Ni─Co─O─S Derived Catalysts on Hierarchical N-doped Carbon Supports with Strong Interfacial Interactions for Improved Hybrid Water Splitting Performance

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Simultaneously improving electrochemical activity and stability is a long-term goal for water splitting. Herein, hierarchical N-doped carbon nanotubes on carbon nanowires derived from PPy are grown on carbon cloth, serving as a support for NiCo oxides/sulfides. The hierarchical electrodes annealed in N2 or H2/N2 display improved intrinsic activity and stability for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and glucose oxidation reaction. Compared with Pt/C||Ir/C in alkaline media, the glucose electrolysis assembled with electrodes exhibits a cell voltage of 1.38 V at 10 mA cm-2, durability for >12 h at 50 mA cm-2, and resistance to glucose/gluconic acid poisoning. In addition, electrocatalysts can also be applied in ethanol oxidation reactions. Systematic characterizations reveal the strong interactions between NiCo and N-doped carbon support-induced partial charge transfer at the interface and regulate the local electronic structure of active sites. Density functional theory calculations demonstrate that the synergistic effect between N-doped carbon supports, metallic NiCo, and NiCo oxides/sulfides optimize the adsorption energy of H2O and the H* free energy for HER. The energy barrier of the dehydrogenation of glucose effectively decreased. This work will attract attention to the role of metal-support interactions in enhancing the intrinsic activity and stability of electrocatalysts.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) - (2024) vom: 26. März, Seite e2310087

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Qiu, Yunfeng [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yongxia [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Miao [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xinyi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yanxia [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Zhuo [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shaoqin [VerfasserIn]

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Glucose oxidation reaction
Hydrogen evolution reaction
Interfacial interaction
Journal Article
Water splitting

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Date Revised 26.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1002/smll.202310087

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NLM370196155