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Li W, Guo B, Zhang K, Chen X, Zhang H, Chen W, Chen H, Li H, Feng X. Ru-regulated electronic structure CoNi-MOF nanosheets advance water electrolysis kinetics in alkaline and seawater media. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 668:181-189. [PMID: 38677207 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.04.144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Revised: 03/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/29/2024]
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Herein, an ion-exchange strategy is utilized to greatly improve the kinetics of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) by Ru-modified CoNi- 1,3,5-Benzenetricarboxylic acid (BTC)-metal organic framework nanosheets (Ru@CoNi-MOF). Due to the higher Ni active sites and lower electron transfer impedance, Ru@CoNi-MOF catalyst requires the overpotential as low as 47 and 279 mV, at a current density of 10 mA/cm2 toward HER and OER, respectively. Significantly, the mass activity of Ru@CoNi-MOF for HER and OER are 25.9 and 10.6 mA mg-1, nearly 15.2 and 8.8 times higher than that of Ni-MOF. In addition, the electrolyzer of Ru@CoNi-MOF demonstrates exceptional electrolytic performance in both KOH and seawater environment, surpasses the commercial Pt/C||IrO2 couple. Theoretical calculations prove that introducing Ru atoms in - CoNi-MOF modulates the electronic structure of Ni, optimizes adsorption energy for H* and reduces energy barrier of metal organic frameworks (MOFs). This modification significantly improves the kinetic rate of the Ru@CoNi-MOF during water splitting. Certainly, this study highlights the utilization of MOF nanosheets as advanced HER/OER electrocatalysts with immense potential, and will paves a way to develop more efficient MOFs for catalytic applications.
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- Wenqiang Li
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, PR China; College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473601, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, PR China; College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, PR China; College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, PR China
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- Guangdong Alcohol and Hydrogen New Energy Research Institute Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 511316, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, PR China.
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Chen L, Yu C, Dong J, Han Y, Huang H, Li W, Zhang Y, Tan X, Qiu J. Seawater electrolysis for fuels and chemicals production: fundamentals, achievements, and perspectives. Chem Soc Rev 2024. [PMID: 38855878 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00822c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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Seawater electrolysis for the production of fuels and chemicals involved in onshore and offshore plants powered by renewable energies offers a promising avenue and unique advantages for energy and environmental sustainability. Nevertheless, seawater electrolysis presents long-term challenges and issues, such as complex composition, potential side reactions, deposition of and poisoning by microorganisms and metal ions, as well as corrosion, thus hindering the rapid development of seawater electrolysis technology. This review focuses on the production of value-added fuels (hydrogen and beyond) and fine chemicals through seawater electrolysis, as a promising step towards sustainable energy development and carbon neutrality. The principle of seawater electrolysis and related challenges are first introduced, and the redox reaction mechanisms of fuels and chemicals are summarized. Strategies for operating anodes and cathodes including the development and application of chloride- and impurity-resistant electrocatalysts/membranes are reviewed. We comprehensively summarize the production of fuels and chemicals (hydrogen, carbon monoxide, sulfur, ammonia, etc.) at the cathode and anode via seawater electrolysis, and propose other potential strategies for co-producing fine chemicals, even sophisticated and electronic chemicals. Seawater electrolysis can drive the oxidation and upgrading of industrial pollutants or natural organics into value-added chemicals or degrade them into harmless substances, which would be meaningful for environmental protection. Finally, the perspective and prospects are outlined to address the challenges and expand the application of seawater electrolysis.
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- Lin Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- State Key Lab of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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Zhang C, Luo Y, Fu N, Mu S, Peng J, Liu Y, Zhang G. Phase Engineering and Dispersion Stabilization of Cobalt toward Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2310499. [PMID: 38805738 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202310499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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Phase engineering is promising to increase the intrinsic activity of the catalyst toward hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, the polymorphism interface is unstable due to the presence of metastable phases. Herein, phase engineering and dispersion stabilization are applied simultaneously to boost the HER activity of cobalt without sacrificing the stability. A fast and facile approach (plasma cathodic electro deposition) is developed to prepare cobalt film with a hetero-phase structure. The polymorphs of cobalt are realized through reduced stacking fault energy due to the doping of Mo, and the high temperature treatment resulted from the plasma discharge. Meanwhile, homogeneously dispersed oxide/carbide nanoparticles are produced from the reaction of plasma-induced oxygen/carbon atoms with electro-deposited metal. The existence of rich polymorphism interface and oxide/carbide help to facilitate H2 production by the tuning of electronic structure and the increase of active sites. Furthermore, oxide/carbide dispersoid effectively prevents the phase transition through a pinning effect on the grain boundary. As-prepared Co-hybrid/CoO_MoC exhibits both high HER activity and robust stability (44 mV at 10 mA cm-2, Tafel slope of 53.2 mV dec-1, no degradation after 100 h test). The work reported here provides an alternate approach to the design of advanced HER catalysts for real application.
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- Chao Zhang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510641, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510641, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510641, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510641, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510641, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, 519082, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510641, P. R. China
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Liu Z, Li H, Yang C, Jiang M, Zhang J, Fu C. High-Throughput Designed and Laser-Etched NiFeCrVTi High-Entropy Alloys with High Catalytic Activities and Corrosion Resistance for Hydrogen Evolution in Seawater. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2309078. [PMID: 38105404 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202309078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution from seawater through wind or solar energy is a cost-effective way to produce green hydrogen fuel. However, the lack of highly active and anti-corrosive electrocatalysts in seawater severely hinders the industrial application. Herein, a novel Ni1.1FeCr0.4V0.3Ti0.3 high-entropy alloy (HEA) is designed through high throughput computing and prepared via powder metallurgy with the surface treated by laser etching under different laser power. The laser-etched NiFeCrVTi high-entropy alloys exhibit a unique periodically ordered structure with multiple active centers and high porosity. The Ni-HEA-30 displays remarkable hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance with an overpotential of 55.9 mV and a Tafel slope of 47.3 mV dec-1 in seawater. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations are applied to identify the real active sites for HER on the HEA surface as the key factor for both proton and intermediate transformation, which also reveals that the Cr atom promotes the adsorption energy of water molecules, and the modulation of the electronic structure plays a crucial role in optimizing the hydrogen binding capabilities of the Ni atoms within the alloy. Additionally, the electrocatalyst displays high corrosion resistance in seawater, contributing to the good durability for hydrogen production. This work uncovers a new paradigm to develop novel electrocatalysts with superior reaction activity in seawater.
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- Zhaohui Liu
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced High-temperature Materials and Precision Forming, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QZ, UK
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced High-temperature Materials and Precision Forming, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced High-temperature Materials and Precision Forming, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced High-temperature Materials and Precision Forming, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced High-temperature Materials and Precision Forming, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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Quan L, Jiang H, Mei G, Sun Y, You B. Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Overall and Hybrid Water Splitting. Chem Rev 2024; 124:3694-3812. [PMID: 38517093 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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Electrocatalytic water splitting driven by renewable electricity has been recognized as a promising approach for green hydrogen production. Different from conventional strategies in developing electrocatalysts for the two half-reactions of water splitting (e.g., the hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions, HER and OER) separately, there has been a growing interest in designing and developing bifunctional electrocatalysts, which are able to catalyze both the HER and OER. In addition, considering the high overpotentials required for OER while limited value of the produced oxygen, there is another rapidly growing interest in exploring alternative oxidation reactions to replace OER for hybrid water splitting toward energy-efficient hydrogen generation. This Review begins with an introduction on the fundamental aspects of water splitting, followed by a thorough discussion on various physicochemical characterization techniques that are frequently employed in probing the active sites, with an emphasis on the reconstruction of bifunctional electrocatalysts during redox electrolysis. The design, synthesis, and performance of diverse bifunctional electrocatalysts based on noble metals, nonprecious metals, and metal-free nanocarbons, for overall water splitting in acidic and alkaline electrolytes, are thoroughly summarized and compared. Next, their application toward hybrid water splitting is also presented, wherein the alternative anodic reactions include sacrificing agents oxidation, pollutants oxidative degradation, and organics oxidative upgrading. Finally, a concise statement on the current challenges and future opportunities of bifunctional electrocatalysts for both overall and hybrid water splitting is presented in the hope of guiding future endeavors in the quest for energy-efficient and sustainable green hydrogen production.
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- Li Quan
- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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Zhang S, Chen D, Chen P, Zhang R, Hou Y, Guo Y, Li P, Liang X, Xing T, Chen J, Zhao Y, Huang Z, Lei D, Zhi C. Concurrent Mechanisms of Hot Electrons and Interfacial Water Molecule Ordering in Plasmon-Enhanced Nitrogen Fixation. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2310776. [PMID: 38234149 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202310776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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The participation of high-energy hot electrons generated from the non-radiative decay of localized surface plasmons is an important mechanism for promoting catalytic processes. Herein, another vital mechanism associated with the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect, significantly contributing to the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR), is found. That is to say, the LSPR-induced strong localized electric fields can weaken the intermolecular hydrogen bonds and regulate the arrangement of water molecules at the solid-liquid interface. The AuCu pentacle nanoparticles with excellent light absorption ability and the capability to generate strong localized electric fields are chosen to demonstrate this effect. The in situ Raman spectra and theoretical calculations are employed to verify the mechanism at the molecular scale in a nitrogen fixation process. Meanwhile, due to the promoted electron transfer at the interface by the well-ordered interfacial water, as well as the participation of high-energy hot electrons, the optimal catalyst exhibits excellent performance with an NH3 yield of 52.09 µg h-1 cm-2 and Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 45.82% at ─0.20 V versus RHE. The results are significant for understanding the LSPR effect in catalysis and provide a new approach for regulating the reaction process.
