In situ synthesis of a nickel boron oxide/graphdiyne hybrid for enhanced photo/electrocatalytic H2 evolution

doi:10.1016/S1872-2067(20)63601-4

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Developing highly active catalysts for photo/electrocatalytic water splitting is an attractive strategy to produce H₂ as a renewable energy source. In this study, a new nickel boron oxide/graphdiyne (NiB_i/GDY) hybrid catalyst was prepared by a facile synthetic approach. Benefitting from the strong electron donating ability of graphdiyne, NiB_i/GDY showed an optimized electronic structure containing lower valence nickel atoms and demonstrated improved catalytic performance. As expected, NiB_i/GDY displayed a high photocatalytic H₂ evolution rate of 4.54 mmol g ^‒1 h ^‒1, 2.9 and 4.5 times higher than those of NiB_i/graphene and NiB_i, respectively. NiB_i/GDY also displayed outstanding electrocatalytic H₂ evolution activity in 1.0 M KOH solution, with a current density of 400 mA/cm ² at an overpotential of 478.0 mV, which is lower than that of commercial Pt/C (505.3 mV@400 mA/cm ²). This work demonstrates that GDY is an ideal support for the development of highly active catalysts for photo/electrocatalytic H₂ evolution.

Key words: Graphdiyne, Hybrid material, Photo/electrocatalyst, Water splitting reaction, H₂ evolution

Xue-Peng Yin, Shu-Wen Luo, Shang-Feng Tang, Xiu-Li Lu, Tong-Bu Lu. In situ synthesis of a nickel boron oxide/graphdiyne hybrid for enhanced photo/electrocatalytic H₂ evolution[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2021, 42(8): 1379-1386.

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Fig. 1. SEM images of GDY (a) and NiBi/GDY (b); TEM images of NiBi/GDY (c,d) and NiBi (e); The insets of d and e are the corresponding SAED images of NiBi/GDY and NiBi, respectively; (f) EDS mapping images of NiBi/GDY.

Scheme 1. The in situ growth of NiBi on GDY at room temperature.

Fig. 2. (a) XRD patterns of GDY and NiBi/GDY, (b) Raman spectra of GDY and NiBi/GDY, (c) Ni 2p, and (d) B 1s XPS patterns of NiBi and NiBi/GDY.

Fig. 3. (a) Time dependence of photocatalytic H2 generation using NiBi/GDY, NiBi/graphene, NiBi, and GDY catalysts (Reaction conditions: 2 mg catalyst, 3 mg Eosin Y, 5 mL aqueous solution containing 10 vol% TEOA, Xe-lamp (300 W, λ > 400 nm)). (b) Photocatalytic activity recycling test for NiBi/GDY. (c) Steady-state photoluminescence spectra of NiBi/GDY, NiBi/graphene, and NiBi. (d) Time-resolved fluorescence decay spectra of NiBi/GDY, NiBi/graphene, and NiBi.

Fig. 4. (a) LSV curves of electrochemical HER activities. (b) Electrochemical surface area (ECSA) measurements of NiBi/GDY, NiBi/graphene, and NiBi vs. scan rate. (c) Nyquist plots for NiBi, NiBi/graphene, and NiBi/GDY samples at ?0.2 V vs. RHE. (d) Polarization curves of NiBi/GDY obtained initially and after 2000 cycles (inset: time dependence of the cathodic current density of NiBi/GDY over 40 h).

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