Nickel confined in 2D earth-abundant oxide layers for highly efficient and durable oxygen evolution catalysts
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A(2020)
摘要
Low cost, high-efficiency catalysts towards water splitting are urgently required to fulfil the increasing demand for energy. In this work, low-loading (<20 wt%) Ni-confined in layered metal oxide anode catalysts (birnessite and lepidocrocite titanate) have been synthesized by facile ion exchange methodology and subjected to systematic electrochemical studies. It was found that Ni-intercalated on K-rich birnessite (Ni-KMO) presents an onset overpotential (eta(onset)) as low as 100 mV and overpotential at 10 mA cm(-2)(eta(10)) of 206 mV in pH = 14 electrolyte. By combining electrochemical methods and X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopies (XAS and XES), we demonstrate Ni sites are the active sites for OER catalysis and that the Mn(3+)sites facilitate Ni intercalation during the ion-exchange process, but display no observable contribution towards OER activity. The effect of the pH and the nature of the supporting electrolyte on the electrochemical performance was also evaluated.
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durable oxygen evolution catalysts,nickel,earth-abundant
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