Highly active sites of NiVB nanoparticles dispersed onto graphene nanosheets towards efficient and pH-universal overall water splitting

• 作者: Muhammad Arif Ghulam Yasin Muhammad Shakeel Muhammad Asim Mushtaq Wen Ye Xiaoyu Fang Shengfu Ji Dongpeng Yan
• 来源期刊: 能源化学
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（7）
• 页码范围: 237-246
• 页数: 10页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Production of hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2) through electrocatalytic water splitting is one of the sustainable,green and pivotal ways to accomplish the ever-increasing demands for renewable energy sources,but remains a big challenge because of the uphill reaction during overall water splitting.Herein,we develop high-performance non-noble metal electrocatalysts for pH-universal water splitting,based on nickel/vanadium boride (NiVB) nanoparticles/reduced graphene oxide (rGO) hybrid (NiVB/rGO) through a facile chemical reduction approach under ambient condition.By virtue of more exposure to surface active sites,superior electron transfer capability and strong electronic coupling,the asprepared NiVB/rGO heterostructure needs pretty low overpotentials of 267 and 151 mV to deliver a current density of 10 mA cm-2 for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) respectively,with the corresponding Tafel slope of 44 and 88 mV dec-1 in 1.0 M KOH.Moreover,the NiVB/rGO electrocatalysts display a promising performance in a wide-pH conditions that require low overpotential of 310,353 and 489 mV to drive a current density of 10 mA cm-2 for OER under 0.5 M KOH,0.05 M H2SO4 and 1.0 M phosphate buffer solution (PBS) respectively,confirming the excellent electrocatalytic performance among state-of-the-art Ni-based electrocatalysts for overall water splitting.Therefore,the interfacial tuning based on incorporation of active heterostructure may pave a new route to develop bifunctional,cost-effective and efficient electrocatalyst systems for water splitting and H2 production.