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Beijing 100029, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Beijing 100029, P.R. China
- Research Center of the Ministry of Education for High Gravity Engineering & Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Beijing 100029, P.R. China
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Dong T, Zhang X, Cao Y, Chen HS, Yang P. Ni/Ni3C core–shell nanoparticles encapsulated in N-doped bamboo-like carbon nanotubes towards efficient overall water splitting. Inorg Chem Front 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c8qi01335g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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A novel electrocatalyst of Ni/Ni3C core–shell nanoparticles embedded in bamboo-like N-doped carbon nanotubes has been successfully synthesized, which exhibits superior overall water splitting performance in alkaline solution.
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- Tao Dong
- School of Material Science and Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan 250022
- P. R. China
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- Fuels and Energy Technology Institute and Department of Chemical Engineering
- Curtin University
- Perth WA6845
- Australia
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- School of Material Science and Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan 250022
- P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering
- National Tsing Hua University
- Hsinchu City 300
- Taiwan
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- School of Material Science and Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan 250022
- P. R. China
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Li S, Ren P, Yang C, Liu X, Yin Z, Li W, Yang H, Li J, Wang X, Wang Y, Cao R, Lin L, Yao S, Wen X, Ma D. Fe 5C 2 nanoparticles as low-cost HER electrocatalyst: the importance of Co substitution. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2018; 63:1358-1363. [PMID: 36658907 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2018.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Revised: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Constructing and understanding the doping effect of secondary metal in transition metal carbide (TMC) catalysts is pivotal for the design of low-cost hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts. In this work, we developed a wet-chemistry strategy for synthesizing Co-modified Fe5C2 nanoparticles ((Fe1-xCox)5C2 NPs) as highly active HER electrocatalysts in basic solution. The structure of (Fe1-xCox)5C2 NPs was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectra (EXAFS) and scanning/transmission electron microscopy (S/TEM), indicating that the isomorphous substitution of cobalt in the lattice of Fe5C2. (Fe0.75Co0.25)5C2 exhibited the best HER activity (174 mV for j = -10 mA/cm2). Computational calculation results indicate that Co provides the most active site for HER. X-ray adsorption spectra (XAS) studies further suggested that the electron transfer in Fe-C bonds are enhanced by the substitution of Co, which modulates the hydrogen adsorption on the adjacent electronic-enriched carbon, and therefore promotes HER activity. Our results affirm the design of low-cost bimetallic TMCs based HER catalysts.
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- Siwei Li
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China; Syncat@Beijing, Synfuels China Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing 101407, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China; Syncat@Beijing, Synfuels China Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing 101407, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China; Syncat@Beijing, Synfuels China Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing 101407, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China; Syncat@Beijing, Synfuels China Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing 101407, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China; Syncat@Beijing, Synfuels China Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing 101407, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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Wang H, Ouyang L, Zou G, Sun C, Hu J, Xiao X, Gao L. Optimizing MoS2 Edges by Alloying Isovalent W for Robust Hydrogen Evolution Activity. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Hao Wang
- A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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Meng T, Cao M. Transition Metal Carbide Complex Architectures for Energy‐Related Applications. Chemistry 2018; 24:16716-16736. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201801912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Tao Meng
- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education of China Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion, Materials School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education of China Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion, Materials School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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Sheng G, Chen J, Li Y, Ye H, Hu Z, Fu XZ, Sun R, Huang W, Wong CP. Flowerlike NiCo 2S 4 Hollow Sub-Microspheres with Mesoporous Nanoshells Support Pd Nanoparticles for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysis in Both Acidic and Alkaline Conditions. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:22248-22256. [PMID: 29900739 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b05427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Flowerlike NiCo2S4 hollow sub-microspheres are synthesized through Cu2O templates to support Pd nanoparticles as high-efficiency catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The diameter and shell size of NiCo2S4 hollow sub-microspheres are about 400 and 16 nm, respectively. In addition, the surface of the shells is constructed by petallike nanosheets. About 3 nm Pd particles uniformly incorporate with the flowerlike NiCo2S4 hollow sub-microsphere to form the NiCo2S4/Pd heterostructure. The NiCo2S4/Pd catalysts exhibit significantly lower overpotential of only 87 and 83 mV at 10 mA/cm2 for the HER in both acidic and alkaline conditions, respectively, relative to NiCo2S4 (247, 226 mV) and Pd (175, 385 mV) catalysts. Besides, the NiCo2S4/Pd catalysts also exhibit excellent stability of HER in these two conditions. The superior HER performance of NiCo2S4/Pd might be resulted from the unique architecture of metal nanoparticles anchored on the bimetallic sulfide flowerlike hollow sub-microspheres, which could provide high surface area, lots of active sites, strong synergetic effect, and stable structure.
