The development of efficient nonprecious bifunctional electrocatalysts for water electrolysis is crucial to enhance the sluggish kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction(OER)and hydrogen evolution reaction(HER).A sel...The development of efficient nonprecious bifunctional electrocatalysts for water electrolysis is crucial to enhance the sluggish kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction(OER)and hydrogen evolution reaction(HER).A self-supporting,multiscale porous NiFeZn/NiZn-Ni catalyst with a triple interface heterojunction on nickel foam(NF)(NiFeZn/NiZn-Ni/NF)was in-situ fabricated using an electroplating-annealing-etching strategy.The unique multiinterface engineering and three-dimensional porous scaffold significantly modify the mass transport and electron interaction,resulting in superior bifunctional electrocatalytic performance for water splitting.The NiFeZn/NiZn-Ni/NF catalyst demonstrates low overpotentials of 187 m V for HER and 320 mV for OER at a current density of 600 mA/cm^(2),along with high durability over 150 h in alkaline solution.Furthermore,an electrolytic cell assembled with NiFeZn/NiZn-Ni/NF as both the cathode and anode achieves the current densities of 600 and 1000 m A/cm^(2) at cell voltages of 1.796 and 1.901 V,respectively,maintaining the high stability at 50 mA/cm^(2) for over 100 h.These findings highlight the potential of NiFeZn/NiZn-Ni/NF as a cost-effective and highly efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting.展开更多
Octahedral Mn_(3)O_(4)nanoparticles with an Ag-doping and nanoporous Ag(NPS)framework was simply fabricated through an alloying-etching engineering.The dual-modified Mn_(3)O_(4)(denoted as Ag−Mn_(3)O_(4)/NPS)consists ...Octahedral Mn_(3)O_(4)nanoparticles with an Ag-doping and nanoporous Ag(NPS)framework was simply fabricated through an alloying-etching engineering.The dual-modified Mn_(3)O_(4)(denoted as Ag−Mn_(3)O_(4)/NPS)consists of Ag-doped Mn_(3)O_(4)nanoparticles crosslinked with three dimensional nanoporous Ag framework.The incorporated Ag dopant is effective in improving the intrinsic ionic and electronic conductivities of Mn_(3)O_(4),while the NPS framework is introduced to improve the electron/mass transfer across the entire electrode.Profiting from the dual-modification strategy,the Ag−Mn_(3)O_(4)/NPS exhibits admirable rate capability and cycling stability.A high reversible capacity of 88.7 mA·h/g can still be retained for over 1000 cycles at a current density of 1 A/g.Moreover,a series of ex-situ experimental techniques indicate that for Ag−Mn_(3)O_(4)/NPS electrode during the zinc ion storage,Mn_(3)O_(4)is electrochemically oxidized into various MnOx(e.g.,Mn_(2)O_(3),MnO2)species in the initial charging,and the subsequent battery reaction is actually the intercalation/deintercalation of H+and Zn2+into MnOx.展开更多
基金financially supported from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52201254)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province,China(Nos.ZR2023ME155,ZR2020MB090,ZR2020QE012,ZR2020MB027)+1 种基金the Project of“20 Items of University”of Jinan,China(No.202228046)the Taishan Scholar Project of Shandong Province,China(No.tsqn202306226)。
文摘The development of efficient nonprecious bifunctional electrocatalysts for water electrolysis is crucial to enhance the sluggish kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction(OER)and hydrogen evolution reaction(HER).A self-supporting,multiscale porous NiFeZn/NiZn-Ni catalyst with a triple interface heterojunction on nickel foam(NF)(NiFeZn/NiZn-Ni/NF)was in-situ fabricated using an electroplating-annealing-etching strategy.The unique multiinterface engineering and three-dimensional porous scaffold significantly modify the mass transport and electron interaction,resulting in superior bifunctional electrocatalytic performance for water splitting.The NiFeZn/NiZn-Ni/NF catalyst demonstrates low overpotentials of 187 m V for HER and 320 mV for OER at a current density of 600 mA/cm^(2),along with high durability over 150 h in alkaline solution.Furthermore,an electrolytic cell assembled with NiFeZn/NiZn-Ni/NF as both the cathode and anode achieves the current densities of 600 and 1000 m A/cm^(2) at cell voltages of 1.796 and 1.901 V,respectively,maintaining the high stability at 50 mA/cm^(2) for over 100 h.These findings highlight the potential of NiFeZn/NiZn-Ni/NF as a cost-effective and highly efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting.
基金financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province,China (Nos.ZR2023ME155,ZR2023ME085)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.52201254)+1 种基金the Project of“20 Items of University”of Jinan,China (No.202228046)the Taishan Scholar Project of Shandong Province,China (No.tsqn202306226)。
文摘Octahedral Mn_(3)O_(4)nanoparticles with an Ag-doping and nanoporous Ag(NPS)framework was simply fabricated through an alloying-etching engineering.The dual-modified Mn_(3)O_(4)(denoted as Ag−Mn_(3)O_(4)/NPS)consists of Ag-doped Mn_(3)O_(4)nanoparticles crosslinked with three dimensional nanoporous Ag framework.The incorporated Ag dopant is effective in improving the intrinsic ionic and electronic conductivities of Mn_(3)O_(4),while the NPS framework is introduced to improve the electron/mass transfer across the entire electrode.Profiting from the dual-modification strategy,the Ag−Mn_(3)O_(4)/NPS exhibits admirable rate capability and cycling stability.A high reversible capacity of 88.7 mA·h/g can still be retained for over 1000 cycles at a current density of 1 A/g.Moreover,a series of ex-situ experimental techniques indicate that for Ag−Mn_(3)O_(4)/NPS electrode during the zinc ion storage,Mn_(3)O_(4)is electrochemically oxidized into various MnOx(e.g.,Mn_(2)O_(3),MnO2)species in the initial charging,and the subsequent battery reaction is actually the intercalation/deintercalation of H+and Zn2+into MnOx.
