Journal
MATERIALS TODAY CHEMISTRY
Volume 26, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2022.101086
Keywords
Hydrogen evolution reaction; Glycerol oxidation reaction; Oxygen vacancy; Birnessite@nickel foam nanosheet array
Funding
- Longshan Scholar Project [2020t2411]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [22177543]
- Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province [SJCX22_0365]
- Royal Society International Exchanges Program [IES\R1\211133]
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This study presents an innovative strategy to overcome the sluggishness of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and successfully prepares ultrathin birnessite@nickel foam nanosheet array (KMO@NF) with oxygen vacancies (VO) using an in-situ growth method. The KMO@NF material exhibits high activity for water splitting and is further improved for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) by replacing OER with glycerol oxidation reaction (GOR) and urea oxidation reaction (UOR). The results show increased anodic current densities and lower cell voltages, indicating efficient hydrogen production and energy savings.
It is still a big challenge to develop an innovative strategy to overcome sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Herein, ultrathin birnessite@nickel foam nanosheet array (KMO@NF) with oxygen vacancy (VO) is prepared by an in-situ growth method. KMO@NF shows a high activity for water splitting because VO and Mn3+ favor the adsorption of OH- and H2O. Furthermore, glycerol oxidation reaction (GOR) and urea oxidation reaction (UOR) are employed to substitute for OER to improve hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Compared with OER, the anodic current densities of GOR and UOR have increased by 19.34 and 18.04 times at 1.43 V (vs. reverse hydrogen electrode (RHE)), respectively. To reach the same current density of 30 mA/cm2, the required cell voltages for UOR- and GOR-based electrolytic cells have decreased by about 16% than that of water-based electrolytic cell (2.024 V), meaning that to produce the same amount of hydrogen, about 16% of electric energy can be economized. Besides, the Faradaic efficiencies of UOR- and GOR-based electrolytic cells (95% and 97%) are higher than that of water-based electrolytic cell (92%), confirming a higher conversion of energy. The innovative system can not only produce hydrogen efficiently, but also effectively degrade environmental pollutants. (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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