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Huang LA, Xu Y, Song Y, Xie H, Zhong W. Local electronic structure engineering of vanadium-doped nickel phosphide nanosheet arrays for efficient hydrogen evolution. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 658:383-391. [PMID: 38113547 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.12.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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Local electronic structure engineering is an effective approach for optimizing the catalytic performance of electrocatalysts. Herein, a dual-phase vanadium-doped nickel phosphide (NiVxP) catalyst supported on nickel foam (NF) was synthesized via a successive hydrothermal and phosphorization process with interconnected nanosheet structures and homogeneous distributions. The catalyst's stable phase and strong adhesion to the substrate ensure good electrochemical stability. The incorporation of V effectively promotes initial H2O adsorption and H* formation, leading to a lower overpotential. As a result, the fabricated NiVxP@NF demonstrates favorable hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity and stability, with only 85 mV overpotential needed to reach 10 mA·cm-2 and showing no significant increase in the overpotential during the long-term 78-hour stability test.
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- Liang-Ai Huang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, PR China
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- Hangzhou Yanqu Information Technology Co., Ltd., Y2, 2nd Floor, Building 2, Xixi Legu Creative Pioneering Park, No. 712 Wen'er West Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province 310003, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, PR China.
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Chen M, Hu Y, Liang K, Zhao Z, Luo Y, Luo S, Ma J. Interface engineering triggered by carbon nanotube-supported multiple sulfides for boosting oxygen evolution. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:18763-18772. [PMID: 34747966 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr04540g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Finding an efficient, stable and cheap oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst is very important for renewable energy conversion systems. There are relatively few related research reports due to the thermodynamic instability of transition metal sulfides (TMSs) at the oxidation potential and these are usually focused on single metal sulfides or bimetal sulfides. Metal sulfide mixture systems are rarely studied. The fabrication of a TMS/TMS interface is a feasible method to improve the kinetics of the OER. Here, we constructed TMS hybrid electrocatalysts with multiple phase interfaces for the oxygen evolution reaction, named S-CoFe/CNTs. The results show that the S-CoFe/CNT catalyst exhibits a low overpotential of 258 mV to achieve a current density of 10 mA cm-2, and has high activity in the OER process. Meanwhile, the catalyst also shows a low Tafel slope (69 mV dec-1) and good stability. This can be attributed to the synergistic catalysis of the multiphase interface in the catalyst and the rapid electron transfer pathway brought by CNTs. The new strategy for the synthesis of catalysts containing the TMS/TMS interface provides a new idea and method for the development of efficient and practical water splitting catalysts.
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- Ming Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (SKLAOC), Gansu Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Chemical Catalysis, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (SKLAOC), Gansu Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Chemical Catalysis, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (SKLAOC), Gansu Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Chemical Catalysis, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (SKLAOC), Gansu Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Chemical Catalysis, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (SKLAOC), Gansu Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Chemical Catalysis, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (SKLAOC), Gansu Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Chemical Catalysis, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (SKLAOC), Gansu Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Chemical Catalysis, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China.
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Chen Y, Zhang X, Qin J, Liu R. Transition metal atom doped Ni3S2 as efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting: Design strategy from DFT studies. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2021.111955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Karthick K, Sam Sankar S, Kumaravel S, Karmakar A, Madhu R, Bera K, Kundu S. Advancing the extended roles of 3D transition metal based heterostructures with copious active sites for electrocatalytic water splitting. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:13176-13200. [PMID: 34617532 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt01645h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The replacement of noble metals with alternative electrocatalysts is highly demanded for water splitting. From the exploration of 3D -transition metal based heterostructures, engineering at the nano-level brought more enhancements in active sites with reduced overpotentials for both the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, recent developments in 3D transition metal based heterostructures like direct growth on external substrates (Ni foam, Cu foam) gave highly impressive activities and stabilities. Research needs to be focused on how the active sites can be enhanced further with 3D heterostructures of transition metals by studying them with various counterparts like hydroxides, layered double hydroxides and phosphides for empowering both OER and HER applications. This perspective covers the way to enlarge the utilization of 3D heterostructures successfully in terms of reduced overpotentials, highly exposed active sites, increased electrical conductivity, porosity and high-rate activity. From the various approaches of growth of transition metal based 3D heterostructures, it is easy to fine tune the active sites to have a viable production of hydrogen with less applied energy input. Overall, this perspective outlines a direction to increase the number of active sites on 3D transition metal based heterostructures by growing on 3D foams for enhanced water splitting applications.