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- Shaoce Zhang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
- Centre for Functional Photonics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
- Centre for Functional Photonics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
- Hong Kong Institute for Clean Energy, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
- Centre for Functional Photonics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
- Hong Kong Institute for Clean Energy, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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Fei H, Liu R, Liu T, Ju M, Lei J, Wang Z, Wang S, Zhang Y, Chen W, Wu Z, Ni M, Wang J. Direct Seawater Electrolysis: From Catalyst Design to Device Applications. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2309211. [PMID: 37918125 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202309211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
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Direct seawater electrolysis (DSE) for hydrogen production, using earth-abundant seawater as the feedstock and renewable electricity as the driving source, paves a new opportunity for flexible energy conversion/storage and smooths the volatility of renewable energy. Unfortunately, the complex environments of seawater impose significant challenges on the design of DSE catalysts, and the practical performance of many current DSE catalysts remains unsatisfactory on the device level. However, many studies predominantly concentrate on the development of electrocatalysts for DSE without giving due consideration to the specific devices. To mitigate this gap, the most recent progress (mainly published within the year 2020-2023) of DSE electrocatalysts and devices are systematically evaluated. By discussing key bottlenecks, corresponding mitigation strategies, and various device designs and applications, the tremendous challenges in addressing the trade-off among activity, stability, and selectivity for DSE electrocatalysts by a single shot are emphasized. In addition, the rational design of the DSE electrocatalysts needs to align with the specific device configuration, which is more effective than attempting to comprehensively enhance all catalytic parameters. This work, featuring the first review of this kind to consider rational catalyst design in the framework of DSE devices, will facilitate practical DSE development.
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- Hao Fei
- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- Department of Building and Real Estate, Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD) & Research Institute for Smart Energy (RISE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
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- China Southern Power Grid Technology Co., Ltd, Guangzhou, 510000, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- Department of Building and Real Estate, Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD) & Research Institute for Smart Energy (RISE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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Wang L, Chen Y, Liu Y, Dai Q, Chen Z, Yang X, Luo Y, Li Z, Yang B, Zheng M, Lei L, Hou Y. Electron Redistribution of Ru Site on MoO 2@NiMoO 4 Support for Efficient Ampere-Level Current Density Electrolysis of Alkaline Seawater. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2311477. [PMID: 38554022 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202311477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/01/2024]
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Seawater electrolysis is a promising but challenging strategy to generate carbon-neutral hydrogen. A grand challenge for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) from alkaline seawater electrolysis is the development of efficient and stable electrocatalysts to overcome the limitation of sluggish kinetics. Here, a 3D nanorod hybrid catalyst is reported, which comprises heterostructure MoO2@NiMoO4 supported Ru nanoparticles (Ru/ MoO2@NiMoO4) with a size of ≈5 nm. Benefitting from the effect of strongly coupled interaction, Ru/MoO2@NiMoO4 catalyst exhibits a remarkable alkaline seawater hydrogen evolution performance, featured by a low overpotential of 184 mV at a current density of 1.0 A cm-2, superior to commercial Pt/C (338 mV). Experimental observations demonstrate that the heterostructure MoO2@NiMoO4 as an electron-accepting support makes the electron transfer from the Ru nanoparticles to MoO2, and thereby implements the electron redistribution of Ru site. Mechanistic analysis elucidates that the electron redistribution of active Ru site enhances the ability of hydrogen desorption, thereby promoting alkaline seawater HER kinetics and finally leading to a satisfactory catalysis performance at ampere-level current density of alkaline seawater electrolysis.
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- Lin Wang
- School of Biological and Chemical Engineering, NingboTech University, Ningbo, 315100, China
- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Institute of Environmental Biology and Catalysis, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
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- School of Biological and Chemical Engineering, NingboTech University, Ningbo, 315100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Institute of Thermal Science and Power Systems, School of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Institute of Environmental Biology and Catalysis, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- School of Biological and Chemical Engineering, NingboTech University, Ningbo, 315100, China
- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Donghai Laboratory, Zhoushan, 316021, China
- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, Quzhou, 324000, China
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Sun J, Guo F, Ai X, Tian Y, Yang J, Zou X, Zhu G. Constructing Heterogeneous Interface by Growth of Carbon Nanotubes on the Surface of MoB 2 for Boosting Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in a Wide pH Range. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2304573. [PMID: 37907426 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202304573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 10/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
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Transition metal diborides represented by MoB2 have attracted widespread attention for their excellent acidic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Nevertheless, their electrocatalytic performance is generally unsatisfactory in high-pH electrolytes. Heterogeneous interface engineering is one of the most promising methods for optimizing the composition and structure of electrocatalysts, thereby greatly affecting their electrochemical performance. Herein, a heterostructure, composed of MoB2 and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), is rationally constructed by boronizing precursors including (NH4 )4 [NiH6 Mo6 O24 ]·5H2 O (NiMo6 ) and Co complexes on the carbon cloth (Co,Ni-MoB2 @CNT/CC). In this method, NiMo6 is boronized to form MoB2 by a modified molten-salt-assisted borothermal reduction. Meanwhile, Co catalyzes extra carbon sources to grow CNTs on the surface of MoB2 . Thanks to the successful production of the heterostructure, Co,Ni-MoB2 @CNT/CC exhibits remarkable HER performance with a low overpotential of 98.6, 113.0, and 73.9 mV at 10 mA cm-2 in acidic, neutral, and alkaline electrolytes, respectively. Notably, even at 500 mA cm-2 , the electrochemical activity of Co,Ni-MoB2 @CNT/CC exceeds that of Pt/C/CC in an alkaline solution and maintains over 50 h. Theoretical calculations reveal that the construction of the heterostructure is beneficial to both water dissociation and reactive intermediate adsorption, resulting in superior alkaline HER performance.
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- Jianhang Sun
- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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Li Q, Sun C, Fu H, Zhang S, Sun X, Liu JC, Du Y, Luo F. Enhanced Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction through Lanthanide-Modified Rhodium Intermetallic Catalysts. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2307052. [PMID: 37946708 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202307052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2023] [Revised: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Design of highly efficient electrocatalysts for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is of paramount importance for water electrolysis, but still a considerable challenge because of the slow HER kinetics in alkaline environments. Alloying is recognized as an effective strategy to enhance the catalytic properties. Lanthanides (Ln) are recognized as an electronic and structural regulator, attributed to their unique 4f electron behavior and the phenomenon known as lanthanide contraction. Here, a new class of Rh3Ln intermetallics (IMs) are synthesized using the sodium vapor reduction method. The alloying process induced an upshift of the d-band center and electron transfer from Ln to Rh, resulting in optimized adsorption and dissociation energies for H2O molecules. Consequently, Rh3Tb IMs exhibited outstanding HER activity in both alkaline environments and seawater, displaying an overpotential of only 19 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and a Tafel slope of 22.2 mV dec-1. Remarkably, the current density of Rh3Tb IMs at 100 mV overpotential is 8.6 and 5.7 times higher than that of Rh/C and commercial Pt/C, respectively. This work introduces a novel approach to the rational design of HER electrocatalysis and sheds light on the role of lanthanides in electrocatalyst systems.
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- Qingqing Li
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, CTianjin Key Lab Rare Earth Mat & Applicat, Ctr Rare Earth & Inorgan Funct Mat, Nankai University, Smart Sensor I, Tianjin, 300350, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, CTianjin Key Lab Rare Earth Mat & Applicat, Ctr Rare Earth & Inorgan Funct Mat, Nankai University, Smart Sensor I, Tianjin, 300350, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, CTianjin Key Lab Rare Earth Mat & Applicat, Ctr Rare Earth & Inorgan Funct Mat, Nankai University, Smart Sensor I, Tianjin, 300350, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, CTianjin Key Lab Rare Earth Mat & Applicat, Ctr Rare Earth & Inorgan Funct Mat, Nankai University, Smart Sensor I, Tianjin, 300350, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, CTianjin Key Lab Rare Earth Mat & Applicat, Ctr Rare Earth & Inorgan Funct Mat, Nankai University, Smart Sensor I, Tianjin, 300350, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, CTianjin Key Lab Rare Earth Mat & Applicat, Ctr Rare Earth & Inorgan Funct Mat, Nankai University, Smart Sensor I, Tianjin, 300350, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, CTianjin Key Lab Rare Earth Mat & Applicat, Ctr Rare Earth & Inorgan Funct Mat, Nankai University, Smart Sensor I, Tianjin, 300350, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, CTianjin Key Lab Rare Earth Mat & Applicat, Ctr Rare Earth & Inorgan Funct Mat, Nankai University, Smart Sensor I, Tianjin, 300350, P.R. China
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Hu YW, Sultana F, Balogun MS, Xiong T, Huang Y, Xia Y. Bi-cation incorporated Ni 3N nanosheets boost water dissociation kinetics for enhanced alkaline hydrogen evolution activity. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:4325-4332. [PMID: 38357773 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr05957j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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Nickel nitride (Ni3N) is a promising electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) owing to its excellent metallic features and has been demonstrated to exhibit considerable activity for water oxidation. However, its undesirable characteristics as an HER electrocatalyst due to its poor unfavourable d-band energy level significantly limit its water dissociation kinetics. Herein, the HER electrocatalytic activity of Ni3N was prominently enhanced via the simultaneous incorporation of bi-cations (vanadium (V) and iron (Fe), denoted as V-Fe-Ni3N). The optimized V-Fe-Ni3N displays impressive performance with an overpotential of 69 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and good stability in 1.0 M KOH, which is remarkably better than pristine Ni3N, V-doped Ni3N, and Fe-doped Ni3N and considerably closer to a commercial Pt/C catalyst. Based on density functional theory (DFT) studies, V and Fe atoms not only serve as active sites for promoting water dissociation kinetics but also tune the electronic structure of Ni3N to achieve optimized hydrogen adsorption capabilities. This work presents an inclusive understanding of the rational designing of high-performance transition metal nitride-based electrocatalysts for hydrogen production. Its electrocatalytic performance can be significantly enhanced by doping transition metal cations.
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- Yu-Wen Hu
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China.
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- Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510180, China.
