Facilitating active species by decorating CeO2 on Ni3S2 nanosheets for efficient water oxidation electrocatalysis

doi:10.1016/S1872-2067(20)63663-4

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In the pursuit of stable,high performance Ni-based oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts,modifying the local chemical compositions or fabricating hybrid nanostructures to generate abundant interfaces for improving the water oxidation activity of electrocatalysts has emerged as an effective strategy. Herein,we report the facile development of a Ni3S2-CeO2 hybrid nanostructure via an electrodeposition method. Benefiting from the strong interfacial interaction between Ni3S2 and CeO2,the electron transfer is notably improved and the water oxidation activity of Ni3S2 nanosheets is significantly enhanced. In 1.0 M KOH,the Ni3S2-CeO2 electrocatalyst achieves a current density of 20 mA cm-2 at a low overpotential of 264 mV,which is 92 mV lower than that of Ni3S2. Moreover,Ni3S2-CeO2 exhibits superior electrochemical stability. Density functional theory calculations demonstrate that the enhanced OER electrocatalytic performance of Ni3S2-CeO2 can be ascribed to an increase in the binding strength of the reaction intermediates at the Ni3S2-CeO2 interface.

Key words: Ni3S2-CeO2 nanosheet, Oxygen evolution reaction, Alkaline conditions, Density functional theory calculations

Qian Wu, Qingping Gao, Limei Sun, Huanmei Guo, Xishi Tai, Dan Li, Li Liu, Chongyi Ling, Xuping Sun. Facilitating active species by decorating CeO₂ on Ni₃S₂ nanosheets for efficient water oxidation electrocatalysis[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2021, 42(3): 482-489.

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Fig. 1. (a) XRD patterns of Ni3S2/NF and Ni3S2-CeO2/NF; SEM images of Ni3S2/NF (b) and Ni3S2-CeO2/NF (c); (d) TEM image of Ni3S2-CeO2; (e,f) HRTEM images of Ni3S2-CeO2.

Fig. 2. XPS spectra in the Ni 2p (a) and Ce 3d (b) regions.

Fig.3. (a) LSV curves for bare NF,RuO2/NF,CeO2/NF,Ni3S2/NF and Ni3S2-CeO2/NF at 5 mV s-1 scan rate in 1.0 M KOH; (b) Tafel plots of RuO2/NF,CeO2/NF,Ni3S2/NF and Ni3S2-CeO2/NF; (c) LSV curves for Ni3S2-CeO2/NF before and after 500 and 1000 cycles; (d) Time-dependent current density curves for Ni3S2-CeO2/NF in 1.0 M KOH.

Fig. 4. (a) Nyquist plots of CeO2/NF,Ni3S2/NF and Ni3S2-CeO2/NF with an equivalent circuit; (b) The calculated Cdl; (c) Oxidation peak current versus scan rate plots; (d) TOF plots for CeO2/NF,Ni3S2/NF and Ni3S2-CeO2/NF.

Fig. 5. (a) Calculated free energy diagrams for OER on CeO2,Ni3S2 and CeO2/Ni3S2 surfaces,as presented by red,black and blue lines,respectively. Structures of the reaction intermediates through the OER process on CeO2 (b),Ni3S2 (c) and CeO2/Ni3S2 (d) surfaces. Blue,yellow,offwhite,red and white balls represent the Ni,S,Ce,O and H atoms,respectively.

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