Efficient hydrogen production on MoNi4 electrocatalysts with fast water dissociation kinetics

Zhang, Jian; Wang, Tao; Liao, Zhongquan; Liu, Shaohua; Zhuang, Xiaodong; Chen, Mingwei; Zschech, Ehrenfried; Feng, Xinliang

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“…Therefore, it is highly desirable to explore alternative high-performance and low-cost bifunctional OER/HER electrocatalysts for overall water splitting. [11][12][13][14][15] Over the past decades, great progress has been achieved on the development of non-noble metal-based electrocatalysts for both OER and HER. Various nonprecious metal oxides, [9] sulfides, [16] selenides, [17] phosphides, and nitrides [18,19] have been exploited.…”

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Hollow TiO₂@Co₉S₈ Core–Branch Arrays as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Efficient Oxygen/Hydrogen Production

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water splitting is recognized as a highly potential technology to convert electricity into environment friendly and renewable chemical fuels (hydrogen and oxygen). [1][2][3] The cathodic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) depend heavily on the development of cost-effective high-performance electrocatalysts. [4,5] Currently, platinum (Pt)/Pt-based alloy and iridium/ruthenium oxides (IrO 2 /RuO 2 ) are considered as the most promising electrocatalysts for HER and OER, respectively, but their scarcity, high cost, and compromised stability hinder their widespread applications. [6,7] Additionally, the best working situation for those OER and HER catalysts is often mismatchable since OER preferably takes place in alkaline or neutral solution while HER in acidic medium. [8,9] This would cause compromised performance for overall water splitting. For instance, the commercial alkaline electrolyzers require high cell voltages (1.8-2.0 V) to drive water splitting, [10] far ahead of the theoretical value of ≈1.23 V owing to high overpotentials on the sluggish of OER and HER. Therefore, it is highly desirable to explore alternative high-performance and low-cost bifunctional OER/HER electrocatalysts for overall water splitting. [11][12][13][14][15] Over the past decades, great progress has been achieved on the development of non-noble metal-based electrocatalysts for both OER and HER. Various nonprecious metal oxides, [9] sulfides, [16] selenides, [17] phosphides, and nitrides [18,19] have been exploited. Among these electrocatalysts, cobalt sulfide (Co 9 S 8 ) is regarded as an attractive electrocatalyst for water splitting due to its high catalytic activity for HER and OER simultaneously, and excellent electrochemical stability. In comparison to bulk Co 9 S 8 , nanostructured Co 9 S 8 and its composites could afford more active sites and faster transfer rate of ions/electrons during the electrocatalytic reaction, and thus usually exhibiting enhanced HER and OER activities. [20][21][22][23][24] Currently, several Co 9 S 8 nanostructures (e.g., nanoparticles [25] and nanospheres [26] ) and their composites with carbons (Co 9 S 8 /reduced graphene oxides (RGO), [22] Co 9 S 8 /(N, S, P)-doped carbons, [27] Co 9 S 8 /Fe 3 O 4 / RGO, [23] and Co 9 S 8 /MoS 2 /Carbon fibres [25] ) have been reported. For example, Co 9 S 8 /N,P-carbon powder nanocomposites prepared by molten-salt calcination method at 900 °C exhibited an HER overpotential of 261 mV at 10 mA cm −2 in alkaline medium. [20] N-Co 9 S 8 /graphene nanocomposites was achieved Designing ever more efficient and cost-effective bifunctional electrocatalysts for oxygen/hydrogen evolution reactions (OER/HER) is greatly vital and challenging. Here, a new type of binder-free hollow TiO 2 @Co 9 S 8 core-branch arrays is developed as highly active OER and HER electrocatalysts for stable overall water splitting. Hollow core-branch arrays of TiO 2 @Co 9 S 8 are readily realized by the rational combination of crosslinked Co 9 S 8 nanoflakes on ...

