Journal
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 395, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139199
Keywords
W-induced NiFe-LDHs; Bifunctional electrocatalysts; Oxygen evolution reaction; Hydrogen evolution reaction; Overall water splitting
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- U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Fuel Cell Technologies Office [DE-EE0008426, DE-EE0 0 08423]
- National Energy Technology Laboratory [DE-FE0011585]
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This study found that NiFeW-LDHs showed the best performance at a W concentration of 5 mM, with well-aligned nanosheets and a significantly increased electrochemical surface area compared to film-like NiFe hydroxides. NiFeW-LDHs exhibited remarkable performance in alkaline media, while inferior performance was observed at lower or higher W precursor concentrations.
Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are one of the most efficient electrocatalysts for water splitting due to their nanosheet features and compositional flexibilities. This work explored the impact of W precursor concentration (0 similar to 10 mM) on LDH morphologies and performance in hydrogen production. Using an electrodeposition W-doping process, W-induced NiFe LDHs (NiFeW-LDHs) were in-situ grown on carbon fiber papers for water splitting. A performance peak was found at a W doping of 5 mM with well-aligned nanosheets, which not only boosted the charge transfer ability and gas evolution but also offered more than a four-fold electrochemical surface area increase compared to film-like NiFe hydroxides. The NiFeW-LDHs exhibited remarkable performance compared to NiFe hydroxides, showing decreased overpotentials of 31 mV and 114 mV for the oxygen evolution reactions (OERs) and hydrogen evolution reactions (HERs) at 10 mA/cm(2) and -10 mA/cm(2), respectively, in alkaline media. The performance enhancement at 5 mM W-doping was linked to the well-aligned NiFeW-LDH nanosheets; smaller, less-textured nanosheets were observed with lower or higher W precursor concentrations (2.5 mM or >7.5 mM), leading to inferior OER and HER performances. Hence, an appropriate W doping is crucial to generating the morphologies that contribute to the higher performance of NiFeW-LDHs. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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