Refined Ni, Co-Induced Synthesis of NiCoP Nanoparticles Uniformly Embedded in NCNTs: A Robust Dual-Functional Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting

ZHANG Xupeng; ZHAN Junling; WANG Ying; LIU Qun; ZHANG Yu; WANG Jiabo; CHEN Li

doi:10.1016/S1872-5813(24)60446-9

Article Contents

Article Navigation > Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology > 2024 > Uncorrected proof

ZHANG Xupeng, ZHAN Junling, WANG Ying, LIU Qun, ZHANG Yu, WANG Jiabo, CHEN Li. Refined Ni, Co-Induced Synthesis of NiCoP Nanoparticles Uniformly Embedded in NCNTs: A Robust Dual-Functional Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(24)60446-9

Citation:

ZHANG Xupeng, ZHAN Junling, WANG Ying, LIU Qun, ZHANG Yu, WANG Jiabo, CHEN Li. Refined Ni, Co-Induced Synthesis of NiCoP Nanoparticles Uniformly Embedded in NCNTs: A Robust Dual-Functional Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(24)60446-9

Citation:

ZHANG Xupeng, ZHAN Junling, WANG Ying, LIU Qun, ZHANG Yu, WANG Jiabo, CHEN Li. Refined Ni, Co-Induced Synthesis of NiCoP Nanoparticles Uniformly Embedded in NCNTs: A Robust Dual-Functional Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(24)60446-9

PDF( 11764 KB)

Refined Ni, Co-Induced Synthesis of NiCoP Nanoparticles Uniformly Embedded in NCNTs: A Robust Dual-Functional Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(24)60446-9

ZHANG Xupeng^1
,,
ZHAN Junling^4
,,
WANG Ying^1
,,
LIU Qun^1
,,
ZHANG Yu^{1
,
,},
WANG Jiabo^{1, 3
,
,},
CHEN Li^{2
,
,}

1.
School of Petrochemical Technology, Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology, Jilin 132022, P. R. China
2.
Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, P. R. China
3.
Engineering Research Center of Jilin Provincial Higher Education University of Chemical Separation Technology, School of Petrochemical Technology, Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology, Jilin 132022, P. R. China
4.
Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry of Jilin Province, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China

Funds: This research is supported by Scientific and Technological Research Planning Project of the 13th Five Year Plan of Jilin Provincial Department of Education (JJKH20200237KJ, JJKH20210233KJ), the fund of Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology (2020 No. 22, 2021 No. 20, 2021 No. 48), Jilin Scientific and Technological Development Program, the Central Guide Local Scientific and Technological Development Fund, Jilin Province Natural Science Fund (YDZJ202201ZYTS405).

More Information

Corresponding author: Pro. Yu Zhang, E-mail: zhang99yu@hotmail.com; Dr. Jiabo Wang, E-mail: wangjb794@nenu.edu.cnDr. Jiabo Wang, E-mail: wangjb794@nenu.edu.cn; Dr. Li Chen, E-mail: lichen@ahu.edu.cnDr. Li Chen, E-mail: lichen@ahu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2023-12-29
Accepted Date: 2024-03-06
Rev Recd Date: 2024-01-31

Available Online: 2024-04-13

Abstract

Abstract

Ni, Co-induced highly distributed NiCoP nanoparticles embedded nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (NCNTs) (NiCo/NiCoP-NCNTs) were directly synthesized by a one-step phosphorization and carbonization process. As a bifunctional electrocatalyst for water splitting, NiCo/NiCoP NCNTs show impressive catalytic performance with an overpotential of only 206 mV for the hydrogen evolution reaction and 360 mV for the oxygen evolution reaction in 0.5 M H₂SO₄ and 1 M KOH solutions, respectively. In addition, NiCo/NiCoP NCNTs maintain a stable cell voltage of 1.68 V at 10 mA cm^-2 with only a 10% decrease in current density over 48 hours, showing remarkable stability. The improved catalytic activity can be attributed to the integration of NiCoP nanoparticles and the synergies between NCNTs and NiCo alloy. Additionally, the improved electrocatalytic performance can be attributed to the increased electrochemically active surface area and the reduced electron transfer resistance of the NiCo/NiCoP-NCNTs. Overall, the NiCo/NiCoP-NCNTs demonstrated significant performance for advanced water electrolysis applications.
- carbon nanotubes,
- nickel-cobalt phosphide,
- bifunctional catalyst,
- electrocatalytic water splitting