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Wang L, Ma M, Zhang C, Chang HH, Zhang Y, Li L, Chen HY, Peng S. Manipulating the Microenvironment of Single Atoms by Switching Support Crystallinity for Industrial Hydrogen Evolution. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202317220. [PMID: 38153674 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202317220] [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: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 12/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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Modulating the microenvironment of single-atom catalysts (SACs) is critical to optimizing catalytic activity. Herein, we innovatively propose a strategy to improve the local reaction environment of Ru single atoms by precisely switching the crystallinity of the support from high crystalline and low crystalline, which significantly improves the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity. The Ru single-atom catalyst anchored on low-crystalline nickel hydroxide (Ru-LC-Ni(OH)2 ) reconstructs the distribution balance of the interfacial ions due to the activation effect of metal dangling bonds on the support. Single-site Ru with a low oxidation state induces the aggregation of hydronium ions (H3 O+ ), leading to the formation of a local acidic microenvironment in alkaline media, breaking the pH-dependent HER activity. As a comparison, the Ru single-atom catalyst anchored on high-crystalline nickel hydroxide (Ru-HC-Ni(OH)2 ) exhibits a sluggish Volmer step and a conventional local reaction environment. As expected, Ru-LC-Ni(OH)2 requires low overpotentials of 9 and 136 mV at 10 and 1000 mA cm-2 in alkaline conditions and operates stably at 500 mA cm-2 for 500 h in an alkaline seawater anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzer. This study provides a new perspective for constructing highly active single-atom electrocatalysts.
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- Luqi Wang
- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 210016, Nanjing, China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 210016, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, 214122, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, 30013, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, 214122, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 210016, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, 30013, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 210016, Nanjing, China
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Silviya R, Bhide A, Gupta S, Bhabal R, Mali KH, Bhagat BR, Spreitzer M, Dashora A, Patel N, Fernandes R. Bifunctional Amorphous Transition-Metal Phospho-Boride Electrocatalysts for Selective Alkaline Seawater Splitting at a Current Density of 2A cm -2. SMALL METHODS 2024:e2301395. [PMID: 38282459 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202301395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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Hydrogen production by direct seawater electrolysis is an alternative technology to conventional freshwater electrolysis, mainly owing to the vast abundance of seawater reserves on earth. However, the lack of robust, active, and selective electrocatalysts that can withstand the harsh and corrosive saline conditions of seawater greatly hinders its industrial viability. Herein, a series of amorphous transition-metal phospho-borides, namely Co-P-B, Ni-P-B, and Fe-P-B are prepared by simple chemical reduction method and screened for overall alkaline seawater electrolysis. Co-P-B is found to be the best of the lot, requiring low overpotentials of ≈270 mV for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), ≈410 mV for oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and an overall voltage of 2.50 V to reach a current density of 2 A cm-2 in highly alkaline natural seawater. Furthermore, the optimized electrocatalyst shows formidable stability after 10,000 cycles and 30 h of chronoamperometric measurements in alkaline natural seawater without any chlorine evolution, even at higher current densities. A detailed understanding of not only HER and OER but also chlorine evolution reaction (ClER) on the Co-P-B surface is obtained by computational analysis, which also sheds light on the selectivity and stability of the catalyst at high current densities.
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- R Silviya
- Department of Physics and Electronics, Christ University, Bengaluru, 560029, India
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- Department of Physics and Electronics, Christ University, Bengaluru, 560029, India
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- Advanced Materials Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
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- Department of Physics and Electronics, Christ University, Bengaluru, 560029, India
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, 390002, India
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, 390002, India
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- Advanced Materials Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, 390002, India
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- Department of Physics and Electronics, Christ University, Bengaluru, 560029, India
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- Department of Physics and Electronics, Christ University, Bengaluru, 560029, India
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Zhang F, Zhou J, Chen X, Zhao S, Zhao Y, Tang Y, Tian Z, Yang Q, Slavcheva E, Lin Y, Zhang Q. The Recent Progresses of Electrodes and Electrolysers for Seawater Electrolysis. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 14:239. [PMID: 38334510 PMCID: PMC10856650 DOI: 10.3390/nano14030239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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The utilization of renewable energy for hydrogen production presents a promising pathway towards achieving carbon neutrality in energy consumption. Water electrolysis, utilizing pure water, has proven to be a robust technology for clean hydrogen production. Recently, seawater electrolysis has emerged as an attractive alternative due to the limitations of deep-sea regions imposed by the transmission capacity of long-distance undersea cables. However, seawater electrolysis faces several challenges, including the slow kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), the competing chlorine evolution reaction (CER) processes, electrode degradation caused by chloride ions, and the formation of precipitates on the cathode. The electrode and catalyst materials are corroded by the Cl- under long-term operations. Numerous efforts have been made to address these issues arising from impurities in the seawater. This review focuses on recent progress in developing high-performance electrodes and electrolyser designs for efficient seawater electrolysis. Its aim is to provide a systematic and insightful introduction and discussion on seawater electrolysers and electrodes with the hope of promoting the utilization of offshore renewable energy sources through seawater electrolysis.
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- Fan Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Far-Shore Wind Power Technology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 311122, China; (F.Z.); (X.C.); (S.Z.)
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolysers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Ningbo 315201, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.T.); (Z.T.); (Q.Y.)
- Renewable Energy Engineering Institute, Power China Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited, Hangzhou 311122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolysers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Ningbo 315201, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.T.); (Z.T.); (Q.Y.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Far-Shore Wind Power Technology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 311122, China; (F.Z.); (X.C.); (S.Z.)
- Renewable Energy Engineering Institute, Power China Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited, Hangzhou 311122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Far-Shore Wind Power Technology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 311122, China; (F.Z.); (X.C.); (S.Z.)
- Renewable Energy Engineering Institute, Power China Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited, Hangzhou 311122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolysers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Ningbo 315201, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.T.); (Z.T.); (Q.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolysers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Ningbo 315201, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.T.); (Z.T.); (Q.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolysers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Ningbo 315201, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.T.); (Z.T.); (Q.Y.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolysers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Ningbo 315201, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.T.); (Z.T.); (Q.Y.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Qianwan Institute of CNITECH, Ningbo 315201, China
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- Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems of Bulgaria Academic Science (IEES), Akad. G. Bonchev 10, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria;
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolysers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Ningbo 315201, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.T.); (Z.T.); (Q.Y.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolysers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Ningbo 315201, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.T.); (Z.T.); (Q.Y.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Ju X, He X, Sun Y, Cai Z, Sun S, Yao Y, Li Z, Li J, Wang Y, Ren Y, Ying B, Luo Y, Zheng D, Liu Q, Xie L, Li T, Sun X, Tang B. Fabrication of a hierarchical NiTe@NiFe-LDH core-shell array for high-efficiency alkaline seawater oxidation. iScience 2024; 27:108736. [PMID: 38269101 PMCID: PMC10805641 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2024] Open
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Herein, a hierarchical NiTe@NiFe-LDH core-shell array on Ni foam (NiTe@NiFe-LDH/NF) demonstrates its effectiveness for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline seawater electrolyte. This NiTe@NiFe-LDH/NF array showcases remarkably low overpotentials of 277 mV and 359 mV for achieving current densities of 100 and 500 mA cm-2, respectively. Also, it shows a low Tafel slope of 68.66 mV dec-1. Notably, the electrocatalyst maintains robust stability over continuous electrolysis for at least 50 h at 100 mA cm-2. The remarkable performance and hierarchical structure advantages of NiTe@NiFe-LDH/NF offer innovative insights for designing efficient seawater oxidation electrocatalysts.
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- Xuexuan Ju
- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 611731, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610106, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610106, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 611731, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
- Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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Jin J, Wang X, Hu Y, Zhang Z, Liu H, Yin J, Xi P. Precisely Control Relationship between Sulfur Vacancy and H Absorption for Boosting Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2024; 16:63. [PMID: 38168843 PMCID: PMC10761665 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01291-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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Effective and robust catalyst is the core of water splitting to produce hydrogen. Here, we report an anionic etching method to tailor the sulfur vacancy (VS) of NiS2 to further enhance the electrocatalytic performance for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). With the VS concentration change from 2.4% to 8.5%, the H* adsorption strength on S sites changed and NiS2-VS 5.9% shows the most optimized H* adsorption for HER with an ultralow onset potential (68 mV) and has long-term stability for 100 h in 1 M KOH media. In situ attenuated-total-reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIRS) measurements are usually used to monitor the adsorption of intermediates. The S- H* peak of the NiS2-VS 5.9% appears at a very low voltage, which is favorable for the HER in alkaline media. Density functional theory calculations also demonstrate the NiS2-VS 5.9% has the optimal |ΔGH*| of 0.17 eV. This work offers a simple and promising pathway to enhance catalytic activity via precise vacancies strategy.
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- Jing Jin
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China.
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Hu H, Wang X, Attfield JP, Yang M. Metal nitrides for seawater electrolysis. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:163-203. [PMID: 38019124 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00717k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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Electrocatalytic high-throughput seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production is a promising green energy technology that offers possibilities for environmental and energy sustainability. However, large-scale application is limited by the complex composition of seawater, high concentration of Cl- leading to competing reaction, and severe corrosion of electrode materials. In recent years, extensive research has been conducted to address these challenges. Metal nitrides (MNs) with excellent chemical stability and catalytic properties have emerged as ideal electrocatalyst candidates. This review presents the electrode reactions and basic parameters of the seawater splitting process, and summarizes the types and selection principles of conductive substrates with critical analysis of the design principles for seawater electrocatalysts. The focus is on discussing the properties, synthesis, and design strategies of MN-based electrocatalysts. Finally, we provide an outlook for the future development of MNs in the high-throughput seawater electrolysis field and highlight key issues that require further research and optimization.
