Preparation of a Sandwich-like Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni Catalytic Electrode for pH-Universal Hydrogen Evolution Reaction †

doi:10.7503/cjcu20190251

Abstract

Abstract:

A sandwich structure Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni catalytic electrode was prepared by electroless plating. The Ni-P@Ni-B catalytic material has an amorphous spherical structure with a diameter of 1μm. When the current density of Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni is 10 mA/cm ², the overpotential is only 287 mV in 0.5 mol/L phosphate buffer saline(PBS). After operating for 24 h at a overpotential of 287 mV, the current density of Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni only attenuated by 7.6%. At the same time, the Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni electrode also has an excellent catalytic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction both in acidic and alkaline conditions, it achieves a cathodic current density of 10 mA/cm ² at overpotentials of 199 and 79 mV in 0.5 mol/L H₂SO₄ and 1 mol/L KOH, respectively.

Key words: Electrohydrolysis of water, Electroless plating, Sandwich structure, pH-Gradient, Hydrogen evolution reaction

CLC Number:

O646

TrendMD:

WANG Chenfeng, XU Qiuyu, WANG Lincai, ZHANG Ruiqi, PAN Xinxin, WANG Jingwei, HAO Weiju. Preparation of a Sandwich-like Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni Catalytic Electrode for pH-Universal Hydrogen Evolution Reaction ^†[J]. Chem. J. Chinese Universities, 2019, 40(10): 2156.

Figures/Tables 11

Fig.1 SEM image(A) and elemental mapping of Ni(B), B(C) and P(D) for Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni

Fig.2 Cross-section schematic diagram(A) and SEM image(B) of Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni

Fig.3 XRD patterns of Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni electrode(a) and Ni foil electrode(b)

Fig.4 LSV curves(A) and Tafel plots(B) of bare Ni foil, Pt foil and Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni electrode for HER in 0.5 mol/L PBS

Fig.5 Durability test of the Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni electrode for HER by CV sweeping between 0 V and -0.4 V(vs. RHE) at the rate of 5 mV/s in 0.5 mol/L PBS(A) and time-dependent current density curve for Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni under static overpotential of 287 mV for 24 h in 0.5 mol/L PBS without iR correction(B) Inset: physical image of the electrode when it is working.

Fig.6 SEM image(A) and elemental mapping of Ni(B), B(C) and P(D) for Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni catalyst after 24 h stability test

Fig.7 Cyclic voltammograms of Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni at different scan rates in 0.5 mol/L PBS(A), double layer capacitor(Cdl) diagram of Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni(B) and Nyquist plots of Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni and Ni at a current density of 10 mA/cm2 Inset shows the equivalent circuit diagram.

Fig.8 XPS spectra of Ni(a), B1s level(b) and P2p level(c) for Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni electrode

Fig.9 LSV curves(A) and Tafel plots(B) of bare Ni foil, Pt foil and Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni electrode for HER in 1 mol/L KOH

Fig.10 LSV curves(A) and Tafel plots(B) of bare Ni foil, Pt foil and Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni electrode for HER in 0.5 mol/L H2SO4

Catalyst	Electrolyte	Mass loading/ (mg·cm^-2)	Current density/ (mA·cm^-2)	Overpotential/mV	Tafel slope/ (mV·dec^-1)	Ref.
Ni-P@Ni-B/Ni	0.5 mol/L PBS	3.5		287	85	This work
	1 mol/L KOH	3.5	10	79	80	This work
	0.5 mol/L H₂SO₄	3.5		199	73	This work
CoO/CoSe₂/Ti	0.5 mol/L PBS	2.0	10	337	131	[32]
Co-NRCNTs	1.0 mol/L PBS	0.28	10	540		[33]
Co₉S₈@C	1.0 mol/L PBS	0.28	10	280		[34]
CNF@CoS₂	1.0 mol/L PBS	0.6―0.8	10	360	113.3	[35]
NRs/NF	1.0 mol/L PBS		10	204	81.8	[10]
Ni_0.1Co_0.9P/CC	1.0 mol/L PBS	0.58	10	125	103	[36]
Mo₂C/MoO₂	0.1 mol/L PBS	0.285	10	290		[37]
Co₂N/TM	1.0 mol/L PBS	1.08	10	290	138	[38]
Syn-MoS_x	1.0 mol/L PBS	0.523	Onset	94	111	[39]
Co-P-B/rGO	0.1 mol/L PBS	0.28	5	418	82	[40]
SiO₂ PPy NTs-CFs	1.0 mol/L PBS	0.335	10	183	100.2	[41]

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