Mesoporous Ni–Fe oxide multi-composite hollow nanocages for efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation reactions

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 4320-4324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bong Kyun Kang ◽  
Moo Hyun Woo ◽  
Jooyoung Lee ◽  
Young Hyun Song ◽  
Zhongli Wang ◽  
...  

The mesoporous NiO/NiFe2O4multi-composite hollow nanocage electrodes are fabricated and achieve a low overpotential (303 mV at 10 mV cm−2) and Tafel plot (58.5 mV dec−1), respectively, and excellent cycling stability (12 h) as an anode material for oxygen evolution reaction, holding great promise for water splitting.

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Yu ◽  
Tingting Huo ◽  
Quanhua Deng ◽  
Guoan Wang ◽  
Yuguo Xia ◽  
...  

Expediting the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is the key to achieving efficient photocatalytic overall water splitting. Herein, single-atom Co−OH modified polymeric carbon nitride (Co-PCN) was synthesized with single-atom loading increased...


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (46) ◽  
pp. 26410-26420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maira Sadaqat ◽  
Laraib Nisar ◽  
Noor-Ul-Ain Babar ◽  
Fayyaz Hussain ◽  
Muhammad Naeem Ashiq ◽  
...  

Electrochemical water splitting is economically unviable due to the sluggish kinetics of the anodically uphill oxygen evolution reaction (OER).


Nanoscale ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 3378-3385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changhong Zhan ◽  
Zheng Liu ◽  
Yang Zhou ◽  
Mingliang Guo ◽  
Xiaolin Zhang ◽  
...  

Electrochemical water splitting requires an efficient water oxidation catalyst to accelerate the oxygen evolution reaction (OER).


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tofik Ahmed Shifa ◽  
Raffaello Mazzaro ◽  
Vittorio Morandi ◽  
Alberto Vomiero

The design of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts based on Earth-abundant materials holds great promise for realizing practically viable water-splitting systems. In this regard, two-dimensional (2D) nonlayered materials have received considerable attention in recent years owing to their intrinsic dangling bonds which give rise to the exposure of unsaturated active sites. In this work, we solved the synthesis challenge in the development of a 2D nonlayered Cr2S3 catalyst for OER application via introducing a controllable chemical vapor deposition scheme. The as-obtained catalyst exhibits a very good OER activity requiring overpotentials of only 230 mV and 300 mV to deliver current densities of 10 mA cm−2 and 30 mA cm−2, respectively, with robust stability. This study provides a general approach to optimize the controllable growth of 2D nonlayered material and opens up a fertile ground for studying the various strategies to enhance the water splitting reactions.


Nanoscale ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ning Xie ◽  
Dong-Dong Ma ◽  
Xintao Wu ◽  
Qi-Long Zhu

Constructing high-performance and cost-effective electrocatalysts for water oxidation, particularly for overall water splitting is extremely needed, whereas still challenging. Herein, based on an economical and facile one-step surface sulfurization strategy,...


2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (39) ◽  
pp. 18482-18490
Author(s):  
Xiaoqiang Wu ◽  
Chaoyou Yong ◽  
Xuguang An ◽  
Qingquan Kong ◽  
Weitang Yao ◽  
...  

Ni–Cu alloy-based nanomaterials are representative cost-effective materials that have been widely used as highly active and stable electrocatalysts for electrochemical energy applications, such as the water oxidation reaction, the methanol/ethanol reaction and many other small molecule oxidation reactions.


2018 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 1436-1445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Weidner ◽  
Stefan Barwe ◽  
Kirill Sliozberg ◽  
Stefan Piontek ◽  
Justus Masa ◽  
...  

The electrochemical water splitting commonly involves the cathodic hydrogen and anodic oxygen evolution reactions (OER). The oxygen evolution reaction is more energetically demanding and kinetically sluggish and represents the bottleneck for a commercial competitiveness of electrochemical hydrogen production from water. Moreover, oxygen is essentially a waste product of low commercial value since the primary interest is to convert electrical energy into hydrogen as a storable energy carrier. We report on the anodic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to afford the more valuable product 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) as a suitable alternative to the oxygen evolution reaction. Notably, HMF oxidation is thermodynamically more favorable than water oxidation and hence leads to an overall improved energy efficiency for H2 production. In addition, contrary to the “waste product O2”, FDCA can be further utilized, e.g., for production of polyethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate (PEF), a sustainable polymer analog to polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and thus represents a valuable product for the chemical industry with potential large scale use. Various cobalt–metalloid alloys (CoX; X = B, Si, P, Te, As) were investigated as potential catalysts for HMF oxidation. In this series, CoB required 180 mV less overpotential to reach a current density of 55 mA cm−2 relative to OER with the same electrode. Electrolysis of HMF using a CoB modified nickel foam electrode at 1.45 V vs RHE achieved close to 100% selective conversion of HMF to FDCA at 100% faradaic efficiency.


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (33) ◽  
pp. 16896-16912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beniamino Iandolo ◽  
Björn Wickman ◽  
Igor Zorić ◽  
Anders Hellman

The prospect of large scale light-driven water splitting on hematite (Fe2O3) is currently hampered by the high electrochemical potential required to initiate the water oxidation.


Catalysts ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maged N. Shaddad ◽  
Prabhakarn Arunachalam ◽  
Mahmoud Hezam ◽  
Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf

n-BiVO4 is a favorable photoelectrode candidate for a photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting reaction owing to its suitable energy level edge locations for an oxygen evolution reaction. On the other hand, the sluggish water oxidation kinetics of BiVO4 photoanodes when used individually make it necessary to use a hole blocking layer as well as water oxidation catalysts to overcome the high kinetic barrier for the PEC water oxidation reaction. Here, we describe a very simple synthetic strategy to fabricate nanocomposite photoanodes that synergistically address both of these critical limitations. In particular, we examine the effect of a SnO2 buffer layer over BiVO4 films and further modify the photoanode surface with a crystalline nickel tungstate (NiWO4) nanoparticle film to boost PEC water oxidation. When NiWO4 is incorporated over BiVO4/SnO2 films, the PEC performance of the resultant triple-layer NiWO4/BiVO4/SnO2 films for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is further improved. The enhanced performance for the PEC OER is credited to the synergetic effect of the individual layers and the introduction of a SnO2 buffer layer over the BiVO4 film. The optimized NiWO4/BiVO4/SnO2 electrode demonstrated both enriched visible light absorption and achieves charge separation and transfer efficiencies of 23% and 30%, respectively. The photoanodic current density for the OER on optimized NiWO4/BiVO4/SnO2 photoanode shows a maximum photocurrent of 0.93 mA/cm2 at 1.23 V vs. RHE in a phosphate buffer solution (pH~7.5) under an AM1.5G solar simulator, which is an incredible five-fold and two-fold enhancement compared to its parent BiVO4 photoanode and BiVO4/SnO2 photoanodes, respectively. Further, the incorporation of the NiWO4 co-catalyst over the BiVO4/SnO2 film increases the interfacial electron transfer rate across the composite/solution interface.


Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 2937
Author(s):  
Zorik Shamish ◽  
Moshe Zohar ◽  
Dror Shamir ◽  
Ariela Burg

We use dip-pen nanolithography to accurately pattern Ni(OH)2 nanoclusters on a metachemical surface with an exceptionally large surface area. The distance between the nanoclusters can be manipulated to control the oxygen-evolution reaction current and overpotential, thereby improving the efficiency of the water-splitting process while using minute amounts of the catalyst.


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