Nickel selenide electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)with a high efficiency and a lowcost have a significant potential in the development of water splitting.However,the inferiority of the high overpote...Nickel selenide electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)with a high efficiency and a lowcost have a significant potential in the development of water splitting.However,the inferiority of the high overpotential and poor stability restricts their practical applications.Herein,a composite nanostructure consists of ultrasmall NiSe_(2) nanocrystals embedded on graphene by microwave reaction is reported.The prepared NiSe_(2)/reduced graphite oxide(rGO)electrocatalyst exhibited a high HER activity with an overpotential of 158 mV at a current density of 10 mA/cm^(2) and a corresponding moderate Tafel slope of 56 mV/dec in alkaline electrolyte.In addition,a high retention of electrochemical properties(approximately 100%)was demonstrated with an unchangeable microstructure after 100 h of continuous operation.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.5007041901)the Natural Science Research Project of Anhui Provincial Education Department(KJ2020A0736 and KJ2019A0671)+2 种基金the Academic Funding Project for Top Talents in Disciplines of Anhui universities(gxbjZD2021082)Doctoral Research Foundation(No.2019jb23)Scientific Research Key Project(No.2020yzd10)of Suzhou University.
文摘Nickel selenide electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)with a high efficiency and a lowcost have a significant potential in the development of water splitting.However,the inferiority of the high overpotential and poor stability restricts their practical applications.Herein,a composite nanostructure consists of ultrasmall NiSe_(2) nanocrystals embedded on graphene by microwave reaction is reported.The prepared NiSe_(2)/reduced graphite oxide(rGO)electrocatalyst exhibited a high HER activity with an overpotential of 158 mV at a current density of 10 mA/cm^(2) and a corresponding moderate Tafel slope of 56 mV/dec in alkaline electrolyte.In addition,a high retention of electrochemical properties(approximately 100%)was demonstrated with an unchangeable microstructure after 100 h of continuous operation.