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- Kannimuthu Karthick
- Electrochemical Process Engineering (EPE) division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi-630003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Electrochemical Process Engineering (EPE) division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi-630003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Electrochemical Process Engineering (EPE) division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi-630003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Electrochemical Process Engineering (EPE) division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi-630003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Electrochemical Process Engineering (EPE) division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi-630003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Electrochemical Process Engineering (EPE) division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi-630003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Electrochemical Process Engineering (EPE) division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi-630003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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Introducing a self-improving catalyst for hydrogen evolution and efficient catalyst for oxygen evolution reaction. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Xu H, Zhu J, Ma Q, Ma J, Bai H, Chen L, Mu S. Two-Dimensional MoS 2: Structural Properties, Synthesis Methods, and Regulation Strategies toward Oxygen Reduction. MICROMACHINES 2021; 12:mi12030240. [PMID: 33673429 PMCID: PMC7996743 DOI: 10.3390/mi12030240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 02/14/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Compared with three-dimensional (3D) and other materials, two-dimensional (2D) materials with unique properties such as high specific surface area, structurally adjustable band structure, and electromagnetic properties have attracted wide attention. In recent years, great progress has been made for 2D MoS2 in the field of electrocatalysis, and its exposed unsaturated edges are considered to be active sites of electrocatalytic reactions. In this review, we focus on the latest progress of 2D MoS2 in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) that has not received much attention. First, the basic properties of 2D MoS2 and its advantages in the ORR are introduced. Then, the synthesis methods of 2D MoS2 are summarized, and specific strategies for optimizing the performance of 2D MoS2 in ORRs, and the challenges and opportunities faced are discussed. Finally, the future of the 2D MoS2-based ORR catalysts is explored.
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- Hanwen Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; (H.X.); (J.Z.); (Q.M.); (J.M.); (H.B.)
- Foshan Xianhu Laboratory of the Advanced Energy Science and Technology, Guangdong Laboratory, Xianhu Hydrogen Valley, Foshan 528200, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; (H.X.); (J.Z.); (Q.M.); (J.M.); (H.B.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; (H.X.); (J.Z.); (Q.M.); (J.M.); (H.B.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; (H.X.); (J.Z.); (Q.M.); (J.M.); (H.B.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; (H.X.); (J.Z.); (Q.M.); (J.M.); (H.B.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; (H.X.); (J.Z.); (Q.M.); (J.M.); (H.B.)
- Correspondence: (L.C.); (S.M.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; (H.X.); (J.Z.); (Q.M.); (J.M.); (H.B.)
- Foshan Xianhu Laboratory of the Advanced Energy Science and Technology, Guangdong Laboratory, Xianhu Hydrogen Valley, Foshan 528200, China
- Correspondence: (L.C.); (S.M.)
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Zhang B, Zhang J, Zhang H, Jiang H, Li C. Surface covalent sulfur enriching Ni active sites of Ni3S2 nanoparticles for efficient oxygen evolution. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj06064j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Surface covalent sulfur enhanced Ni3S2 nanoparticles are demonstrated to maximize the catalytically active Ni3+ density and further boost OER performance.
