Water electrolysis for energy-efficient H_(2)production coupled with hydrazine oxidation reaction(HzOR)is prevailing,while the sluggish electrocatalysts are strongly hindering its scalable application.Herein,we scheme...Water electrolysis for energy-efficient H_(2)production coupled with hydrazine oxidation reaction(HzOR)is prevailing,while the sluggish electrocatalysts are strongly hindering its scalable application.Herein,we schemed a novel porous Ce-doped Ni3N nanosheet arrays grown on nickel foam(Ce-Ni3N/NF)as a remarkable bifunctional catalyst for both hydrogen evolution reaction and HzOR.Significantly,the overall hydrazine splitting system can achieve low cell voltages of 0.156 and 0.671 V at 10 and 400 mA·cm^(−2),and the system is remarkably stable to operate over 100 h continuous test at the high-current-density of 400 mA·cm^(−2).Various characterizations prove that the porous nanosheet arrays expose more active sites,and more excellent diffusion kinetics and lower charge-transfer resistance,therefore boosting catalytic performance.Furthermore,density functional theory calculation reveals that the incorporation of Ce can effectively optimize the free energy of hydrogen adsorption and promote intrinsic catalytic activity of Ni_(3)N.展开更多
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文摘Water electrolysis for energy-efficient H_(2)production coupled with hydrazine oxidation reaction(HzOR)is prevailing,while the sluggish electrocatalysts are strongly hindering its scalable application.Herein,we schemed a novel porous Ce-doped Ni3N nanosheet arrays grown on nickel foam(Ce-Ni3N/NF)as a remarkable bifunctional catalyst for both hydrogen evolution reaction and HzOR.Significantly,the overall hydrazine splitting system can achieve low cell voltages of 0.156 and 0.671 V at 10 and 400 mA·cm^(−2),and the system is remarkably stable to operate over 100 h continuous test at the high-current-density of 400 mA·cm^(−2).Various characterizations prove that the porous nanosheet arrays expose more active sites,and more excellent diffusion kinetics and lower charge-transfer resistance,therefore boosting catalytic performance.Furthermore,density functional theory calculation reveals that the incorporation of Ce can effectively optimize the free energy of hydrogen adsorption and promote intrinsic catalytic activity of Ni_(3)N.
