Nanosized amorphous nickel-boron alloy electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction under alkaline conditions

WU Mei-xia; CHEN Yan; LI Sen; YANG Xiao-meng; LI Jing-wei; SHANG Jian-peng; GUO Yong; LI Zuo-peng

doi:10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60052-5

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WU Mei-xia, CHEN Yan, LI Sen, YANG Xiao-meng, LI Jing-wei, SHANG Jian-peng, GUO Yong, LI Zuo-peng. Nanosized amorphous nickel-boron alloy electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction under alkaline conditions[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2023, 51(2): 197-204. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60052-5

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WU Mei-xia, CHEN Yan, LI Sen, YANG Xiao-meng, LI Jing-wei, SHANG Jian-peng, GUO Yong, LI Zuo-peng. Nanosized amorphous nickel-boron alloy electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction under alkaline conditions[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2023, 51(2): 197-204. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60052-5

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WU Mei-xia, CHEN Yan, LI Sen, YANG Xiao-meng, LI Jing-wei, SHANG Jian-peng, GUO Yong, LI Zuo-peng. Nanosized amorphous nickel-boron alloy electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction under alkaline conditions[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2023, 51(2): 197-204. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60052-5

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Nanosized amorphous nickel-boron alloy electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction under alkaline conditions

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60052-5

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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi Datong University, Datong 037009, China
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718 Research Institute of CSIC, Handan 056027, China

Funds: The project was supported by Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi (201901D111310, 201801D221057), the Scientific and Technological Innovation Programs of Higher Education Institutions in Shanxi Province (2020L0478, 2021L388) and Natural Science Foundation of Datong (2019160)

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Corresponding author: E-mail: nmsjp2006@126.com; lizuopeng@126.com
Received Date: 2022-04-17
Rev Recd Date: 2022-06-06

Available Online: 2022-07-19

Publish Date: 2023-01-18

Abstract

Abstract

Hydrogen production from electrolyzed water driven by sustainable energy is an effective way to achieve the hydrogen economy with zero carbon emission. Alkaline electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is one of the main energy transforming processes in the field of electrolytic water technology. The development of active and cost-effective nonprecious catalytic electrodes is of great importance to alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction. Amorphous nanosized nickel-boron alloy particles (NiB-COS) have been obtained by using chitosan oligosaccharides (COS) as a stabilizer via chemical reduction method. The as-prepared electrocatalysts have been used for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The electrocatalysts have been characterized by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), inductively coupled plasma analysis (ICP) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). NiB-COS displays a significant increase in hydrogen evolution reaction properties in alkaline media, affording low overpotentials of 49.4 mV at 10 mA/cm² and 15.1 mV onset overpotential for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Tafel slope of NiB-COS is 86.1 mV/dec. Remarkably, the formation of a nickel-boron alloyed phase and the decrease of particle size are helpful to improve HER activity of NiB-COS. The experimental data indicated that the NiB-COS showed excellent long-term stability as a very active electrocatalyst.
- hydrogen evolution reaction,
- NiB-COS,
- overpotential,
- Tafel slope,
- alkaline water electrolysis

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