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- Huashuai Hu
- School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, UK
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- School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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Qian Q, Zhu Y, Ahmad N, Feng Y, Zhang H, Cheng M, Liu H, Xiao C, Zhang G, Xie Y. Recent Advancements in Electrochemical Hydrogen Production via Hybrid Water Splitting. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2306108. [PMID: 37815215 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202306108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2023] [Revised: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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As one of the most promising approaches to producing high-purity hydrogen (H2 ), electrochemical water splitting powered by the renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and hydroelectric power has attracted considerable interest over the past decade. However, the water electrolysis process is seriously hampered by the sluggish electrode reaction kinetics, especially the four-electron oxygen evolution reaction at the anode side, which induces a high reaction overpotential. Currently, the emerging hybrid electrochemical water splitting strategy is proposed by integrating thermodynamically favorable electro-oxidation reactions with hydrogen evolution reaction at the cathode, providing a new opportunity for energy-efficient H2 production. To achieve highly efficient and cost-effective hybrid water splitting toward large-scale practical H2 production, much work has been continuously done to exploit the alternative anodic oxidation reactions and cutting-edge electrocatalysts. This review will focus on recent developments on electrochemical H2 production coupled with alternative oxidation reactions, including the choice of anodic substrates, the investigation on electrocatalytic materials, and the deep understanding of the underlying reaction mechanisms. Finally, some insights into the scientific challenges now standing in the way of future advancement of the hybrid water electrolysis technique are shared, in the hope of inspiring further innovative efforts in this rapidly growing field.
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- Qizhu Qian
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
- Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, Anhui, 230031, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
- Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, Anhui, 230031, P. R. China
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Weng C, Huang S, Lu T, Li J, Li J, Li J, Pan L. NiM (Sb, Sn)/N-doped hollow carbon tube as high-rate and high-capacity anode for lithium-ion batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 652:208-217. [PMID: 37595438 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.08.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
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Alloy-type materials are regarded as prospective anode replacements for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) owing to their attractive theoretical capacity. However, the drastic volume expansion leads to structural collapse and pulverization, resulting in rapid capacity decay during cycling. Here, a simple and scalable approach to prepare NiM (M: Sb, Sn)/nitrogen-doped hollow carbon tubes (NiMC) via template and substitution reactions is proposed. The nanosized NiM particles are uniformly anchored in the robust hollow N-doped carbon tubes via NiNC coordination bonds, which not only provides a buffer for volume expansion but also avoids agglomerating of the reactive material and ensures the integrity of the conductive network and structural framework during lithiation/delithiation. As a result, NiSbC and NiSnC exhibit high reversible capacities (1259 and 1342 mAh/g after 100 cycles at 0.1 A/g) and fascinating rate performance (627 and 721 mAh/g at 2 A/g), respectively, when employed as anodes of LIBs. The electrochemical kinetic analysis reveals that the dominant lithium storage behavior of NiMC electrodes varies from capacitive contribution to diffusion contribution during the cycling corresponding to the activation of the electrode exposing more NiM sites. Meanwhile, M (Sb, Sn) is gradually transformed into stable NiM during the de-lithium process, making the NiMC structure more stable and reversible in the electrochemical reaction. This work brings a novel thought to construct high-performance alloy-based anode materials.
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- Chaocang Weng
- Engineering Research Center for Nanophotonics & Advanced Instrument, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Engineering Research Center for Nanophotonics & Advanced Instrument, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- College of Logistics Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China; College of Electrical and Power Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
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- Siyuan Laboratory, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China
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- Engineering Research Center for Nanophotonics & Advanced Instrument, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
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Yu Z, Liu L. Recent Advances in Hybrid Seawater Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023:e2308647. [PMID: 38143285 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202308647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
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Seawater electrolysis (SWE) is a promising and potentially cost-effective approach to hydrogen production, considering that seawater is vastly abundant and SWE is able to combine with offshore renewables producing green hydrogen. However, SWE has long been suffering from technical challenges including the high energy demand and interference of chlorine chemistry, leading electrolyzers to a low efficiency and short lifespan. In this context, hybrid SWE, operated by replacing the energy-demanding oxygen evolution reaction and interfering chlorine evolution reaction (CER) with a thermodynamically more favorable anodic oxidation reaction (AOR) or by designing innovative electrolyzer cells, has recently emerged as a better alternative, which not only allows SWE to occur in a safe and energy-saving manner without the notorious CER, but also enables co-production of value-added chemicals or elimination of environmental pollutants. This review provides a first account of recent advances in hybrid SWE for hydrogen production. The substitutional AOR of various small molecules or redox mediators, in couple with hydrogen evolution from seawater, is comprehensively summarized. Moreover, how the electrolyzer cell design helps in hybrid SWE is briefly discussed. Last, the current challenges and future outlook about the development of the hybrid SWE technology are outlined.
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- Zhipeng Yu
- Frontier Research Center, Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, 523808, P. R. China
- Clean Energy Cluster, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Avenida Mestre Jose Veiga, Braga, 4715-330, Portugal
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- Frontier Research Center, Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, 523808, P. R. China
- Clean Energy Cluster, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Avenida Mestre Jose Veiga, Braga, 4715-330, Portugal
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Chen XH, Ren JY, Li NB, Luo HQ. Constructing of CoP-Nb 2O 5 p-n heterojunction with built-in electric field to accelerate the charge migration in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 651:760-768. [PMID: 37572613 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/14/2023]
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Studying interfacial charge transfer is of great significance for the preparation of electrocatalysts with high activity for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Particularly, exploring the in-depth catalytic mechanisms and facile fabrication methods of narrow bandgap metal phosphides remains worthwhile. This work successfully combined catalytically inert n-type Nb2O5 with p-type CoP to prepare a p-n heterojunction (CoP-Nb2O5). The self-supporting heterojunction was fabricated by gas-phase phosphorization of the Co(OH)2-Nb2O5 precursor obtained through hydrothermal-electrodeposition strategy. By analyzing the electronic and band structures of CoP and Nb2O5, it was found that there exists a built-in electric field (BEF) in the heterojunction. This BEF can modulate the electronic structure of CoP at the interface, enhance its intrinsic activity and accelerate charge migration. The subsequent experimental results also demonstrate that Nb2O5 can significantly enhance the activity and stability of CoP. Our findings can serve as a novel perspective on the application of p-n heterojunction in the field of energy storage and conversion.
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- Xiao Hui Chen
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China.
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He W, Li X, Tang C, Zhou S, Lu X, Li W, Li X, Zeng X, Dong P, Zhang Y, Zhang Q. Materials Design and System Innovation for Direct and Indirect Seawater Electrolysis. ACS NANO 2023; 17:22227-22239. [PMID: 37965727 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c08450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2023]
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Green hydrogen production from renewably powered water electrolysis is considered as an ideal approach to decarbonizing the energy and industry sectors. Given the high-cost supply of ultra-high-purity water, as well as the mismatched distribution of water sources and renewable energies, combining seawater electrolysis with coastal solar/offshore wind power is attracting increasing interest for large-scale green hydrogen production. However, various impurities in seawater lead to corrosive and toxic halides, hydroxide precipitation, and physical blocking, which will significantly degrade catalysts, electrodes, and membranes, thus shortening the stable service life of electrolyzers. To accelerate the development of seawater electrolysis, it is crucial to widen the working potential gap between oxygen evolution and chlorine evolution reactions and develop flexible and highly efficient seawater purification technologies. In this review, we comprehensively discuss present challenges, research efforts, and design principles for direct/indirect seawater electrolysis from the aspects of materials engineering and system innovation. Further opportunities in developing efficient and stable catalysts, advanced membranes, and integrated electrolyzers are highlighted for green hydrogen production from both seawater and low-grade water sources.
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- Wenjun He
- Tsinghua Center for Green Chemical Engineering Electrification, Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Tsinghua Center for Green Chemical Engineering Electrification, Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Tsinghua Center for Green Chemical Engineering Electrification, Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
- Institute for Carbon Neutrality, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Particles and Catalysis Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- Particles and Catalysis Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, P. R. China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Lithium-Ion Batteries and Materials Preparation Technology, Key Laboratory of Advanced Battery Materials of Yunnan Province, Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, P. R. China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Lithium-Ion Batteries and Materials Preparation Technology, Key Laboratory of Advanced Battery Materials of Yunnan Province, Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, P. R. China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Lithium-Ion Batteries and Materials Preparation Technology, Key Laboratory of Advanced Battery Materials of Yunnan Province, Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, P. R. China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Lithium-Ion Batteries and Materials Preparation Technology, Key Laboratory of Advanced Battery Materials of Yunnan Province, Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, P. R. China
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- Tsinghua Center for Green Chemical Engineering Electrification, Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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Xu X, Lu Y, Shi J, Hao X, Ma Z, Yang K, Zhang T, Li C, Zhang D, Huang X, He Y. Corrosion-resistant cobalt phosphide electrocatalysts for salinity tolerance hydrogen evolution. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7708. [PMID: 38001072 PMCID: PMC10673868 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43459-w] [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: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Seawater electrolysis is a viable method for producing hydrogen on a large scale and low-cost. However, the catalyst activity during the seawater splitting process will dramatically degrade as salt concentrations increasing. Herein, CoP is discovered that could reject chloride ions far from catalyst in electrolyte based on molecular dynamic simulation. Thus, a binder-free electrode is designed and constructed by in-situ growth of homogeneous CoP on rGO nanosheets wrapped around the surface of Ti fiber felt for seawater splitting. As expected, the as-obtained CoP/rGO@Ti electrode exhibits good catalytic activity and stability in alkaline electrolyte. Especially, benefitting from the highly effective repulsive Cl- intrinsic characteristic of CoP, the catalyst maintains good catalytic performance with saturated salt concentration, and the overpotential increasing is less than 28 mV at 10 mA cm-2 from 0 M to saturated NaCl in electrolyte. Furthermore, the catalyst for seawater splitting performs superior corrosion-resistance with a low solubility of 0.04%. This work sheds fresh light into the development of efficient HER catalysts for salinity tolerance hydrogen evolution.
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- Xinwu Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center of Advanced Lubrication and Seal Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center of Advanced Lubrication and Seal Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center of Advanced Lubrication and Seal Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center of Advanced Lubrication and Seal Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center of Advanced Lubrication and Seal Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center of Advanced Lubrication and Seal Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center of Advanced Lubrication and Seal Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center of Advanced Lubrication and Seal Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center of Advanced Lubrication and Seal Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P. R. China
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- Institute of Material and Chemistry, Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou, 341000, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center of Advanced Lubrication and Seal Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P. R. China.
