Copper-doped nickel oxyhydroxide for efficient electrocatalytic ethanol oxidation

doi:10.1016/S1872-2067(21)63995-5

Abstract

Abstract:

Rational design of low-cost and efficient electrocatalysts for ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR) is imperative for electrocatalytic ethanol fuel cells. In this work, we developed a copper-doped nickel oxyhydroxide (Cu-doped NiOOH) catalyst via in situ electrochemical reconstruction of a NiCu alloy. The introduction of Cu dopants increases the specific surface area and more defect sites, as well as forms high-valence Ni sites. The Cu-doped NiOOH electrocatalyst exhibited an excellent EOR performance with a peak current density of 227 mA·cm ^-2 at 1.72 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode, high Faradic efficiencies for acetate production (> 98%), and excellent electrochemical stability. Our work suggests an attractive route of designing non-noble metal based electrocatalysts for ethanol oxidation.

Key words: Ethanol oxidation reaction, Electrocatalyst, Cu doping, Nickel oxyhydroxide, Acetate

Huining Wang, Anxiang Guan, Junbo Zhang, Yuying Mi, Si Li, Taotao Yuan, Chao Jing, Lijuan Zhang, Linjuan Zhang, Gengfeng Zheng. Copper-doped nickel oxyhydroxide for efficient electrocatalytic ethanol oxidation[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2022, 43(6): 1478-1484.

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Fig. 1. (a) Schematic illustration for the preparation of Cu-doped NiOOH. (b) Raman spectra of NiCu alloy (black curve) and Cu-doped NiOOH (red curve). SEM (c), TEM (d), and high-resolution TEM (e) images of Cu-doped NiOOH. The panel (e) was zoomed in from the highlighted red box in (d). (f) HRTEM image and corresponding EDS results of Cu-doped NiOOH: Ni (green), Cu (blue), and O (red).

Fig. 2. (a) High-resolution XPS spectra for Ni 2p of NiOOH (upper panel) and Cu-doped NiOOH (lower panel). (b) CV curves of Cu-doped NiOOH in 1 mol/L KOH at increasing potential scan rates of 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100 mV·s-1, respectively. (c) Linear relationship between anodic (Ipa, black curve), cathodic current (Ipc, red curve) densities and the scan rates. (d) Calculations of double layer capacitances for the Cu-doped NiOOH (purple curve) and NiOOH (green curve).

Fig. 3. (a) CV curves of Cu-doped NiOOH, NiOOH, NiCu alloy, Ni and Cu at 100 mV·s-1 in 1 mol/L KOH with 1 mol/L ethanol. (b) Electrocatalytic EOR activity of different catalysts. (c) 1H NMR spectra of liquid products at different potentials on Cu-doped NiOOH. (d) Faradaic efficiency of Cu-doped NiOOH for acetate production at different potentials.

Fig. 4. (a) Photograph of the electrochemical cell setup and the 532-nm laser excitation for in situ electrochemical Raman spectroscopy measurements. (b) Electrochemical Raman spectra of Cu-doped NiOOH before the electrolysis (black curve), under different potentials during EOR, and after the electrolysis (purple curve). (c) Chronopotentiometric curve recorded in a mixture of 1.0 mol/L KOH and 1.0 mol/L ethanol at 1.7 V.

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