催化学报 ›› 2019, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (7): 1063-1069.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(18)63194-8

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用于高效析氧反应的交联多孔镍阵列的合理构建

张凯丽a, 邓盛珏a, 钟宇a, 王亚东b, 吴建波c, 王秀丽a, 夏新辉a, 涂江平a   

  1. a 浙江大学材料科学与工程学院硅材料国家重点实验室, 浙江省电池新材料与应用技术研究重点实验室, 浙江杭州 310027, 中国;
    b 南洋理工学院工程系, 新加坡;
    c 台州学院浙江省工量刀具检测与深加工技术研究重点实验室, 浙江台州 318000, 中国
  • 收稿日期:2018-10-11 修回日期:2018-10-23 出版日期:2019-07-18 发布日期:2019-05-24
  • 通讯作者: 夏新辉
  • 基金资助:

    国家自然科学基金(51772272,51502263,51728204);中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金(2018QNA4011);浙江省"钱江人才计划"(QJD1602029);教育部"创新团队发展计划"(IRT13037);浙江大学百人计划启动基金.

Rational construction of cross-linked porous nickel arrays for efficient oxygen evolution reaction

Kaili Zhanga, Shengjue Denga, Yu Zhonga, Yadong Wangb, Jianbo Wuc, Xiuli Wanga, Xinhui Xiaa, Jiangping Tua   

  1. a State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang, China;
    b School of Engineering, Nanyang Polytechnic, 569830, Singapore;
    c Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Cutting Tools, Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2018-10-11 Revised:2018-10-23 Online:2019-07-18 Published:2019-05-24
  • Supported by:

    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51772272, 51502263, 51728204), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2018QNA4011), Qianjiang Talents Plan of Zhejiang Province (QJD1602029), the Program for Innovative Research Team in University of Ministry of Education of China (IRT13037), and the Startup Foundation for Hundred-Talent Program of Zhejiang University. The authors acknowledge the SEM/TEM support from Qiaohong He, Xiaokun Ding and Fang Chen from Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University.

摘要:

为应对世界能源格局的巨大变化,追求高效绿色能源技术研究始终是一个热点.通常,电化学水分解被认为是最有潜力的环境友好型能量转换策略之一.氧气释放反应(OER)作为水分解的必要过程依赖于低成本高效电催化剂的发展.目前,贵金属氧化物(如氧化铱/氧化钌)被认为是碱性溶液中最高效的OER催化剂.然而,高成本、稀缺性和不稳定性阻碍了它们的广泛应用.因此,探索成本低廉且高效的OER电催化剂成为现今工作的重点.以过渡金属为基础的催化剂因其天然丰度、较高的催化活性、低廉的成本和较好的循环稳定性受到人们的青睐.其中,包括氢氧化镍、氧化镍、硫化镍、磷化镍等在内的镍基化合物是最有代表性的研究对象.到目前为止,已有很多工作对镍基材料进行优化来增强其电子导电性和电化学活性面积,从而大大提高了OER催化性能.但是,这些非阵列的镍基材料由于物质团聚导致反应活性位点被覆盖,同时平面或者粉末状的结构使得材料表面与电解液的接触面积有限,因而催化性能受到限制.相比之下,无粘合剂的3D多孔镍结构通过增加可接触面积和电化学活性位点来改善电催化活性,交联结构也为电子传输和离子扩散提供了更丰富和更短的传输通道,从而提高了催化剂的导电性,有利于电催化性能的提高.
本文通过简便的一步电沉积方法合理地设计了具有交联多孔结构的3D镍阵列作为碱性溶液中自支撑的高效OER电催化剂.SEM图清晰地展示了3D多孔镍阵列的形貌特征.3D镍与基底结合紧密且均匀有序地生长,表现出高度交联分支的多孔结构,样品由许多直径为0.5-1.5μm的镍颗粒构成,阵列的孔洞直径为5-10μm.对3D多孔镍阵列的形成机理进行了探讨.利用TEM和XRD对样品进行了微观结构和物相的进一步表征,发现镍分支由200-400nm的纳米颗粒组成.通过晶面间距、电子选区衍射和XRD图谱确定合成了镍的纯相,并与泡沫镍的形貌和物相进行了对比.样品的电催化性能测试表明,与泡沫镍相比,3D多孔镍表现出优越的OER电催化性能,具有较低的过电位(50mA cm-2时为496mV)、较小的Tafel斜率(43mV dec-1)、较小的电阻、较大的电化学活性面积以及碱性溶液中的长期稳定性(24小时后无衰变).同时,我们在对3D多孔镍催化性能提高的原因进行了分析.本文提出的合理设计策略可为其他先进3D多孔材料的构建以及电催化剂的改进提供一个新思路.

关键词: 氧气释放反应, 镍阵列, 电催化, 多孔结构, 电沉积

Abstract:

It is important but challenging to design and fabricate an efficient and cost-effective electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Herein, we report free-standing 3D nickel arrays with a cross-linked porous structure as interesting and high-performance electrocatalysts for OER via a facile one-step electrodeposition method. The 3D nickel arrays are strongly anchored on the substrate, forming self-supported electrocatalysts with reinforced structural stability and high electrical conductivity. Because of their increased active surface area, abundant channels for electron/ion transportation and enhanced electronic conductivity, the designed 3D nickel arrays exhibit superior electrocatalytic OER performance with a low overpotential (496 mV at 50 mA cm-2) and a small Tafel slope (43 mV dec-1) as well as long-term stability (no decay after 24 h) in alkaline solution. Our proposed rational design strategy may open up a new way to construct other advanced 3D porous materials for widespread application in electrocatalysis.

Key words: Oxygen evolution reaction, Nickel arrays, Electrocatalysis, Porous structure, Electrodeposition