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CHEMSUSCHEM
卷 14, 期 2, 页码 730-737出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202002509
关键词
cobalt; doping; electrocatalysis; layered double hydroxides; water splitting
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [22074125]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [XDJK2018B001]
This study successfully fabricated tremella-like Ru-doped Co-V layered double hydroxide nanosheets on Ni Foam, exhibiting excellent bifunctional catalytic activity towards HER and OER. Utilizing Ru-CoV-LDH/NF as bifunctional electrocatalyst in an alkali electrolyzer led to high electrolytic current density at a significantly low cell voltage, showing superior performance compared to other electrolysers.
Active electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are decisive for achieving efficient energy conversion from electricity to hydrogen fuel through water electrolysis. In this study, tremella-like Ru-doped Co-V layered double hydroxide nanosheets on Ni Foam (Ru-CoV-LDH@NF) was fabricated by a one-pot solvothermal reaction. As-prepared Ru-CoV-LDH@NF, with a nominal Ru loading of around 51.6 mu g cm(-2) exhibits excellent bifunctional catalytic activity towards HER and OER in alkaline media. To accomplish a current density of 10 mA cm(-2), it demands 32 mV and 230 mV overpotentials for HER and OER, respectively. The alkali electrolyzer utilizing Ru-CoV-LDH/NF as bifunctional electrocatalyst affords 10 mA cm(-2) electrolytic current density at an extremely low cell voltage of 1.50 V, showing excellent performance compared to a Pt/C-RuO2-based electrolyzer and many other bifunctional electrocatalyst-based ones. The incorporation of Ru changes the morphology of the resultant nanosheets to offer high electrochemical surface areas for electrocatalysis; at the same time, it significantly boosts the intrinsic HER/OER electrocatalytic activity. For HER, the energy barrier of the Volmer step is efficiently reduced upon Ru doping, whereas the Ru dopants optimize the absorption strength of *O intermediates to facilitate the OER process. This work offers a feasible means to optimize the Co-based hydroxide materials for improved electrocatalysis in overall water splitting.
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