FullText(HTML)

References(36)

References

[1]	GAO J X, TIAN W J, ZHANG H Y. Progress of Nb-containing catalysts for carbon dioxide reduction: a minireview[J]. Tungsten,2022,4(4):284−295.
[2]	JIAO Y, ZHENG Y, JARONIEC M, et al. Design of electrocatalysts for oxygen-and hydrogen-involving energy conversion reactions[J]. Chem Soc Rev,2015,44(8):2060−2086.
[3]	HUO W Y, WANG S Q, ZHU W H, et al. Recent progress on high-entropy materials for electrocatalytic water splitting applications[J]. Tungsten,2021,3(2):161−180.
[4]	WANG J, ZHANG J, ZHANG P, et al. Uniformly dispersed NiO/FeNi₃ alloy nanoparticles embedded in N-doped porous carbon as electrocatalysts for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction[J]. J Alloys Compd, 2023, 968.
[5]	ZHANG T, DU J, XI P, et al. Hybrids of Cobalt/Iron Phosphides Derived from Bimetal-Organic Frameworks as Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction[J]. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,2016,9(1):362−370.
[6]	LIU Y, WANG B, SRINIVAS K, et al. CNT-interconnected iron-doped NiP2/Ni2P heterostructural nanoflowers as high-efficiency electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction[J]. Int J Hydrogen Energy,2022,47(26):12903−12913.
[7]	WANG J, FU Y, ZHANG P, et al. Designing N-doped graphene-like supported highly dispersed bimetallic NiCoP NPs as an efficient electrocatalyst for water oxidation[J]. Dalton Transactions,2023,52(37):13079−13088.
[8]	TANG T, WANG Z, GUAN J. A review of defect engineering in two-dimensional materials for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis,2022,43(3):636−678. doi: 10.1016/S1872-2067(21)63945-1
[9]	LIU J, NING G, SHI K, et al. N-doped hollow porous carbon spheres@Co Cu Fe alloy nanospheres as novel non-precious metal electrocatalysts for HER and OER[J]. Int J Hydrogen Energy,2022,47(9):5947−5960.
[10]	WANG Z, WEI C, ZHU X, et al. A hierarchical carbon nanotube forest supported metal phosphide electrode for efficient overall water splitting[J]. Journal of Materials Chemistry A,2021,9(2):1150−1158.
[11]	JANG D, LEE S, KWON N. H, et al. Preparation of carbon nitride nanotubes with P-doping and their photocatalytic properties for hydrogen evolution[J]. Carbon,2023,208:290−302.
[12]	CHEN L, LIU Z, GUO Z, et al. Regulation of intrinsic physicochemical properties of metal oxide nanomaterials for energy conversion and environmental detection applications[J]. Journal of Materials Chemistry A,2020,8(34):17326−17359.
[13]	YU H, LI J, GAO G, et al. Metal-organic frameworks derived carbon-incorporated cobalt/dicobalt phosphide microspheres as Mott–Schottky electrocatalyst for efficient and stable hydrogen evolution reaction in wide-pH environment[J]. J Colloid Interface Sci,2020,565:513−522.
[14]	MONDAL S, DUTTA S, MAL S, et al. Lattice mismatch guided nickel-indium heterogeneous alloy electrocatalysts for promoting the alkaline hydrogen evolution[J]. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2023, 10.1002/anie. 202301269: e202301269.
[15]	WANG Z, ZHANG S, LV X, et al. Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution on iron-cobalt nanoparticles encapsulated in nitrogenated carbon nanotube[J]. Int J Hydrogen Energy,2019,44(31):16478−16486.
[16]	TESSONNIER J P, SU D S. Recent progress on the growth mechanism of carbon nanotubes: A review[J]. ChemSusChem,2011,4(7):824−847. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201100175
[17]	WANG J, CHEN W, WANG T, et al. A strategy for highly dispersed Mo₂C/MoN hybrid nitrogen-doped graphene via ion-exchange resin synthesis for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen reduction[J]. Nano Research,2018,11(9):4535−4548.
[18]	LOUCHEV O. A, SATO Y. and KANDA H. Growth mechanism of carbon nanotube forests by chemical vapor deposition[J]. Appl Phys Lett,2002,80(15):2752−2754.
