Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 8, Issue 49, Pages 33601-33607Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b11023
Keywords
Ni(OH)(2); nickel foam; hydrogen evolution reaction; oxygen evolution reaction; overall water splitting
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51372028, 51372277]
- Fundamental Research Fund for the Central Universities [15CX08005A]
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Designing economical and high-efficiency electrocatalysts for overall water splitting is urgently needed but remains a long and arduous task. Herein, we synthesized hydrotalcite-like Ni(OH)(2) nanosheets growing on Ni foam (Ni(OH)(2)/NF) via a facile one-pot hydrothermal method. With the assistance of a rotating oven, Ni(OH)(2) nanosheets demonstrate a regular hexagonal morphology and homogeneous distribution. The resultant Ni(OH)(2)/NF electrode shows superior electrocatalytic activity and durability for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER), as well as the overall water splitting. The Ni(OH)(2)/NF electrode delivers 20 mA.cm(-2) at an overpotential of 172 mV for HER, 50 mA.cm(-2) at an overpotential of 330 mV for OER, and 10 mA.cm(-2) at a cell voltage of 1.68 V for water electrolysis in 1.0 M KOH. The present study demonstrates a feasible and effective strategy to prepare highly efficient electrocatalysts for water electrolysis.
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