Synergistic effect of V and Fe in Ni/Fe/V ternary layered double hydroxides for efficient and durable oxygen evolution reaction

doi:10.1007/s11705-022-2179-6

Front. Chem. Sci. Eng.

2023, Vol. 17

Issue (1) : 102-115 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-022-2179-6

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Synergistic effect of V and Fe in Ni/Fe/V ternary layered double hydroxides for efficient and durable oxygen evolution reaction

Lihong Chen¹, Ruxin Deng¹, Shaoshi Guo¹, Zihuan Yu¹, Huiqin Yao²(

), Zhenglong Wu³(

), Keren Shi⁴, Huifeng Li¹(

), Shulan Ma¹(

)

¹. Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
². School of Basic Medical Sciences, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China
³. Analytical and Testing Center, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
⁴. State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China

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Abstract

High-performance and stable electrocatalysts are vital for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Herein, via a one-pot hydrothermal method, Ni/Fe/V ternary layered double hydroxides (NiFeV-LDH) derived from Ni foam are fabricated to work as highly active and durable electrocatalysts for OER. By changing the feeding ratio of Fe and V salts, the prepared ternary hydroxides were optimized. At an Fe:V ratio of 0.5:0.5, NiFeV-LDH exhibits outstanding OER activity superior to that of the binary hydroxides, requiring overpotentials of 269 and 274 mV at 50 mA·cm^–2 in the linear sweep voltammetry and sampled current voltammetry measurements, respectively. Importantly, NiFeV-LDH shows extraordinary long-term stability (≥ 75 h) at an extremely high current density of 200 mA·cm^–2. In contrast, the binary hydroxides present quick decay at 200 mA·cm^–2 or even reduced current densities (150 and 100 mA·cm^–2). The outstanding OER performance of NiFeV-LDH benefits from the synergistic effect of V and Fe while doping the third metal into bimetallic hydroxide layers: (a) Fe plays a crucial role as the active site; (b) electron-withdrawing V stabilizes the high valence state of Fe, thus accelerating the OER process; (c) V further offers great stabilization for the formed intermediate of FeOOH, thus achieving superior durability.

Keywords oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysts ternary layered double hydroxides long-term stability

Corresponding Author(s): Huiqin Yao,Zhenglong Wu,Huifeng Li,Shulan Ma

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Changjian Wang and Zhiying Yang contributed equally to this work.

Online First Date: 18 August 2022 Issue Date: 21 February 2023

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Lihong Chen,Ruxin Deng,Shaoshi Guo, et al. Synergistic effect of V and Fe in Ni/Fe/V ternary layered double hydroxides for efficient and durable oxygen evolution reaction[J]. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng., 2023, 17(1): 102-115.

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Fig.1 Schematic illustration of the synthesis of NiFeV-LDH derived from Ni foam via a one-pot hydrothermal reaction.

Fig.2 XRD patterns of (a) NiFeV-LDH, (b) NiFe-LDH and (c) NiV-LDH (d-values in nm).

Fig.3 (a) SEM image; (b) EDS elemental mapping (Ni, Fe and V); (c) TEM image; (d) HRTEM image of NiFeV-LDH.

Fig.4 (a) XPS survey and (b–d) XPS spectra with the deconvolution of corresponding XPS peaks: (b) Ni 2p of NiV-LDH, NiFe-LDH, and NiFeV-LDH, (c) Fe 2p of NiFe-LDH and NiFeV-LDH, (d) V 2p of NiV-LDH and NiFeV-LDH.

Fig.5 (a) iR drop uncompensated OER LSV of NiFeV-LDH, NiFe-LDH, NiV-LDH, RuO₂ and Ni foam in 1.0 mol·L^–1 KOH acquired with 5.0 mV·s^–1; (b) CA responses of NiFeV-LDH in 1.0 mol·L^–1 KOH for 180 s, plots of sampled current densities against potential with (c) zero and (d) 40% iR drop compensation for NiFeV-LDH, NiV-LDH, RuO₂ and Ni foam, (e) the corresponding Tafel plots.

Fig.6 (a) CV curves of NiFeV-LDH, NiFe-LDH, NiV-LDH and Ni foam; (b) the corresponding area of redox features considered for the calculation of the number of active sites; (c) absolute ECSA calculated by dividing the elementary charge of an electron for NiFeV-LDH, NiFe-LDH, NiV-LDH and Ni foam; (d) plots of the relative ECSA normalized sampled current densities against the iR corrected potential; (e) plots of TOF values as a function of potential.

Fig.7 Nyquist plots of (a) NiFeV-LDH, (c) NiFe-LDH, (e) NiV-LDH acquired at 1.45, 1.50, 1.55, 1.60, 1.65, 1.70, 1.75 V vs. RHE and (b, d, f) their corresponding Bode absolute impedance plots, (g, h) plots of R_ct values against 1.45, 1.50, 1.55, 1.60, 1.65, 1.70, 1.75 V vs. RHE for NiFeV-LDH, NiFe-LDH, NiV-LDH, RuO₂ and Ni foam.

Fig.8 (a) CA curves of NiFeV-LDH, NiFe-LDH and NiV-LDH; (b) LSV curves recorded for NiFeV-LDH before and after the I–t test (75 h); (c) XRD pattern of NiFeV-LDH after the OER durability test; (d) SEM images of NiFeV-LDH before and after the durability test; XPS spectra of (e) Fe 2p and (f) V 2p for NiFeV-LDH before and after the OER durability test.

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