A three-dimensional nickel-chromium layered double hydroxide micro/nanosheet array as an efficient and stable bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting

The development of bifunctional and stable non-noble metal electrocatalysts for the high-performance hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is very important and challenging for renewable energy. Herein, for the first time, a nickel-chromium layered double hydroxide (N...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nanoscale 2018-11, Vol.1 (41), p.19484-19491
Hauptverfasser: Ye, Wen, Fang, Xiaoyu, Chen, Xuebo, Yan, Dongpeng
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The development of bifunctional and stable non-noble metal electrocatalysts for the high-performance hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is very important and challenging for renewable energy. Herein, for the first time, a nickel-chromium layered double hydroxide (NiCr-LDH) nanosheet array was developed as a bifunctional electrocatalyst towards overall water splitting. By tuning different Ni/Cr ratios of LDHs, the optimized Ni 2 Cr 1 -LDH shows extraordinary HER activity with an ultralow overpotential of 138 mV at 100 mA cm −2 , compared with all of the reported Ni-based LDHs (NiFe-LDH, NiCo-LDH, NiMn-LDH, NiTi-LDH, NiV-LDH etc. ) and even outperforming Pt/C catalysts. The small overpotential of 319 mV at 100 mA cm −2 for the OER and outstanding durability at 1.55 V ( vs. RHE) for 30 hours can also be achieved for Ni 2 Cr 1 -LDH. Notably, a two-electrode electrolyzer with a Ni 2 Cr 1 -LDH bifunctional electrocatalyst as both the anode and the cathode can work for at least 30 hours with a cell voltage of merely 1.55 V at 10 mA cm −2 . Both experimental and density functional theoretical calculations show that the Cr 3+ ions within the LDH layer serve as charge transfer sites and thus effectively boost the intrinsic electrochemical activity. Therefore, this work provides a new NiCr-LDH system as a more efficient metal hydroxide for bifunctional water splitting electrocatalyst. The development of bifunctional and stable non-noble metal electrocatalysts for the high-performance hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is very important and challenging for renewable energy.
ISSN:2040-3364
2040-3372
DOI:10.1039/c8nr05974h