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- Bei Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
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Xing Z, Wang D, Meng T, Yang X. Superb Hydrogen Evolution by a Pt Nanoparticle-Decorated Ni 3S 2 Microrod Array. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:39163-39169. [PMID: 32805829 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c10476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Ni3S2 has attracted great interest as a potential alternative catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction; however, the formation of sulfur-hydrogen bonds on Ni3S2 suppressed the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), which remains a significant challenge in interface engineering of Ni3S2 structures for enhancing its HER performance. Herein, we demonstrate an efficient strategy for constructing a Pt nanoparticle-decorated Ni3S2 microrod array supported on Ni foam (Pt/Ni3S2/NF) by electrodeposition of Pt nanoparticles on hydrothermally synthesized Ni3S2/NF. The Pt/Ni3S2/NF heterostructure array exhibits an extremely low overpotential of 10 mV at 10 mA cm-2, surpassing that of commercial Pt/C and representing the best alkaline HER catalysts to date. Impressively, at an overpotential of 0.15 V, Pt/Ni3S2/NF displays a Pt mass activity and a normalized current density (against the electrochemical surface area) of 5.52 A mg-1 and 1.84 mA cm-2, respectively, which are 8.8 and 15.3 times higher compared to those of Pt/C, respectively. In addition, this electrode also shows much enhanced catalytic performance and stability in neutral media. Such enhanced HER activities are attributed to the constructed interface in the Pt/Ni3S2 heterostructure array, which synergistically favor water dissociation and subsequent hydrogen evolution, which is supported by density functional theory calculations.
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- Zhicai Xing
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, Jilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, Jilin, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, Jilin, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, Jilin, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
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Yang Y, Wan H, Chen G, Zhang N, Li J, Ma W, Liu X, Ma R. Multi-shelled cobalt-nickel oxide/phosphide hollow spheres for an efficient oxygen evolution reaction. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:10918-10927. [PMID: 32720957 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt01523g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Because of their low cost and Earth-abundant characteristics, materials based on 3d transition metals have attracted great research interest and are considered as promising electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), besides the commercial noble metal-based materials, in recent years. In order to improve electrocatalytic activity, it is necessary to design the structures and compositions of electrocatalysts. In this study, a series of multi-shelled CoxNi1-x oxide/phosphide hollow spheres with tunable element ratios were prepared. The electrocatalytic activity of the multi-shelled CoxNi1-x oxide/phosphide is strongly dependent on the molar ratio of Co and Ni. Based on the combined advantages of complex structures and compositions, the multi-shelled Co0.5Ni0.5 oxide/phosphide displays outstanding electrocatalytic performance in terms of high activity and stable durability for the OER, surpassing those of RuO2 and multi-shelled CoxNi1-x oxide/phosphide with other element ratios of Co and Ni. This result suggests a great possibility of rationally designing the composition for highly efficient electrocatalysts.
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- Yaru Yang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, P. R. China.
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Hierarchical porous bimetal-sulfide bi-functional nanocatalysts for hydrogen production by overall water electrolysis. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 560:426-435. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.10.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Revised: 10/20/2019] [Accepted: 10/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Yi X, He X, Yin F, Chen B, Li G, Yin H. Amorphous Ni–Fe–Se hollow nanospheres electrodeposited on nickel foam as a highly active and bifunctional catalyst for alkaline water splitting. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:6764-6775. [DOI: 10.1039/c9dt04755g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The electrodeposition of amorphous Ni–Fe–Se hollow nanospheres as a highly efficient bifunctional catalyst for the sustainable production of hydrogen.
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- Xuerui Yi
- College of Chemical Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology
- School of Petrochemical Engineering
- Changzhou University
- Changzhou 213164
- PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology
- School of Petrochemical Engineering
- Changzhou University
- Changzhou 213164
- PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology
- School of Petrochemical Engineering
- Changzhou University
- Changzhou 213164
- PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology
- School of Petrochemical Engineering
- Changzhou University
- Changzhou 213164
- PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Reactor Engineering and Safety of Ministry of Education
- Tsinghua University
- Beijing 100084
- PR China
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He W, Jia D, Cheng J, Wang F, Zhang L, Li Y, Liu C, Hao Q, Zhao J. P-doped nickel sulfide nanosheet arrays for alkaline overall water splitting. Catal Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cy01577f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Heazlewoodite, Ni3S2, is one of the most promising bifunctional electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline media due to its metallic conductivity and low cost.
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- Wenjun He
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hebei University of Technology
- Tianjin 300130
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hebei University of Technology
- Tianjin 300130
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hebei University of Technology
- Tianjin 300130
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hebei University of Technology
- Tianjin 300130
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hebei University of Technology
- Tianjin 300130
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hebei University of Technology
- Tianjin 300130
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hebei University of Technology
- Tianjin 300130
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hebei University of Technology
- Tianjin 300130
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hebei University of Technology
- Tianjin 300130
- P. R. China
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