[19]	WANG J, ZHANG J, LIU Z, et al. Convenient synthesis of nico alloy nanoparticles encapsulated by N-Doped porous carbon for the oxygen evolution reaction[J]. ACS Applied Nano Materials,2023,6(21):19858−19866.
[20]	PAN Y, CHEN Y, LIN Y, et al. Cobalt nickel phosphide nanoparticles decorated carbon nanotubes as advanced hybrid catalysts for hydrogen evolution[J]. Journal of Materials Chemistry A,2016,4(38):14675−14686.
[21]	MATSOSO B. J, RANGANATHAN K, MUTUMA B. K, et al. Time-dependent evolution of the nitrogen configurations in N-doped graphene films[J]. RSC Advances,2016,6(108):106914−106920.
[22]	ZHOU Y, XU X, SHAN B, et al. Tuning and understanding the supercapacitance of heteroatom-doped graphene[J]. Energy Storage Materials,2015,1:103−111.
[23]	GAYATHRI S, ARUNKUMAR P. and HAN J. H. Scanty graphene-driven phase control and heteroatom functionalization of ZIF-67-derived CoP-draped N-doped carbon/graphene as a hybrid electrode for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitor[J]. J Colloid Interface Sci, 2021, 582(Pt B): 1136-1148.
[24]	GAYATHRI S, ARUNKUMAR P, SAHA D, et al. Composition engineering of ZIF-derived cobalt phosphide/cobalt monoxide heterostructures for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors[J]. J Colloid Interface Sci,2021,588:557−570.
[25]	YAN G, TAN H, WANG Y, et al. Amorphous quaternary alloy phosphide hierarchical nanoarrays with pagoda-like structure grown on Ni foam as pH-universal electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction[J]. Appl Surf Sci,2019,489:519−527.
[26]	FAN H, YU H, ZHANG Y, et al. Fe-Doped Ni₃C nanodots in N-Doped carbon nanosheets for efficient hydrogen-evolution and oxygen-evolution electrocatalysis[J]. Angew Chem Int Ed,2017,56(41):12566−12570.
[27]	SUGITA Y. , MIYAKE T. and MOTOME Y. Electronic band structure of 4d and 5d transition metal trichalcogenides[J]. Physica B:Condensed Matter,2018,536:48−50.
[28]	ZHANG R, WANG X, YU S, et al. Ternary NiCo(2) P(x) Nanowires as ph-universal electrocatalysts for highly efficient hydrogen evolution reaction[J]. Adv Mater, 2017, 29 (9):
[29]	SINGH S. K, KUMAR D, DHAVALE V. M, et al. strategic preparation of efficient and durable nico alloy supported N-Doped porous graphene as an oxygen evolution electrocatalyst: A theoretical and experimental investigation[J]. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2016, 3 (20):
[30]	DU C, YANG L, YANG F, et al. Nest-like nicop for highly efficient overall water splitting[J]. ACS Catalysis,2017,7(6):4131−4137.
[31]	LI J, WEI G, ZHU Y, et al. Hierarchical NiCoP nanocone arrays supported on Ni foam as an efficient and stable bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting[J]. Journal of Materials Chemistry A,2017,5(28):14828−14837.
[32]	WANG Y, ZHANG B, PAN W, et al. 3 D porous nickel-cobalt nitrides supported on nickel foam as efficient electrocatalysts for overall water splitting[J]. ChemSusChem,2017,10(21):4170−4177.
[33]	XU Y, TU W, ZHANG B, et al. Nickel nanoparticles encapsulated in few-layer nitrogen-doped graphene derived from metal-organic frameworks as efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting[J]. Adv Mater, 2017, 29 (11):
[34]	XUAN C, WANG J, XIA W, et al. Porous structured Ni-Fe-P nanocubes derived from a prussian blue analogue as an electrocatalyst for efficient overall water splitting[J]. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces,2017,9(31):26134−26142.
[35]	JAYARAMULU K, MASA J, TOMANEC O, et al. Nanoporous nitrogen-doped graphene oxide/nickel sulfide composite sheets derived from a metal-organic framework as an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen and oxygen evolution[J]. Advanced Functional Materials, 2017, 27 (33):
[36]	LI X, NIU Z, JIANG J, et al. Cobalt nanoparticles embedded in porous N-rich carbon as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for water splitting[J]. Journal of Materials Chemistry A,2016,4(9):3204−3209.