• 文献标题:   Composition dependent electrocatalytic activity of Ni(OH)(2)-graphene hybrid catalyst deposited by one-step vacuum kinetic spray technique
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ABDELRAHIM AG, MOHAMMED MMM, CHUN DM
  • 作者关键词:   ni oh 2 graphene hybrid catalyst, nanoparticle deposition system npds, modified vacuum kinetic spray, oxygen evolution reaction, hydrogen evolution reaction
  • 出版物名称:   MATERIALS CHEMISTRY PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   0254-0584 EI 1879-3312
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Ulsan
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.122675
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Ni(OH)(2)-graphene hybrid bifunctional catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) were deposited on Ni foam from low cost and abundant micro-sized particles of Ni(OH)(2) and graphite powders using modified vacuum spray technique. The deposited thin films exhibited a mixed morphology of nanosheets and nanoflakes. We investigated the effect of increasing Ni(OH)(2) content on the electrocatalytic activity toward the OER and the HER in 1 M KOH. We found that the hybrid catalyst with low Ni (OH)(2) content (20 wt%) revealed a high OER electrocatalytic activity that delivers 50 mA cm(-2) at an overpotential of 330 mV with a low Tafel slope of 78 mV dec(-1). Meanwhile, catalysts with higher Ni(OH)(2) content (80 wt%) exhibited superior HER activity that delivered 20 mA cm(-2) at an overpotential of 154 mV and a low Tafel slope of 92 mV dec(-1). The long term stability for both working electrodes was verified up to 25 h.