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- Guoqing Sheng
- Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055 , China
- Nano Science and Technology Institute , University of Science and Technology of China , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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- Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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- Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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- Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055 , China
- College of Materials Science and Engineering , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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- Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055 , China
- College of Materials Science and Engineering , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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- Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion and Department of Chemical Physics , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026 , China
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- Department of Electronics Engineering , The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , 999077 , China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
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Qin Q, Hao J, Zheng W. Ni/Ni 3C Core/Shell Hierarchical Nanospheres with Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity for Water Oxidation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:17827-17834. [PMID: 29726676 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b00716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Developing efficient and low-cost catalysts with high activity and excellent electrochemical and structural stability toward the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is of great significance for both energy and environment sustainability. Herein, Ni/Ni3C core/shell hierarchical nanospheres have been in situ synthesized via an ionic liquid-assisted hydrothermal method at relatively low temperature. Ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate has played multiple roles in the whole synthesis process. Benefiting from the high electrical conductivity, more exposed active sites and the core/shell interface effect, the obtained Ni/Ni3C core/shell hierarchical nanospheres exhibit an outstanding OER performance with lower overpotential, small Tafel slope, and excellent stability. This fundamental method and insights with in situ coupling high conductivity metal support and metal carbide in a core/shell nanoarchitecture by an ionic liquid-assisted hydrothermal method would open up a new pathway to achieve high-performance electrocatalysts toward the OER.
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Guo Q, Guo Z, Shi J, Xiong W, Zhang H, Chen Q, Liu Z, Wang X. Atomic Layer Deposition of Nickel Carbide from a Nickel Amidinate Precursor and Hydrogen Plasma. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:8384-8390. [PMID: 29443492 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b00388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A new atomic layer deposition (ALD) process for depositing nickel carbide (Ni3C x) thin films is reported, using bis( N, N'-di- tert-butylacetamidinato)nickel(II) and H2 plasma. The process shows a good layer-by-layer film growth behavior with a saturated film growth rate of 0.039 nm/cycle for a fairly wide process temperature window from 75 to 250 °C. Comprehensive material characterizations are performed on the Ni3C x films deposited at 95 °C with various H2 plasma pulse lengths from 5 to 12 s, and no appreciable difference is found with the change of the plasma pulse length. The deposited Ni3C x films are fairly pure, smooth, and conductive, and the x in the nominal formula of Ni3C x is approximately 0.7. The ALD Ni3C x films are polycrystalline with a rhombohedral Ni3C crystal structure, and the films are free of nanocrystalline graphite or amorphous carbon. Last, we demonstrate that, by using this ALD process, highly uniform Ni3C x films can be conformally deposited into deep narrow trenches with an aspect ratio as high as 20:1, which thereby highlights the broad and promising applicability of this process for conformal Ni3C x film coatings on complex high-aspect-ratio 3D architectures in general.
