Controllable synthesis of carbon nanofibers with plated FeCoNiB as high performance composite catalysts for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution
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摘要: 通过乙醇催化燃烧法制备了碳纳米纤维(CNFs),采用化学沉积法在CNFs载体上负载铁钴镍硼化物(FeCoNiB),并以多种测试手段对其表征,研究了化学沉积工艺条件对FeCoNiB粒径、分散、成分及结构的影响,建立了碳纳米纤维负载的铁钴镍硼化物(FeCoNiB/CNFs)可控制备方法。采用电化学测试手段研究了FeCoNiB/CNFs在碱性环境下的氢气析出反应(HER)催化性能。结果表明,在100 mA/cm2的电流密度下,FeCoNiB/CNFs的过电位仅为366 mV,塔菲尔斜率低至41 mV/dec;在持续10 h的稳定性测试中电位衰减幅度很小,基本保持不变。这说明FeCoNiB/CNFs制备成本低,但其高稳定性可媲美贵金属的高催化活性HER催化剂;该研究可为非贵金属HER催化剂的研制及低成本电解水制氢技术的规模化应用提供参考。Abstract: Carbon nanofibers (CNFs) were synthesized by ethanol catalytic combustion method and FeCoNiB was loaded on the CNFs by electroless plating (chemical deposition) method. The effect of electroless plating condition on the particle size, dispersion, composition and structure of FeCoNiB was then investigated, to establish the process for the controllable synthesis of carbon nanofibers with plated FeCoNiB (FeCoNiB/CNFs). In addition, the electrocatalytic performance of FeCoNiB/CNFs was evaluated for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in alkaline environment. The results illustrate that the FeCoNiB/CNFs shows a low overpotential of 366 mV at 100 mA/cm2 and a quite low Tafel slope value of 41 mV/dec, as well as a stable potential without attenuation during the stability test for 10 h, displaying a stable and high catalytic performance that is comparable to that of noble metal catalysts. This study is probably helpful for the development of efficient non-noble metal catalyst for HER as well as the application of large-scale electrolytic water hydrogen production in industry.
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Key words:
- non-precious metals /
- hydrogen evolution reaction /
- FeCoNiB /
- carbon nanofibers /
- electroless plating
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图 6 CNFs、FeB/CNFs、CoB/CNFs、NiB/CNFs、FeCoB/CNFs、FeNiB/CNFs、CoNiB/CNFs、FeCoNiB/CNFs和Pt/C/CNFs在1.0 mol/L KOH溶液中的LSV曲线(a)以及塔菲尔斜率图(b)
Figure 6 Linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) curves (a) and Tafel plots (b) of CNFs, FeB/CNFs, CoB/CNFs, NiB/CNFs, FeCoB/CNFs, FeNiB/CNFs, CoNiB/CNFs, FeCoNiB/CNFs and Pt/C/CNFs in 1.0 mol/L KOH solution
表 1 主要化学试剂基本信息
Table 1 Basic information of main chemical reagents
Reagent Chemical formula Purity Manufacturer Copper sheet Cu AR Sinopharm Group Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd Alumina polishing powder Al2O3 85% Sinopharm Group Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd Potassium hydroxide KOH AR Tianjin Shengao Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd Anhydrous ethanol C2H5OH AR Guangdong Guanghua Technology Co., Ltd Isopropanol (CH3) 2CHOH AR Guangdong Guanghua Technology Co., Ltd Ferric chloride hexahydrate FeCl3·6H2O AR Shanghai Aladdin Biochemical Technology Co., Ltd Nickel sulfate hexahydrate NiSO4·6H2O AR Shanghai Aladdin Biochemical Technology Co., Ltd Cobalt sulfate heptahydrate CoSO4·7H2O AR Shanghai Aladdin Biochemical Technology Co., Ltd Ferrous sulfate heptahydrate FeSO4·7H2O AR Shanghai Macklin Biochemical Technology Electric Co., Ltd Sodium citrate Na3C6H5O7 98% Shanghai Aladdin Biochemical Technology Co., Ltd Dimethylaminomethylborane C2H10BN 10% Shanghai Aladdin Biochemical Technology Co., Ltd Perfluorinated resin solution nafion 5% Shanghai Macklin Biochemical Technology Electric Co., Ltd Platinum carbon catalyst Pt/ C 20% Shanghai Macklin Biochemical Technology Electric Co., Ltd 表 2 本研究与各种已开发的非贵金属析氢电催化剂在碱性条件下的催化性能
Table 2 Comparison in the catalytic performance for HER between the FeCoNiB/CNFs catalyst of this study and various non-precious metal electrocatalysts reported in literature under alkaline conditions
Electrocatalyst Electrolyte Overpotential / mV Tafel / (mV·dec-1) Reference FeCoNiB/CNFs 1. 0 mol/ L KOH η100=366 41 this study NiCoFeB 1. 0 mol/ L KOH η10=345 98 [33] Co2B-500 1. 0 mol/ L KOH η10≈780 177 [45] Co-B/ CC 1. 0 mol/ L KOH η100≈370 - [15] Ni NP 1. 0 mol/ L KOH η100≈480 167 [46] Ni/ Fe NP 1. 0 mol/ L KOH η100≈510 212 [46] Fe NP 1. 0 mol/ L KOH η100≈730 186 [46] η10 = overpotential for HER to achieve-10 mA/cm2; η100 = overpotential for HER to achieve-100 mA/cm2; CC: carbon cloth; NP: nanoparticles -
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