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Kong Q, Wang J, Liu Z, Wu S, Tong X, Zong N, Huang B, Xu R, Yang L. One-step electrodeposition of V-doped NiFe nanosheets for low-overpotential alkaline oxygen evolution. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:16963-16973. [PMID: 37930358 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt03066k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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As a non-noble metal electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), the binary NiFe layer double hydroxide (LDH) is expected to replace Ru-based and Ir-based anode materials for water decomposition. To attain threshold current density, nevertheless, a somewhat significant overpotential is still needed. In this work, layered double hydroxides of NiFe LDH are doped with V to form the terpolymer NiFeV LDH, which greatly increases the intrinsic activity of NiFe LDH and improves OER performance. This process is a straightforward and quick one-step electrodeposition process. Notably, NiFeV/NF has a low overpotential (218 mV at 10 mA cm-2) and faster kinetics (Tafel slope of 31 mV dec-1) as well as excellent durability and stability in 1 M KOH solution. In addition, the OER performance of the catalyst prepared in this work is better than that of a non-valuable metal catalyst that was recently reported. The V-doped NiFe LDH layered double hydroxides and the investigation of electrodeposition electrocatalytic methods in this work offer a fresh opportunity for the advancement of electrochemical technology.
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- Qingxiang Kong
- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China.
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- Research Center for Analysis and Measurement, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China.
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China.
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China.
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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Dong X, Shi W, Wang G, Chen J, Wang R, Zhang J. Dual-Ligand Strategy to Construct Metal Organic Gel Catalyst with the Optimized Electronic Structure for High-Efficiency Overall Water Splitting and Flexible Metal-Air Battery. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023:e2307407. [PMID: 37968835 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202307407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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Non-noble metal catalysts are known for their efficient catalytic performance for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Metal organic gels (MOGs) can be considered as a promising electrocatalyst owing to the diverse physicochemical properties but usually suffer from its poor electrical conductivity and catalytic stability. Here, a FeCo-MOG is constructed with considerable trifunctional activity. The optimal P-CoFe-H3 prepared by using phytic acid (PA) and 2,4,6-Tris[(p-carboxyphenyl)amino]-1,3,5-triazine benzoic acid (H3 TATAB) as dual ligands), exhibits outstanding ORR, OER, and HER activities as well as stability, exceeding most of state-of-the-art catalysts. As expected, the flexible Zn-air battery applied with P-CoFe-H3 as air cathode displays considerable power density, discharge voltage plateau, and cycling stability. Impressively, it is also capable of driving the overall water-splitting device by applying the P-CoFe-H3 as anode and cathode. Furthermore, theoretical calculations reveal that dual ligands can optimize the coordination environment and charge density of active sites, thereby reducing the absorption energy of intermediate species and boosting the catalytic performance. This work endows the dual-ligands coordination strategy with great potentiality for MOGs-based electrocatalysts in energy conversion devices.
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- Xinran Dong
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
- Engineering Research Center of Alternative Energy Materials & Devices, Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
- Engineering Research Center of Alternative Energy Materials & Devices, Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
- Engineering Research Center of Alternative Energy Materials & Devices, Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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Zhang J, Zhang S, Zhang X, Ma Z, Wang Z, Zhao B. Construction of Ni 4Mo/MoO 2 heterostructure on oxygen vacancy enriched NiMoO 4 nanorods as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 650:1490-1499. [PMID: 37481786 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.07.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Despite great efforts over the past decade, rational design of bifunctional electrocatalysts with low cost and high efficiency still remains a challenge to achieve industrial water splitting. Herein, we synthesized the nickel-molybdenum nanorod array catalyst supported on NF (NMO@NM/MO) by a two-step process of hydrothermal and reductive annealing. Partial reduction of the NiMoO4 induces the structural reconstruction and formation of the Ni4Mo/MoO2 heterostructure on oxygen vacancy enriched nanorod, which bring out sufficient active sites, large specific surface area and favorable interfacial charge transfer. Thanks to the unique core-shell structure with the heterostructured Ni4Mo/MoO2 surface and defect-rich NiMoO4 core, the obtained electrocatalyst shows greatly improved hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity with an ultralow overpotential of 63 mV at 100 mA cm-2 (vs. 314 mV for the NiMoO4). Density function theory calculations reveal that the construction of the Ni4Mo/MoO2 heterostructure effectively accelerates H2O dissociation kinetics, while the defective NiMoO4 facilitates H* adsorption/desorption. Moreover, the heterostructure catalyst also displays excellent oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance with the low overpotential of 274 mV at 100 mA cm-2. When coupling HER and OER by using NMO@NM/MO as both the cathode and anode, the alkaline electrolyzer delivers a current density of 10 mA cm-2 at only 1.50 V as well as good robustness. The synergistic effect of the hetero-interface and the defect engineering endows the electrocatalyst with excellent bifunctional catalytic activity for HER and OER. This work may provide a route for rational design of heterostructure electrocatalysts with multiple active components.
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- Jingyuan Zhang
- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China.
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Liu H, Shen W, Jin H, Xu J, Xi P, Dong J, Zheng Y, Qiao SZ. High-Performance Alkaline Seawater Electrolysis with Anomalous Chloride Promoted Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202311674. [PMID: 37711095 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202311674] [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: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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A highly selective and durable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalyst is the bottleneck for direct seawater splitting because of side reactions primarily caused by chloride ions (Cl- ). Most studies about OER catalysts in seawater focus on the repulsion of the Cl- to reduce its negative effects. Herein, we demonstrate that the absorption of Cl- on the specific site of a popular OER electrocatalyst, nickel-iron layered double hydroxide (NiFe LDH), does not have a significant negative impact; rather, it is beneficial for its activity and stability enhancement in natural seawater. A set of in situ characterization techniques reveals that the adsorption of Cl- on the desired Fe site suppresses Fe leaching, and creates more OER-active Ni sites, improving the catalyst's long-term stability and activity simultaneously. Therefore, we achieve direct alkaline seawater electrolysis for the very first time on a commercial-scale alkaline electrolyser (AE, 120 cm2 electrode area) using the NiFe LDH anode. The new alkaline seawater electrolyser exhibits a reduction in electricity consumption by 20.7 % compared to the alkaline purified water-based AE using commercial Ni catalyst, achieving excellent durability for 100 h at 200 mA cm-2 .
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- Hao Liu
- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, 5005, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, 730000, Lanzhou, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, 5005, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, 5005, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, 730000, Lanzhou, China
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, 5005, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, 5005, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Su J, Wang Q, Fang M, Wang Y, Ke J, Shao Q, Lu J. Metastable Hexagonal-Phase Nickel with Ultralow Pt Content for an Efficient Alkaline/Seawater Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023. [PMID: 37883154 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c11303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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Hydrogen has been hailed as the core of the world's future energy architecture. It is imperative to develop catalysts with an efficient and sustained hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) to scale up alkaline/seawater electrolysis, yet significant difficulties and challenges, such as the high usage of precious metals, still remain. In this paper, a metastable-phase hexagonal close-packed (hcp) Ni-based catalyst with ultralow Pt content (3.1 at %) was designed, which has excellent catalytic performance in the alkaline/seawater HER. The optimal catalyst offers low overpotentials of 21 and 137 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and remains stable during operation for 100 and 300 h at this current density in 1.0 M KOH and real seawater, respectively. A mechanistic study shows that the metastable-phase Ni acts as an anchor site for OH-, which promotes the dissociation of water and greatly improves the formation rate of H2.
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- Jiaqi Su
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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Jin H, Xu J, Liu H, Shen H, Yu H, Jaroniec M, Zheng Y, Qiao SZ. Emerging materials and technologies for electrocatalytic seawater splitting. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadi7755. [PMID: 37851797 PMCID: PMC10584342 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi7755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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The limited availability of freshwater in renewable energy-rich areas has led to the exploration of seawater electrolysis for green hydrogen production. However, the complex composition of seawater presents substantial challenges such as electrode corrosion and electrolyzer failure, calling into question the technological and economic feasibility of direct seawater splitting. Despite many efforts, a comprehensive overview and analysis of seawater electrolysis, including electrochemical fundamentals, materials, and technologies of recent breakthroughs, is still lacking. In this review, we systematically examine recent advances in electrocatalytic seawater splitting and critically evaluate the obstacles to optimizing water supply, materials, and devices for stable hydrogen production from seawater. We demonstrate that robust materials and innovative technologies, especially selective catalysts and high-performance devices, are critical for efficient seawater electrolysis. We then outline and discuss future directions that could advance the techno-economic feasibility of this emerging field, providing a roadmap toward the design and commercialization of materials that can enable efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable seawater electrolysis.
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- Huanyu Jin
- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
- Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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Liu W, Yu J, Sendeku MG, Li T, Gao W, Yang G, Kuang Y, Sun X. Ferricyanide Armed Anodes Enable Stable Water Oxidation in Saturated Saline Water at 2 A/cm 2. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202309882. [PMID: 37603411 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202309882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
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The direct seawater electrolysis at high current density and low overpotential affords an effective strategy toward clean and renewable hydrogen fuel production. However, the severe corrosion of anode as a result of the saturation of Cl- upon continuous seawater feeding seriously hamper the electrolytic process. Herein, cobalt ferricyanide / cobalt phosphide (CoFePBA/Co2 P) anodes with Cap/Pin structure are synthesized, which stably catalyze alkaline saturated saline water oxidation at 200-2000 mA cm-2 over hundreds of hours without corrosion. Together with the experimental findings, the molecular dynamics simulations reveal that PO4 3- and Fe(CN)6 3- generated by the electrode play synergistic role in repelling Cl- via electrostatic repulsion and dense coverage, which reduced Cl- adsorption by nearly 5-fold. The novel anionic synergy endow superior corrosion protection for the electrode, and is expected to promote the practical application of saline water electrolysis.