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- Qun Guo
- Laboratory of Plasma Physics and Materials , Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication , Beijing 102600 , China
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- School of Advanced Materials, Shenzhen Graduate School , Peking University , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry , China Academy of Engineering Physics , Mianyang 621000 , China
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- School of Advanced Materials, Shenzhen Graduate School , Peking University , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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- Laboratory of Plasma Physics and Materials , Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication , Beijing 102600 , China
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- Laboratory of Plasma Physics and Materials , Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication , Beijing 102600 , China
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- Laboratory of Plasma Physics and Materials , Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication , Beijing 102600 , China
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- School of Advanced Materials, Shenzhen Graduate School , Peking University , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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Huang J, Sun Y, Zhang Y, Zou G, Yan C, Cong S, Lei T, Dai X, Guo J, Lu R, Li Y, Xiong J. A New Member of Electrocatalysts Based on Nickel Metaphosphate Nanocrystals for Efficient Water Oxidation. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2018; 30:1705045. [PMID: 29226454 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201705045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2017] [Revised: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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High-performance electrocatalysts are desired for electrochemical energy conversion, especially in the field of water splitting. Here, a new member of phosphate electrocatalysts, nickel metaphosphate (Ni2 P4 O12 ) nanocrystals, is reported, exhibiting low overpotential of 270 mV to generate the current density of 10 mA cm-2 and a superior catalytic durability of 100 h. It is worth noting that Ni2 P4 O12 electrocatalyst has remarkable oxygen evolution performance operating in basic media. Further experimental and theoretical analyses demonstrate that N dopant boosts the catalytic performance of Ni2 P4 O12 due to optimizing the surface electronic structure for better charge transfer and decreasing the adsorption energy for the oxygenic intermediates.
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- Jianwen Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Film and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Film and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Film and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Testing and Analysis Center, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Film and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Film and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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Chu M, Wang L, Li X, Hou M, Li N, Dong Y, Li X, Xie Z, Lin Y, Cai W, Zhang C. Carbon coated nickel - Nickel oxide composites as a highly efficient catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction in acid medium. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.01.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Wang H, Yi Q, Gao L, Gao Y, Liu T, Jiang YB, Sun Y, Zou G. Hierarchically interconnected nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets for an efficient hydrogen evolution reaction. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:16342-16348. [PMID: 29051961 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr06374a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Exploring low-cost and efficient electrocatalysts based on earth-abundant elements for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is of great importance for the development of clean and renewable energy. In this work, we report a facile self-foaming strategy for synthesis of hierarchically interconnected nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets (NCNS). The doping N species within the 3D interconnected carbon network affords rich active sites for the HER and facilitates fast charge transfer. As a result, the NCNS exhibit excellent catalytic activity with an onset potential of -65 mV, and a Tafel slope of 81 mV dec-1 with robust stability over 10 h in acidic media. Further analyses suggest that the graphitic N species in the NCNS contribute to their catalytic activity. Such a high catalytic performance makes the NCNS a promising metal-free HER electrocatalyst for practical hydrogen production.
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- Hao Wang
- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.
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Wang H, Cao Y, Sun C, Zou G, Huang J, Kuai X, Zhao J, Gao L. Strongly Coupled Molybdenum Carbide on Carbon Sheets as a Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting. CHEMSUSCHEM 2017; 10:3540-3546. [PMID: 28758343 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201701276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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High-performance and affordable electrocatalysts from earth-abundant elements are desirably pursued for water splitting involving hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Here, a bifunctional electrocatalyst of highly crystalline Mo2 C nanoparticles supported on carbon sheets (Mo2 C/CS) was designed toward overall water splitting. Owing to the highly active catalytic nature of Mo2 C nanoparticles, the high surface area of carbon sheets and efficient charge transfer in the strongly coupled composite, the designed catalysts show excellent bifunctional behavior with an onset potential of -60 mV for HER and an overpotential of 320 mV to achieve a current density of 10 mA cm-2 for OER in 1 m KOH while maintaining robust stability. Moreover, the electrolysis cell using the catalyst only requires a low cell voltage of 1.73 V to achieve a current density of 10 mA cm-2 and maintains the activity for more than 100 h when employing the Mo2 C/CS catalyst as both anode and cathode electrodes. Such high performance makes Mo2 C/CS a promising electrocatalyst for practical hydrogen production from water splitting.
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- Hao Wang
- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and, Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and, Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and, Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and, Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Film and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and, Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and, Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and, Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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