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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 853, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.157257
Keywords
VN; Ultrafine structure; N-doping carbon nanotube; Hydrogen evolution
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21701107, 51672165]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province [2019JQ-018]
- National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFB0308300]
- Doctoral Scientific Research Startup Foundation of Shaanxi University of Science and Technology [2016QNBT-07]
- Platform construction Fund for Imported talent of Shaanxi University of Science and Technology [134080038]
- Xi'an Key Laboratory of green manufacture of ceramic materials Foundation [2019220214SYS017CG039]
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The development of highly active, durable non-precious metal electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction is crucial for green hydrogen production. In this study, a novel ultrafine VN nanoparticle dispersed in Co-encapsulated N-doped carbon nanotubes was synthesized via a simple method, exhibiting significantly improved electrocatalytic activity and durability in alkaline media.
Development of highly active, durable electrocatalysts involving cheap and earth-abundant non-precious metals for the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is of great significance for green hydrogen fuel production. Herein, we report a novel ultrafine VN nanoparticle (2-4 nm) dispersedly confined in Co-encapsulated N-doped carbon nanotubes (VN/Co@NCNT) by a facile one-pot NH3-free pyrolysis method. When applied for the electrocatalytic HER, the as-obtained VN/Co@NCNT material exhibits greatly improved catalytic activity compared to bulk VN and Co@NCNT counterparts, with a quite low overpotential of 180 mV at 10 mA cm(-2) (VN: 342 mV; Co@NCNT: 313 mV), accompanying a remarkable catalytic durability for over 60 h and approximately 100% Faradaic efficiency in alkaline media. The enhanced electrocatalytic HER performance of VN/Co@NCNT can be mainly attributed to the exposed high-density catalytically active sites of ultrafine VN nanoparticles, the fast mass and electron transport over Co-embedded graphitic carbon nanotubes, as well as the enhanced electrical conductivity by the graphitic and pyridinic N-doping effects. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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