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“…In this regard, most efforts have been devoted to developing low‐cost and earth‐abundant alternatives for large‐scale hydrogen production in past decades 11, 12, 13. A variety of earth‐abundant materials including transition metal chalcogenides,14, 15, 16, 17, 18 phosphides,19, 20, 21, 22 carbides,23, 24 metal oxides,25 and metals or their alloys26, 27, 28, 29 have been identified as potential candidates. However, a large part of these electrocatalysts only exhibit noticeable activities and stabilities in acidic electrolytes but suffer from either low activity or instability in alkaline media 30, 31, 32.…”

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Nickel Hydr(oxy)oxide Nanoparticles on Metallic MoS₂ Nanosheets: A Synergistic Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

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Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)‐based materials have been recently identified as promising electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, little work has been done to improve the catalytic performance of MoS2 toward HER in alkaline electrolytes, which is more suitable for water splitting in large‐scale applications. Here, it is reported that the hybridization of 0D nickel hydr(oxy)oxide nanoparticles with 2D metallic MoS2 nanosheets can significantly enhance the HER activities in alkaline and neutral electrolytes. Impressively, the optimized hybrid catalyst can drive a cathodic current density of 10 mA cm−2 at an overpotential of ≈73 mV for HER in 1 m KOH, about 185 mV smaller than the original MoS2. The improved HER activity is attributed to a bifunctional mechanism adopted in these hybrid catalysts, in which nickel hydr(oxy)oxide promotes the water adsorption and dissociation to supply protons for subsequent reactions occurred on MoS2 to generate H2.

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“…[36] As shown in Figure 5 and ΔG H* are both significantly lowered by integrating NC and V o -WON, demonstrating that this hybrid can simultaneously expedite water dissociation and hydrogen adsorption. [36] As shown in Figure 5 and ΔG H* are both significantly lowered by integrating NC and V o -WON, demonstrating that this hybrid can simultaneously expedite water dissociation and hydrogen adsorption.…”

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Tailoring Active Sites in Mesoporous Defect‐Rich NC/V_o‐WON Heterostructure Array for Superior Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

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Tailoring active sites in earth‐abundant non‐noble metal electrocatalysts are required toward widespread applications in sustainable energy fields. Herein, an integrated mesoporous heterostructure array is reported by a hydrogenation/nitridation‐induced in situ growth strategy. Highly conductive oxygen‐vacancies‐rich tungsten oxynitride (Vo‐WON) nanorod array acts as the backbone encapsulated by ultrathin nitrogen‐doped carbon (NC) nanolayers, forming high‐quality shell/core NC/Vo‐WON heterostructures. Density functional theory calculations reveal that defect‐rich heterostructure arrays not only enhance the conductivity and modulate electronic structure but also promote the adsorption and dissociation of reactants and offer substantial potential sites. As expected, porous NC/Vo‐WON array exhibits a small overpotential of 16 mV at the current density of 10 mA cm−2 and a low Tafel slope of 33 mV per decade in alkaline media, accompanied by negligible loss upon a large current density over 100 h. Benefiting from outstanding electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction performance and stability, this defective heterostructure could serve as a prominent alternative electrocatalyst for renewable energy applications.

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Efficient hydrogen production on MoNi4 electrocatalysts with fast water dissociation kinetics

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Hollow TiO₂@Co₉S₈ Core–Branch Arrays as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Efficient Oxygen/Hydrogen Production

Hollow TiO₂@Co₉S₈ Core–Branch Arrays as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Efficient Oxygen/Hydrogen Production

Nickel Hydr(oxy)oxide Nanoparticles on Metallic MoS₂ Nanosheets: A Synergistic Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Tailoring Active Sites in Mesoporous Defect‐Rich NC/V_o‐WON Heterostructure Array for Superior Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

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Efficient hydrogen production on MoNi4 electrocatalysts with fast water dissociation kinetics

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Hollow TiO2@Co9S8 Core–Branch Arrays as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Efficient Oxygen/Hydrogen Production

Hollow TiO2@Co9S8 Core–Branch Arrays as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Efficient Oxygen/Hydrogen Production

Nickel Hydr(oxy)oxide Nanoparticles on Metallic MoS2 Nanosheets: A Synergistic Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Tailoring Active Sites in Mesoporous Defect‐Rich NC/Vo‐WON Heterostructure Array for Superior Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

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Hollow TiO₂@Co₉S₈ Core–Branch Arrays as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Efficient Oxygen/Hydrogen Production

Hollow TiO₂@Co₉S₈ Core–Branch Arrays as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Efficient Oxygen/Hydrogen Production

Nickel Hydr(oxy)oxide Nanoparticles on Metallic MoS₂ Nanosheets: A Synergistic Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Tailoring Active Sites in Mesoporous Defect‐Rich NC/V_o‐WON Heterostructure Array for Superior Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution