In situ formed oxy/hydroxide antennas accelerating the water dissociation kinetics on a Co@N-doped carbon core–shell assembly for hydrogen production in alkaline solution

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (31) ◽  
pp. 11927-11933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Yang ◽  
Lang Pei ◽  
Shicheng Yan ◽  
Zhentao Yu ◽  
Tao Yu ◽  
...  

The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in alkaline electrolytes is restricted severely by sluggish water dissociation in the Volmer step.

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (26) ◽  
pp. 22102-22109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhe Xu ◽  
Wenchao Li ◽  
Yadong Yan ◽  
HongXu Wang ◽  
Heng Zhu ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Liu ◽  
Jian-Jun Wang ◽  
Li-Wen Jiang ◽  
Yuan Huang ◽  
Bing Bing Chen ◽  
...  

<p>Hydrogen production via alkaline water electrolysis is of significant interest. However, the additional water dissociation step makes the Volmer step a relatively more sluggish kinetics and consequently leads to a slower reaction rate than that in acidic solution. Herein, we demonstrate an effective strategy that Co(OH)<sub>2</sub> can promote the Volmer process by accelerating water dissociation and enhance the electrocatalytic performance of CoP toward alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction. The Co(OH)<sub>2</sub> nanoplates are electrochemically induced in-situ generated to form a nanotree-like structure with porous CoP nanowires, endowing the hybrid electrocatalyst with superior charge transportation, more exposed active sites, and enhanced reaction kinetics. This strategy may be extended to <a></a><a>other phosphides and chalcogenides </a>and provide insight into the design and fabrication of efficient alkaline HER catalysts.</p>


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (40) ◽  
pp. 34147-34152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiqi Luo ◽  
Xuan Luo ◽  
Geng Wu ◽  
Zhijun Li ◽  
Guanzhong Wang ◽  
...  

Nanoscale ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (34) ◽  
pp. 16211-16216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronen Bar-Ziv ◽  
Oren E. Meiron ◽  
Maya Bar-Sadan

Stronger together: Alloying allows the optimization of the binding properties of Mo(SxSe1−x)2 nanoflowers such that their catalytic activity towards hydrogen production is enhanced in alkaline solution.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Liu ◽  
Jian-Jun Wang ◽  
Li-Wen Jiang ◽  
Yuan Huang ◽  
Bing Bing Chen ◽  
...  

<p>Hydrogen production via alkaline water electrolysis is of significant interest. However, the additional water dissociation step makes the Volmer step a relatively more sluggish kinetics and consequently leads to a slower reaction rate than that in acidic solution. Herein, we demonstrate an effective strategy that Co(OH)<sub>2</sub> can promote the Volmer process by accelerating water dissociation and enhance the electrocatalytic performance of CoP toward alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction. The Co(OH)<sub>2</sub> nanoplates are electrochemically induced in-situ generated to form a nanotree-like structure with porous CoP nanowires, endowing the hybrid electrocatalyst with superior charge transportation, more exposed active sites, and enhanced reaction kinetics. This strategy may be extended to <a></a><a>other phosphides and chalcogenides </a>and provide insight into the design and fabrication of efficient alkaline HER catalysts.</p>


Author(s):  
Cuncai Lv ◽  
Qianpeng Yang ◽  
Shichen Xu ◽  
Ling Yuan ◽  
Zhipeng Huang ◽  
...  

Binder-free structure is beneficial for effective electron transport in electrocatalysts. Although metallic carbide has been well demonstrated as a kind of efficient electrocatalyst in hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), the binder-free...


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1451
Author(s):  
Changhong Chen ◽  
Ningkang Qian ◽  
Junjie Li ◽  
Xiao Li ◽  
Deren Yang ◽  
...  

Ru is a key component of electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), especially in alkaline media. However, the catalytic activity and durability of Ru-based HER electrocatalysts are still far from satisfactory. Here we report a solvothermal approach for the synthesis of PdCuRu porous nanoplates with different Ru compositions by using Pd nanoplates as the seeds. The PdCuRu porous nanoplates were formed through underpotential deposition (UPD) of Cu on Pd, followed by alloying Cu with Pd through interdiffusion and galvanic replacement between Cu atoms and Ru precursor simultaneously. When evaluated as HER electrocatalysts, the PdCuRu porous nanoplates exhibited excellent catalytic activity and durability. Of them, the Pd24Cu29Ru47/C achieved the lowest overpotential (40.7 mV) and smallest Tafel slope (37.5 mV dec−1) in an alkaline solution (much better than commercial Pt/C). In addition, the Pd24Cu29Ru47/C only lost 17% of its current density during a stability test for 10 h, while commercial Pt/C had a 59.5% drop under the same conditions. We believe that the electron coupling between three metals, unique porous structure, and strong capability of Ru for water dissociation are responsible for such an enhancement in HER performance.


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