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- Wei Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- Ocean Hydrogen Energy R&D Center, Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- Ocean Hydrogen Energy R&D Center, Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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Zhang Y, Ma Y, Yuan W, Cai L, Chai Y, Qiu B. Symmetry or asymmetry: which one is the platform of nitrogen vacancies for alkaline hydrogen evolution. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2023; 10:4480-4487. [PMID: 37529829 DOI: 10.1039/d3mh00814b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
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Conventional nitrogen vacancies with a symmetric coordination of metal cations (i.e., M1-Nv-M1) play a crucial role in tuning the local environment of the metal sites in metal nitrides and improving their electrochemical activity in the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, the symmetric Nv sites, which feature a uniform charge distribution on adjacent metal sites, suffer from sluggish water dissociation kinetics and a poor capability for hydrogen desorption. Here, we fabricated Cr-doped and Nv-rich Co4N nanorods grown on a Ni foam (Cr-Co4N-Nv/NF) with asymmetric Cr-Nv-Co sites to effectively catalyze hydrogen evolution under alkaline conditions, with a low overpotential of 33 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2 and a small Tafel slope of 37 mV dec-1. The experimental characterizations and theoretical simulations collectively reveal that the construction of asymmetric Cr-Nv-Co sites gives rise to the upshift of the d-band center, thus promoting water adsorption and activation. Moreover, asymmetric Nv sites allow a balance between hydrogen adsorption and desorption, which avoids the limited desorption process over the symmetric Co-Nv-Co sites.
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- Yu Zhang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Pesticide Sciences, Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Pesticide Sciences, Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Guangdong 523000, China.
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Pesticide Sciences, Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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Yang X, Xi M, Guo X, Shen J, Liu Z, Jiang H, Zhu Y. Ni-CeO 2 Heterostructure Promotes Hydrogen Evolution Reaction via Tuning of the O-H Bond Length of Adsorbed Water at the Electrolyte/Electrode Interface. CHEMSUSCHEM 2023; 16:e202300348. [PMID: 37198132 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202300348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Revised: 04/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Understanding the properties and structure of reactant water molecules at the electrolyte solution/electrode interface is relevant to know the mechanisms of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, this approach has rarely been implemented due to the elusive local microenvironment in the vicinity of the catalyst. Taking the Ni-CeO2 heterostructure immobilized onto carbon paper (Ni-CeO2 /CP) as a model, the dynamic behavior of adsorbed intermediates during the reaction was measured by in situ surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy with attenuated total reflection configuration (ATR-SEIRAS). Theoretical calculations are used in combination to comprehend the potential causes of increased HER activity. The results show that the O-H bond of adsorbed water at the electrolyte solution/electrode interface becomes longer for promoting the dissociation of water and accelerating the kinetically slow Volmer step. In addition, forming the Ni-CeO2 heterostructure interface optimizes the hydrogen adsorption Gibbs free energy, thus increasing HER activity. Therefore, the Ni-CeO2 /CP electrode exhibits remarkably low HER overpotentials of 37 and 119 mV at 10 and 100 mA cm-2 , which are close to commercial Pt/C (16 and 102.6 mV, respectively).
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- Xiaoling Yang
- Shanghai Engineering Research Centre of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Centre of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Centre of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Centre of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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Hu Y, Chao T, Li Y, Liu P, Zhao T, Yu G, Chen C, Liang X, Jin H, Niu S, Chen W, Wang D, Li Y. Cooperative Ni(Co)-Ru-P Sites Activate Dehydrogenation for Hydrazine Oxidation Assisting Self-powered H 2 Production. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202308800. [PMID: 37428114 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202308800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Revised: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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Water electrolysis for H2 production is restricted by the sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Using the thermodynamically more favorable hydrazine oxidation reaction (HzOR) to replace OER has attracted ever-growing attention. Herein, we report a twisted NiCoP nanowire array immobilized with Ru single atoms (Ru1 -NiCoP) as superior bifunctional electrocatalyst toward both HzOR and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), realizing an ultralow working potential of -60 mV and overpotential of 32 mV for a current density of 10 mA cm-2 , respectively. Inspiringly, two-electrode electrolyzer based on overall hydrazine splitting (OHzS) demonstrates outstanding activity with a record-high current density of 522 mA cm-2 at cell voltage of 0.3 V. DFT calculations elucidate the cooperative Ni(Co)-Ru-P sites in Ru1 -NiCoP optimize H* adsorption, and enhance adsorption of *N2 H2 to significantly lower the energy barrier for hydrazine dehydrogenation. Moreover, a self-powered H2 production system utilizing OHzS device driven by direct hydrazine fuel cell (DHzFC) achieve a satisfactory rate of 24.0 mol h-1 m-2 .
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- Yanmin Hu
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
- Center of Advanced Nanocatalysis (CAN), Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
- Center of Advanced Nanocatalysis (CAN), Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Center of Advanced Nanocatalysis (CAN), Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Center of Advanced Nanocatalysis (CAN), Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Center of Advanced Nanocatalysis (CAN), Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
- Center of Advanced Nanocatalysis (CAN), Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Phan LP, Tran TTN, Truong TK, Yu J, Nguyen HVT, Phan TB, Thi Tran NH, Tran NQ. Highly Efficient and Stable Hydrogen Evolution from Natural Seawater by Boron-Doped Three-Dimensional Ni 2P-MoO 2 Heterostructure Microrod Arrays. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:7264-7273. [PMID: 37555944 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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The rational design of highly active and stable electrocatalysts toward the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is highly desirable but challenging in seawater electrolysis. Herein we propose a strategy of boron-doped three-dimensional Ni2P-MoO2 heterostructure microrod arrays that exhibit excellent catalytic activity for hydrogen evolution in both alkaline freshwater and seawater electrolytes. The incorporation of boron into Ni2P-MoO2 heterostructure microrod arrays could modulate the electronic properties, thereby accelerating the HER. Consequently, the B-Ni2P-MoO2 heterostructure microrod array electrocatalyst exhibits a superior catalyst activity for HER with low overpotentials of 155, 155, and 157 mV at a current density of 500 mA cm-2 in 1 M KOH, 1 M KOH + NaCl, and 1 M KOH + seawater, respectively. It also exhibits exceptional performance for HER in natural seawater with a low overpotential of 248 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and a long-lasting lifetime of over 100 h.
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- Le Phuc Phan
- Center for Innovative Materials and Architectures, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
- Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
- Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
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- Center for Innovative Materials and Architectures, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
- Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
- Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
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- Institute of Physics, National Institute of Applied Mechanics and Information, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh 710116, Vietnam
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- International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronic Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
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- Center for Innovative Materials and Architectures, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
- Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
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- Center for Innovative Materials and Architectures, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
- Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
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- Center for Innovative Materials and Architectures, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
- Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
- Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
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- Center for Innovative Materials and Architectures, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
- Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
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Cui Z, Jiao W, Huang Z, Chen G, Zhang B, Han Y, Huang W. Design and Synthesis of Noble Metal-Based Alloy Electrocatalysts and Their Application in Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2301465. [PMID: 37186069 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202301465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Hydrogen energy is regarded as the ultimate energy source for future human society, and the preparation of hydrogen from water electrolysis is recognized as the most ideal way. One of the key factors to achieve large-scale hydrogen production by water splitting is the availability of highly active and stable electrocatalysts. Although non-precious metal electrocatalysts have made great strides in recent years, the best hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts are still based on noble metals. Therefore, it is particularly important to improve the overall activity of the electrocatalysts while reducing the noble metals load. Alloying strategies can shoulder the burden of optimizing electrocatalysts cost and improving electrocatalysts performance. With this in mind, recent work on the application of noble metal-based alloy electrocatalysts in the field of hydrogen production from water electrolysis is summarized. In this review, first, the mechanism of HER is described; then, the current development of synthesis methods for alloy electrocatalysts is presented; finally, an example analysis of practical application studies on alloy electrocatalysts in hydrogen production is presented. In addition, at the end of this review, the prospects, opportunities, and challenges facing noble metal-based alloy electrocatalysts are tried to discuss.
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- Zhibo Cui
- Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Ningbo Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 1 Dongxiang Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710129, China
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- Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Ningbo Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 1 Dongxiang Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710129, China
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- Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Ningbo Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 1 Dongxiang Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710129, China
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- Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Ningbo Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 1 Dongxiang Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710129, China
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- Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Ningbo Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 1 Dongxiang Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710129, China
- Research & Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, 45 South 9th Avenue, Gao Xin, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518057, China
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- Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Ningbo Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 1 Dongxiang Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710129, China
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- Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Ningbo Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 1 Dongxiang Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710129, China
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Fan RY, Zhai XJ, Qiao WZ, Zhang YS, Yu N, Xu N, Lv QX, Chai YM, Dong B. Optimized Electronic Modification of S-Doped CuO Induced by Oxidative Reconstruction for Coupling Glycerol Electrooxidation with Hydrogen Evolution. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2023; 15:190. [PMID: 37515596 PMCID: PMC10386980 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01159-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/31/2023]
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Glycerol (electrochemical) oxidation reaction (GOR) producing organic small molecule acid and coupling with hydrogen evolution reaction is a critical aspect of ensuring balanced glycerol capacity and promoting hydrogen generation on a large scale. However, the development of highly efficient and selective non-noble metal-based GOR electrocatalysts is still a key problem. Here, an S-doped CuO nanorod array catalyst (S-CuO/CF) constructed by sulfur leaching and oxidative remodeling is used to drive GOR at low potentials: It requires potentials of only 1.23 and 1.33 V versus RHE to provide currents of 100 and 500 mA cm-2, respectively. Moreover, it shows satisfactory comprehensive performance (at 100 mA cm-2, Vcell = 1.37 V) when assembled as the anode in asymmetric coupled electrolytic cell. Furthermore, we propose a detailed cycle reaction pathway (in alkaline environment) of S-doped CuO surface promoting GOR to produce formic acid and glycolic acid. Among them, the C-C bond breaking and lattice oxygen deintercalation steps frequently involved in the reaction pathway are the key factors to determine the catalytic performance and product selectivity. This research provides valuable guidance for the development of transition metal-based electrocatalysts for GOR and valuable insights into the glycerol oxidation cycle reaction pathway.
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- Ruo-Yao Fan
- China State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, People's Republic of China
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- China State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, People's Republic of China
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- China State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, People's Republic of China
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- China State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, People's Republic of China
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- China State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, People's Republic of China
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- China State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, People's Republic of China
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- China State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, People's Republic of China
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- China State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, People's Republic of China.
