Journal
CHEMSUSCHEM
Volume 13, Issue 5, Pages 914-921Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201902921
Keywords
electrocatalysis; hydrogen production; layered double hydroxides; methanol selective oxidation; water splitting
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21975163]
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Electrolytic overall water splitting is a promising approach to produce H-2, but its efficiency is severely limited by the sluggish kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and the low activity of current electrocatalysts. To solve these problems, in addition to the development of efficient precious-metal catalysts, an effective strategy is proposed to replace the OER by the selective methanol oxidation reaction. Ni-Co hydroxide [NixCo1-x(OH)(2)] nanoarrays were obtained through a facile hydrothermal treatment as the bifunctional electrocatalysts for the co-electrolysis of methanol/water to produce H-2 and value-added formate simultaneously. The electrocatalyst could catalyze selective methanol oxidation (approximate to 1.32 V) with a significantly lower energy consumption (approximate to 0.2 V less) than OER. Importantly, methanol was transformed exclusively to value-added formate with a high Faradaic efficiency (selectivity) close to 100 %. Specifically, a cell voltage of only approximately 1.5 V was required to generate a current density of 10 mA cm(-2). Furthermore, the Ni0.33Co0.67(OH)(2)/Ni foam nanoneedle arrays presented an outstanding stability for overall co-electrolysis.
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