Facile Synthesis and High⁃Efficiency Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Performance of Ternary Nickel⁃Based Chalcogenide Nanorod Arrays

doi:10.19894/j.issn.1000-0518.210458

Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry ›› 2022, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (8): 1252-1261.DOI: 10.19894/j.issn.1000-0518.210458

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Facile Synthesis and High⁃Efficiency Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Performance of Ternary Nickel⁃Based Chalcogenide Nanorod Arrays

Wei-Min DU¹(), Xin LIU¹^,², Lin ZHU¹, Jia-Min FU¹, Wen-Shan GUO¹, Xiao-Qing YANG¹, Pei-Shuo SHUANG¹

^1.College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering，Anyang Normal University，Anyang 455000，China
^2.School of Chemistry，Zhengzhou University，Zhengzhou 450001，China

Received:2021-09-08 Accepted:2022-02-17 Published:2022-08-01 Online:2022-08-04
Contact: Wei-Min DU
About author:dwmchem@163.com
Supported by:
the Natural Science Foundation of China(U1404203);the Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province(212300410324);the Basic Research Special of Key Scientific Research Project Plan in the Universities of Henan Province(20ZX007);the Science and Technology Research Project of Henan Province(212102210037)

Abstract

Abstract:

Ternary nickel-based chalcogenide （Ni₃（Se _x S_1-_x ）₂） nanorod arrays supported by nickel foams（NF） are successfully synthesized by an one-step solvothermal method. Structural characterization results show that the obtained Ni₃（Se _x S_1-_x ）₂ nanorods belong to the trigonal phase and form an ordered array structure on nickel foams. Due to the fast carrier transfer efficiency， abundant active sites and the synergistic effect of poly-anions， Ni₃（Se_0.3S_0.7）₂/NF nanorod arrays have the optimal electrocatalytic performance. In 1.0 mol/L KOH solution， Ni₃（Se_0.3S_0.7）₂/NF nanoarrays have the overpotential of only 344 mV at 50 mA/cm²， Tafel slope of 40.17 mV/dec， and excellent electrochemical stability. More importantly， the overall water splitting is carried out with Ni₃（Se_0.3S_0.7）₂/NF nanorod array as the anode and the commercial Pt/C as the cathode. It is found that a battery potential of 1.49 V can provide the electrolysis current of 10 mA/cm²， showing the good electrocatalytic effect. This work provides an efficient electrocatalyst for the field of electrolysis water technology， and also provides valuable insights for the reasonable construction of non-precious electrocatalysts in electrochemical energy technology.

Key words: Ternary, Chalcogenide, Nanoarray, Oxygen evolution reaction, Hydrogen production by electrolysis of water

CLC Number:

O613.8

Wei-Min DU, Xin LIU, Lin ZHU, Jia-Min FU, Wen-Shan GUO, Xiao-Qing YANG, Pei-Shuo SHUANG. Facile Synthesis and High⁃Efficiency Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Performance of Ternary Nickel⁃Based Chalcogenide Nanorod Arrays[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry, 2022, 39(8): 1252-1261.

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Fig.1 （A） XRD characterization of Ni3（Se x S1-x ）2/NF materials；SEM images of the synthesized products：Ni3S2/NF （B），Ni3Se2/NF （C） and Ni3（Se0.3S0.7）2/NF （D）（the inserts are the high-magnification ones）

Fig.2 （A） EDX pattern of Ni3（Se0.3S0.7）2 peeled from NF；（B） HRTEM image of Ni3（Se0.3S0.7）2 （the insert is the TEM one）

Fig.3 XPS patterns of Ni3（Se0.3S0.7）2/NF：（A） full spectrum，（B） Ni2p，（C） S2p and （D） Se3d

Fig.4 （A） LSV curves of the obtained electrode materials；（B） Compared overpotentials of five electrodes at current densities of 50 and 100 mA/cm2；（C） Tafel curves of the obtained electrode materials；（D） The relationship between the current density and the scanning rate

Fig.5 （A，B） EIS diagrams at different magnifications of the obtained electrodes；（C） Overpotential comparison between Ni3（Se0.3S0.7）2/NF electrodes and other nickel-based catalysts；（D） Compared LSV curves of Ni3（Se0.3S0.7）2/NF electrode after 1000 cycles of cyclic voltammetry（the insert is the amperometric i-t curve of Ni3（Se0.3S0.7）2/NF electrodes）

Fig.6 （A） Overall water splitting photographs of Ni3（Se0.3S0.7）2/NF Pt/C/NF electrolysis cell；（B） Compared LSV curves of Ni3（Se0.3S0.7）2/NF Pt/C/NF electrolysis cell in 1.0 mol/L KOH electrolyte for overall water splitting to produce hydrogen （the insert is the amperometric i-t curve of the electrolysis cell）

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