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- China State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, People's Republic of China.
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Li S, Liu D, Wang G, Ma P, Wang X, Wang J, Ma R. Vertical 3D Nanostructures Boost Efficient Hydrogen Production Coupled with Glycerol Oxidation Under Alkaline Conditions. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2023; 15:189. [PMID: 37515627 PMCID: PMC10387032 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01150-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/31/2023]
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Hydrogen production from electrolytic water is an important sustainable technology to realize renewable energy conversion and carbon neutrality. However, it is limited by the high overpotential of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at the anode. To reduce the operating voltage of electrolyzer, herein thermodynamically favorable glycerol oxidation reaction (GOR) is proposed to replace the OER. Moreover, vertical NiO flakes and NiMoNH nanopillars are developed to boost the reaction kinetics of anodic GOR and cathodic hydrogen evolution, respectively. Meanwhile, excluding the explosion risk of mixed H2/O2, a cheap organic membrane is used to replace the expensive anion exchange membrane in the electrolyzer. Impressively, the electrolyzer delivers a remarkable reduction of operation voltage by 280 mV, and exhibits good long-term stability. This work provides a new paradigm of hydrogen production with low cost and good feasibility.
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- Shanlin Li
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, People's Republic of China
- The State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, People's Republic of China
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- The State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, People's Republic of China
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- The State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, People's Republic of China.
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Taizhou University, Taizhou, 318000, People's Republic of China.
- Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nonmetallic Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tanshang, 063210, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, 99 Xuefu Road, Suzhou, 215011, People's Republic of China.
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Zheng X, Shi X, Ning H, Yang R, Lu B, Luo Q, Mao S, Xi L, Wang Y. Tailoring a local acid-like microenvironment for efficient neutral hydrogen evolution. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4209. [PMID: 37452036 PMCID: PMC10349089 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39963-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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Electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction in neutral media is listed as the most difficult challenges of energy catalysis due to the sluggish kinetics. Herein, the Ir-HxWO3 catalyst is readily synthesized and exhibits enhanced performance for neutral hydrogen evolution reaction. HxWO3 support is functioned as proton sponge to create a local acid-like microenvironment around Ir metal sites by spontaneous injection of protons to WO3, as evidenced by spectroscopy and electrochemical analysis. Rationalize revitalized lattice-hydrogen species located in the interface are coupled with Had atoms on metallic Ir surfaces via thermodynamically favorable Volmer-Tafel steps, and thereby a fast kinetics. Elaborated Ir-HxWO3 demonstrates acid-like activity with a low overpotential of 20 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and low Tafel slope of 28 mV dec-1, which are even comparable to those in acidic environment. The concept exemplified in this work offer the possibilities for tailoring local reaction microenvironment to regulate catalytic activity and pathway.
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- Xiaozhong Zheng
- Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 310028, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 310028, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 310028, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 310028, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 310028, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 310028, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 310028, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 310028, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 310028, Hangzhou, P. R. China.
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, 450001, Zhengzhou, China.
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Sun Z, Chu B, Wang S, Dong L, Pang Q, Fan M, Zhang X, He H, Li B, Chen Z. Hydrogen-bond induced and hetero coupling dual effects in N-doped carbon coated CrN/Ni nanosheets for efficient alkaline freshwater/seawater hydrogen evolution. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 646:361-369. [PMID: 37201464 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Developing efficient and robust non-precious-metal-based hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts is highly desirable but remains quite challenging for alkaline freshwater/seawater electrolysis. In the present study, we report a theory-guided design and synthesis of a nickel foam (NF) supported N-doped carbon-coated (NC) nickel (Ni)/chromium nitride (CrN) nanosheets (NC@CrN/Ni) as a highly active and durable electrocatalyst. Our theoretical calculation firstly reveals that CrN/Ni heterostructure can greatly promote the H2O dissociation via hydrogen-bond induced effect, and the N site can be optimized by hetero coupling to achieve a facile hydrogen associative desorption, thereby significantly boosting alkaline HER. Guided by theoretical calculation, we prepared the nickel-based metal-organic framework as a precursor, and introduced the Cr by the subsequent hydrothermal treatment, finally obtained the target catalyst by ammonia pyrolysis. Such a simple process ensures the exposure of abundant accessible active sites. Consequently, the as-prepared NC@CrN/Ni catalyst exhibits outstanding performance in both alkaline freshwater and seawater, with the respective overpotential of only 24 and 28 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2, respectively. More impressively, the catalyst also possesses superior durability in the constant-current test of 50 h at the different current densities of 10, 100, and 1000 mA cm-2.
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- Zhengjian Sun
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry Technology and Resource Development, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry Technology and Resource Development, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry Technology and Resource Development, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry Technology and Resource Development, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry Technology and Resource Development, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry Technology and Resource Development, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Wuzhou University, Wuzhou 543002, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry Technology and Resource Development, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry Technology and Resource Development, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China.
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry Technology and Resource Development, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China.
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Yang C, Dong K, Zhang L, He X, Chen J, Sun S, Yue M, Zhang H, Zhang M, Zheng D, Luo Y, Ying B, Liu Q, Asiri AM, Hamdy MS, Sun X. Improved Alkaline Seawater Splitting of NiS Nanosheets by Iron Doping. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:7976-7981. [PMID: 37144756 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Seawater electrolysis driven by renewable electricity is deemed a promising and sustainable strategy for green hydrogen production, but it is still formidably challenging. Here, we report an iron-doped NiS nanosheet array on Ni foam (Fe-NiS/NF) as a high-performance and stable seawater splitting electrocatalyst. Such Fe-NiS/NF catalyst needs overpotentials of only 420 and 270 mV at 1000 mA cm-2 for the oxygen evolution reaction and hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline seawater, respectively. Furthermore, its two-electrode electrolyzer needs a cell voltage of 1.88 V for 1000 mA cm-2 with 50 h of long-term electrochemical durability in alkaline seawater. Additionally, in situ electrochemical Raman and infrared spectroscopy were employed to detect the reconstitution process of NiOOH and the generation of oxygen intermediates under reaction conditions.
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- Chaoxin Yang
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610106, China
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science & Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Catalysis Research Group (CRG), Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, 61413 Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
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Singh B, Singh AK, Priyadarsini A, Huang YC, Dey S, Ansari T, Shen S, Lahiri GK, Dong CL, Mallik BS, Indra A. Nitrogen substitution induced lattice contraction in nickel nanoparticles for electrochemical hydrogen evolution from simulated seawater. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:6084-6087. [PMID: 37128969 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc01801f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Herein, we demonstrate a facile method for the introduction of nitrogen in the lattices of nickel nanoparticles to form NiNx (x = 0.13, 0.20, 0.27). X-ray absorption spectroscopy reveals the contraction of the Ni-Ni bond and modulated coordination environment after nitrogen introduction. The NiN0.20 required 87 mV overpotential for -10 mA cm-2 cathodic current density in simulated seawater. The density functional theory calculations revealed favorable EH2Oads and ΔGHads after N-introduction.
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- Baghendra Singh
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, UP-221005, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, UP-221005, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Sangareddy-502285, Telangana, India.
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- Department of Physics, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai-400076, Mumbai, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, UP-221005, India.
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- International Research Center for Renewable Energy, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai-400076, Mumbai, India.
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- Department of Physics, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Sangareddy-502285, Telangana, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, UP-221005, India.
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Yan W, Ma H, Zhao X, Zhang Y, Vishniakov P, Wang X, Zhong X, Hong Z, Maximov MY, Song L, Peng S, Li L. P and Se Binary Vacancies and Heterostructures Modulated MoP/MoSe 2 Electrocatalysts for Improving Hydrogen Evolution and Coupling Electricity Generation. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023:e2208270. [PMID: 37026657 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202208270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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It is not enough to develop an ideal hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts by single strategy. Here, the HER performances are significantly improved by the combined strategies of P and Se binary vacancies and heterostructure engineering, which is rarely explored and remain unclear. As a result, the overpotentials of MoP/MoSe2 -H heterostructures rich in P and Se binary vacancies are 47 and 110 mV at 10 mA cm-2 in 1 m KOH and 0.5 m H2 SO4 electrolytes, respectively. Especially, in 1 m KOH, the overpotential of MoP/MoSe2 -H is very close to commercial Pt/C at the beginning and even better than Pt/C when current density is over 70 mA cm-2 . The strong interactions between MoSe2 and MoP facilitate electrons transfer from P to Se. Thus, MoP/MoSe2 -H possesses more electrochemically active sites and faster charge transfer capability, which are all in favor of high HER activities. Additionally, Zn-H2 O battery with MoP/MoSe2 -H as cathode is fabricated for simultaneous generation of hydrogen and electricity, which displays the maximum power density of up to 28.1 mW cm-2 and stable discharging performance for 125 h. Overall, this work validates a vigorous strategy and provides guidance for the development of efficient HER electrocatalysts.
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- Wensi Yan
- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, 314001, China
- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, 314001, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, 314001, China
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- Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University, Saint Petersburg, 195251, Russia
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, 314001, China
- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, 314001, China
- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, 314001, China
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- Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University, Saint Petersburg, 195251, Russia
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, 314001, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, 314001, China
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Recent developments on iron and nickel-based transition metal nitrides for overall water splitting: A critical review. Coord Chem Rev 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2023.215029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Xiong T, Zhu Z, He Y, Balogun MS, Huang Y. Phase Evolution on the Hydrogen Adsorption Kinetics of NiFe-Based Heterogeneous Catalysts for Efficient Water Electrolysis. SMALL METHODS 2023; 7:e2201472. [PMID: 36802208 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202201472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Transition metal layered double hydroxides, especially nickel-iron layered double hydroxide (NiFe-LDH) shows significant advancement as efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalyst but also plays a momentous role as a precursor for NiFe-based hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts. Herein, a simple strategy for developing Ni-Fe-derivative electrocatalysts via phase evolution of NiFe-LDH under controllable annealing temperatures in an argon atmosphere is reported. The optimized catalyst annealed at 340 o C (denoted NiO/FeNi3 ) exhibits superior HER properties with an ultralow overpotential of 16 mV@10 mA cm-2 . Density functional theory simulation and in situ Raman analyses reveal that the excellent HER properties of the NiO/FeNi3 can be attributed to the strong electronic interaction at the interface of the metallic FeNi3 and semiconducting NiO, which optimizes the H2 O and H adsorption energies for efficient HER and OER catalytic processes. This work will provide rational insights into the subsequent development of related HER electrocatalysts and other corresponding compounds via LDH-based precursors.
