Three-dimensional porous MoNi4 networks constructed by nanosheets as bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 2508-2513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanshuo Jin ◽  
Xin Yue ◽  
Chang Shu ◽  
Shangli Huang ◽  
Pei Kang Shen

3D porous MoNi4 networks annealed at 450 °C need only ∼1.58 V to achieve 10 mA cm−2 for overall water splitting and exhibit excellent stability. A two-electrode device to split water with porous MoNi4 networks as bifunctional electrocatalysts can be driven by a single AA battery (1.5 V).

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (58) ◽  
pp. 52761-52771 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guan-Qun Han ◽  
Xiao Li ◽  
Yan-Ru Liu ◽  
Bin Dong ◽  
Wen-Hui Hu ◽  
...  

Novel three dimensional (3D) electrodeposited Co–P nanosphere arrays on FTO (Co–P/FTO) have been successfully prepared as efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting in alkaline media.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xixi Ji ◽  
Yanhong Lin ◽  
Jie Zeng ◽  
Zhonghua Ren ◽  
Zijia Lin ◽  
...  

AbstractDevelopment of excellent and cheap electrocatalysts for water electrolysis is of great significance for application of hydrogen energy. Here, we show a highly efficient and stable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst with multilayer-stacked hybrid structure, in which vertical graphene nanosheets (VGSs), MoS2 nanosheets, and layered FeCoNi hydroxides (FeCoNi(OH)x) are successively grown on carbon fibers (CF/VGSs/MoS2/FeCoNi(OH)x). The catalyst exhibits excellent OER performance with a low overpotential of 225 and 241 mV to attain 500 and 1000 mA cm−2 and small Tafel slope of 29.2 mV dec−1. Theoretical calculation indicates that compositing of FeCoNi(OH)x with MoS2 could generate favorable electronic structure and decrease the OER overpotential, promoting the electrocatalytic activity. An alkaline water electrolyzer is established using CF/VGSs/MoS2/FeCoNi(OH)x anode for overall water splitting, which generates a current density of 100 mA cm−2 at 1.59 V with excellent stability over 100 h. Our highly efficient catalysts have great prospect for water electrolysis.


Author(s):  
Liang-Guo He ◽  
Po-Yin Cheng ◽  
Chih-Chieh Cheng ◽  
Chun-Lung Huang ◽  
Cheng-Ting Hsieh ◽  
...  

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