Nickel-carbonate nanowire array: An efficient and durable electrocatalyst for water oxidation under nearly neutral conditions

doi:10.1007/s11705-018-1717-8

Front. Chem. Sci. Eng.

2018, Vol. 12

Issue (3) : 467-472 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-018-1717-8

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Nickel-carbonate nanowire array: An efficient and durable electrocatalyst for water oxidation under nearly neutral conditions

Yuyao Ji¹, Min Ma², Xuqiang Ji², Xiaoli Xiong^1,³(

), Xuping Sun²(

)

¹. College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, China
². College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
³. Key Lab of Process Analysis and Control of Sichuan Universities, Yibin University, Yibin 644000, China

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Abstract

It is highly attractive but still remains a great challenge to develop an efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction under nearly neutral conditions. In this work, we report the transformation of Ni₃S₂ nanowire array on nickel foam into the amorphous nickel carbonate nanowire array on nickel foam (NiCO₃/NF). The resulting NiCO₃/NF shows high electrocatalytic activity towards water oxidation and affords current density of 50 mA·cm⁻² at overpotential of 395 mV in 1.0 mol·L⁻¹ KHCO₃. Moreover, this NiCO₃/NF is also durable with a long-term electrochemical durability of 60 h. This catalyst electrode achieves a high turnover frequency of 0.21 mol O₂·s⁻¹ at the overpotential of 500 mV.

Keywords water oxidation NiCO₃/NF nearly neutral conditions superior activity electocatalyst

Corresponding Author(s): Xiaoli Xiong,Xuping Sun

Just Accepted Date: 02 March 2018 Online First Date: 07 June 2018 Issue Date: 18 September 2018

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Yuyao Ji,Min Ma,Xuqiang Ji, et al. Nickel-carbonate nanowire array: An efficient and durable electrocatalyst for water oxidation under nearly neutral conditions[J]. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng., 2018, 12(3): 467-472.

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Fig.1 (a) Typical XRD patterns for Ni₃S₂ with reference to the standard diffractions; (b) SEM images for Ni₃S₂ and (c) NiCO₃ HRTEM images taken from (d) Ni₃S₂ and (e) NiCO₃; (f) EDX elemental mapping images of Ni, O, C elements for NiCO₃

Fig.2 (a) XPS survey spectrum for NiCO₃; (b) Ni 2p spectrum; (c) C 1s spectrum and (d) O 1s spectrum

Fig.3 (a) LSV curves for Ni₃S₂/NF, NF, NiCO₃/NF, and RuO₂/NF with a scan rate of 5 mV?s^?¹; (b) tafel slope of Ni₃S₂/NF, NiCO₃/NF, and NF; (c) multi-current process of NiCO₃/NF; (d) time-dependent current density curve recorded at fixed overpotential of 450 mV without iR correction

Fig.4 CVs of (a) Ni₃S₂/NF and (b) NiCO₃/NF at different scan rates (from inner to outer 20, 60, 100, 140 and 180 mV?s^?¹). Corresponding capacitive currents at 0.09 V vs. SCE as a function of scan rates for (c) Ni₃S₂/NF and (d) NiCO₃/NF

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