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- Tuzhi Xiong
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology for Clean Energy, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology for Clean Energy, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology for Clean Energy, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology for Clean Energy, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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Ma J, Chen K, Wang J, Huang L, Dang C, Gu L, Cao X. Killing Two Birds with One Stone: Upgrading Organic Compounds via Electrooxidation in Electricity-Input Mode and Electricity-Output Mode. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:2500. [PMID: 36984379 PMCID: PMC10056343 DOI: 10.3390/ma16062500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 03/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The electrochemically oxidative upgrading reaction (OUR) of organic compounds has gained enormous interest over the past few years, owing to the advantages of fast reaction kinetics, high conversion efficiency and selectivity, etc., and it exhibits great potential in becoming a key element in coupling with electricity, synthesis, energy storage and transformation. On the one hand, the kinetically more favored OUR for value-added chemical generation can potentially substitute an oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and integrate with an efficient hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) or CO2 electroreduction reaction (CO2RR) in an electricity-input mode. On the other hand, an OUR-based cell or battery (e.g., fuel cell or Zinc-air battery) enables the cogeneration of value-added chemicals and electricity in the electricity-output mode. For both situations, multiple benefits are to be obtained. Although the OUR of organic compounds is an old and rich discipline currently enjoying a revival, unfortunately, this fascinating strategy and its integration with the HER or CO2RR, and/or with electricity generation, are still in the laboratory stage. In this minireview, we summarize and highlight the latest progress and milestones of the OUR for the high-value-added chemical production and cogeneration of hydrogen, CO2 conversion in an electrolyzer and/or electricity in a primary cell. We also emphasize catalyst design, mechanism identification and system configuration. Moreover, perspectives on OUR coupling with the HER or CO2RR in an electrolyzer in the electricity-input mode, and/or the cogeneration of electricity in a primary cell in the electricity-output mode, are offered for the future development of this fascinating technology.
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- Jiamin Ma
- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255049, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, China
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- School of Materials and Textile Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, China
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Liu S, Zhang H, Yu H, Deng K, Wang Z, Xu Y, Wang L, Wang H. Defect-Rich PdIr Bimetallene Nanoribbons with Interatomic Charge Localization for Isopropanol-Assisted Seawater Splitting. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023:e2300388. [PMID: 36932943 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202300388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Metallene with outstanding physicochemical properties is an efficient two-dimensional electrocatalysts for sustainable hydrogen (H2 ) production applications. However, the controllable fabrication of extended atomically thin metallene nanoribbons remains a formidable challenge. Herein, this work proposes a controllable preparation strategy for atomically thin defect-rich PdIr bimetallene nanoribbons (PdIr BNRs) with a thickness of only 1.5 nm for the efficient and stable isopropanol-assisted seawater electrolytic H2 production. When using PdIr BNRs as catalyst to build an isopropanol-assisted seawater electrolysis system, a voltage of only 0.38 V is required at @10 mA cm-2 to achieve energy-saving H2 production, while producing high value-added acetone at the anode. The aberration-corrected high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) clearly reveals that the PdIr BNRs possess abundant structural defects, which can additionally serve as highly catalytically active sites. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations combined with X-ray absorption spectroscopy studies reveal that the introduction of Ir atoms can induce the formation of a localized charge region and shift the d-band center of Pd down, thereby reducing the adsorption energy on the catalyst in favor of the rapid desorption of H2 . This work opens the way for the controllable design and construction of defect-rich atomically thin metallene nanoribbons for efficient electrocatalytic applications.
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- Songliang Liu
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, P. R. China
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Shen LW, Wang Y, Chen JB, Tian G, Xiong KY, Janiak C, Cahen D, Yang XY. A RuCoBO Nanocomposite for Highly Efficient and Stable Electrocatalytic Seawater Splitting. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:1052-1060. [PMID: 36706048 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Efficient and stable electrocatalysts are critically needed for the development of practical overall seawater splitting. The nanocomposite of RuCoBO has been rationally engineered to be an electrocatalyst that fits these criteria. The study has shown that a calcinated RuCoBO-based nanocomposite (Ru2Co1BO-350) exhibits an extremely high catalytic activity for H2 and O2 production in alkaline seawater (overpotentials of 14 mV for H2 evolution and 219 mV for O2 evolution) as well as a record low cell voltage (1.466 V@10 mA cm-2) and long-term stability (230 h @50 mA cm-2 and @100 mA cm-2) for seawater splitting. The results show that surface reconstruction of Ru2Co1BO-350 occurs during hydrogen evolution reaction and oxygen evolution reaction, which leads to the high activity and stability of the catalyst. The reconstructed surface is highly resistant to Cl- corrosion. The investigation suggests that a new strategy exists for the design of high-performance Ru-based electrocatalysts that resist anodic corrosion during seawater splitting.
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- Le-Wei Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, and International School of Materials Science & Engineering, and School of Materials Science & Engineering, and Shenzhen Research Institute, and Joint Laboratory for Marine Advanced Materials in Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Wuhan University of Technology, 430070 Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, and International School of Materials Science & Engineering, and School of Materials Science & Engineering, and Shenzhen Research Institute, and Joint Laboratory for Marine Advanced Materials in Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Wuhan University of Technology, 430070 Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, and International School of Materials Science & Engineering, and School of Materials Science & Engineering, and Shenzhen Research Institute, and Joint Laboratory for Marine Advanced Materials in Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Wuhan University of Technology, 430070 Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, and International School of Materials Science & Engineering, and School of Materials Science & Engineering, and Shenzhen Research Institute, and Joint Laboratory for Marine Advanced Materials in Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Wuhan University of Technology, 430070 Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, and International School of Materials Science & Engineering, and School of Materials Science & Engineering, and Shenzhen Research Institute, and Joint Laboratory for Marine Advanced Materials in Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Wuhan University of Technology, 430070 Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, 40204 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, and Bar-Ilan Institute for Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, 5290002 Ramat Gan, and Department of Molecular Chemistry & Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, and International School of Materials Science & Engineering, and School of Materials Science & Engineering, and Shenzhen Research Institute, and Joint Laboratory for Marine Advanced Materials in Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Wuhan University of Technology, 430070 Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Zhang C, He Q, Zhan S, Zhou F. Photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production in natural seawater by AgQDs(0D)/Bi2O3(3D) hybrid structure for in-situ bacterial inactivation. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2022.114293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Zhang XQ, Xiao YX, Tian G, Yang X, Dong Y, Zhang F, Yang XY. Enhancing Resistance to Chloride Corrosion by Controlling the Morphologies of PtNi Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Seawater Hydrogen Evolution. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202202811. [PMID: 36321591 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
A solvothermal method to prepare PtNi alloys that have differing morphologies is described. By adjusting the feed ratio of Pt and Ni precursors in this process, PtNi alloys with different compositions (Pt : Ni atomic ratio from 1 : 3 to 3 : 1) and morphologies (evolution from nanobranches to nanoparticles) are generated. The prepared Pt48 Ni52 alloy, which has a composite morphology comprised of nanobranches and nanoparticles, exhibits superior activity and durability towards the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in seawater compared to those of commercial Pt/C catalyst and other PtNi alloys that have different compositions and morphologies. The excellent seawater HER performance of Pt48 Ni52 is ascribed to its nanobranch/nanoparticle morphology that optimally facilitates electron accumulation on Pt, which enhances resistance to chloride corrosion in seawater.
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- Xue-Qi Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing & Shenzhen Research Institute & Joint Laboratory for Marine Advanced Materials in Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, 519082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing & Shenzhen Research Institute & Joint Laboratory for Marine Advanced Materials in Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing & Shenzhen Research Institute & Joint Laboratory for Marine Advanced Materials in Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing & Shenzhen Research Institute & Joint Laboratory for Marine Advanced Materials in Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing & Shenzhen Research Institute & Joint Laboratory for Marine Advanced Materials in Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing & Shenzhen Research Institute & Joint Laboratory for Marine Advanced Materials in Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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Zhang C, Xu Z, Han N, Tian Y, Kallio T, Yu C, Jiang L. Superaerophilic/superaerophobic cooperative electrode for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction via enhanced mass transfer. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadd6978. [PMID: 36652519 PMCID: PMC9848275 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add6978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), as an effective method to produce green hydrogen, is greatly impeded by inefficient mass transfer, i.e., bubble adhesion on electrode, bubble dispersion in the vicinity of electrode, and poor dissolved H2 diffusion, which results in blocked electrocatalytic area and large H2 concentration overpotential. Here, we report a superaerophilic/superaerophobic (SAL/SAB) cooperative electrode to efficiently promote bubble transfer by asymmetric Laplace pressure and accelerate dissolved H2 diffusion through reducing diffusion distance. Benefiting from the enhanced mass transfer, the overpotential for the SAL/SAB cooperative electrode at -10 mA cm-2 is only -19 mV, compared to -61 mV on the flat Pt electrode. By optimizing H2SO4 concentration, the SAL/SAB cooperative electrode can achieve ultrahigh current density (-1867 mA cm-2) at an overpotential of -500 mV. We can envision that the SAL/SAB cooperative strategy is an effective method to improve HER efficiency and stimulate the understanding of various gas-involved processes.
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- Chunhui Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Materials and Interface Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Aalto FI-00076, Finland
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Materials and Interface Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Aalto FI-00076, Finland
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
- Corresponding author. (C.Y.); (L.J.)
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Materials and Interface Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
- Corresponding author. (C.Y.); (L.J.)
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