Ni-WC复合电极在弱酸性介质中的析氢催化性能

复合电沉积技术可以用来获得许多具有特殊功能的表层复合材料1]．其中，用来制各具有电催化活性的表层功能复合材料，引起了人们的极大兴趣2－4]．对酸性介质中氢的析出反应，金属和合金电催化作用的研究已有不少报导5－8]，但金属基复合物电催化作用研究的报告，尚不多见．本研究工作米用复合电沉积方法制备WC微粒弥散于Ni中的复合镀层，考察了其在弱酸性介质中析氢反应的电催化性能．1实验制各Ni－WC复合电极的基础镇液组成为NiSO4·6H2O310g·L－1，NiCl2·6H2O50g·L－1，H3BO340g·L-1．所用试剂均为分析纯级，用去离子水…

Study on the Catalytic Property of Ni-WC Composite Electrode for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Weak Acidic Medium

Ni-WC composite coating was obtained by using composite electrodeposition technique. The behavior of Ni-WC composite coating used as cathode material for hydro gen evolution reaction (HER) in a medium of 0.1 mol .L-1H2SO4+0.5mol.L-1 Na2SO4 was inverstigated. The experimental results show that the catalytic activity of Ni-WC composite electrode for HER in weak acidic medium is appearently higher than that of the electrode plated with Ni and is increased with the increasing of WC content in the coating. As compared with Ni plated electrode, the increase in catalytic activity of the composite electrode for HER should be attributed to the dispersion of WC particles in the Ni deposit, since the mechanism of HER for the two kinds of electrodes is the same.Owing to the incorporation of WC particles in Ni deposit, the standard activation free enthalpy for HER is decreased, and the defects and dislocations in the crystal sturcture of the composite coating are increased. This is equivalent to the addition of catalysis accelerator WC in the catalyst Ni.