Facile synthesis of nanostructured Ni/NiO/N-doped graphene electrocatalysts for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction
Electrocatalysts containing a Ni/NiO/N-doped graphene interface have been synthesised using the ligand-assisted chemical vapor deposition technique. NiO nanoparticles were used as the substrate to grow N-doped graphene by decomposing vapours of benzene and N-containing ligands. The method was demons...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Nanoscale advances 2024-05, Vol.6 (11), p.2813-2822 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Electrocatalysts containing a Ni/NiO/N-doped graphene interface have been synthesised using the ligand-assisted chemical vapor deposition technique. NiO nanoparticles were used as the substrate to grow N-doped graphene by decomposing vapours of benzene and N-containing ligands. The method was demonstrated with two nitrogen-containing ligands, namely dipyrazino[2,3-
f
:2′,3′-
h
]quinoxaline-2,3,6,7,10,11-hexacarbonitrile (L) and melamine (M). The structure and composition of the as-synthesized composites were characterized by XRD, Raman spectroscopy, SEM, TEM and XPS. The composite prepared using the ligand L had NiO sandwiched between Ni and N-doped graphene and showed an overpotential of 292 mV at 10 mA cm
−2
and a Tafel slope of 45.41 mV dec
−1
for the OER, which is comparable to the existing noble metal catalysts. The composite prepared using the ligand M had Ni encapsulated by N-doped graphene without NiO. It showed an overpotential of 390 mV at 10 mA cm
−2
and a Tafel slope of 78.9 mV dec
−1
. The ligand-assisted CVD route demonstrates a facile route to control the microstructure of the electrocatalysts.
Electrocatalysts containing a Ni/NiO/N-doped graphene interface have been synthesised using the ligand-assisted chemical vapor deposition technique. |
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ISSN: | 2516-0230 2516-0230 |
DOI: | 10.1039/d4na00141a |