Accelerated Durability Test for High-Surface-Area Oxyhydroxide Nickel Supported on Raney Nickel as Catalyst for the Alkaline Oxygen Evolution Reaction

We demonstrate a fit-for-purpose accelerated durability test (ADT) of a high-surface-area catalyst for the alkaline oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Using an automatized electrochemical setup enabled us to run a complex ADT protocol including online detection of the effective solution resistance as well as linear voltammetry, cyclic voltammetry, cyclic galvanograms, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) for 55 h in total. Using this protocol, we tested the service life stability of a nickel oxyhydroxide (NiOx) catalyst based on Raney Ni. The catalyst was prepared by growing nickel oxyhydroxide on high-surface-area Raney Ni and subsequent formation of the active phase. The successful synthesis of the active NiOx phase is supported by cyclic voltammetry and Raman spectroscopy. The as prepared and activated Raney NiOx exhibits an overpotential for the OER of 304 mV at 10 mA cm⁻² with a Tafel slope of 53 mV dec⁻¹ and roughness factors as high as 4515 determined by EIS during OER. By concentrating for the ADT protocol on current densities relevant for coupling water electrolysis to photovoltaics, it is demonstrated that Raney NiOx is a promising anode material candidate as it is earth abundant and its active phase exhibits high OER activity as well as stability.     

镍硫析氢活性阴极的电化学制备及其电催化机理

以硫代硫酸钠作为硫源, 在基本的瓦特浴镀液体系中通过恒电流电沉积方法获得了不同晶体结构的镍硫合金活性阴极. 通过能量散射谱(EDS)、X射线衍射(XRD)以及扫描电子显微镜(SEM)对镀层的化学成分、晶体结构以及表面形貌进行了分析, 并对活性阴极的电催化活性以及析氢过程机理进行了研究. XRD测试结果表明, 随着镀层中硫含量的变化, 镀层的晶体结构呈现出非晶态/Ni3S2混晶和金属间化合物(Ni3S2)两种晶体结构, 其中, 硫含量为33.9%(原子分数)的非晶态/Ni3S2混晶结构的活性阴极在碱性溶液中具有很好的析氢活性, 其优良的析氢活性主要来自于Ni3S2很强的吸附氢能力. 交流阻抗的测试结果表明, Ni3S2金属间化合物的析氢过程只存在一个电化学反应步骤, 而非晶态/Ni3S2混晶镍硫合金活性阴极的析氢过程存在三个电化学反应步骤.     

电解水新型Ni-S析氢电极的研制

电解水新型Ｎｉ－Ｓ析氢电极的研制①袁孝友＊（安徽大学化学化工学院合肥２３００３９）王金玉（哈尔滨工业大学应用化学系哈尔滨１５０００１）大规模工业化电解水制Ｈ２始于本世纪３０年代．进入７０年代,西方国家就将Ｈ２作为能源列入开发计划．欧共体于１９７６年制...     

Ni-Co/RuO2复合电极的制备及其电催化析氢性能

采用快速凝固结合去合金化的方法制备纳米多孔Ni-Co合金,利用RuO_2对Ni-Co合金进行表面修饰,通过X射线衍射(XRD)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)对多孔材料进行物相分析和形貌表征,并通过线性扫描伏安法、多电位阶跃法、交流阻抗法和恒电流电解法测试多孔电极的电催化析氢性能。结果表明,Ni-Co/RuO_2复合电极材料在50 mA·cm~(-2)电流密度下析氢过电位为180 mV,析氢过程由Volmer-Heyrovsky步骤控制,交换电流密度为4.42 mA·cm~(-2),经10 h恒电流电解后电位仅增加20 mV,表现出良好的析氢稳定性。     

氧化铁镍电极上析氧反应的电化学研究

应用射频反应磁控溅射法制备阳极催化氧化铁镍薄膜,由循环伏安、线性扫描伏安、极化曲线和电化学交流阻抗谱等研究发生在该电极上的氧化反应.结果表明,作为活化中心的铁能使过电势降低,并且随着溅射过程氧流量的增加催化性能增强,铁的掺入使得速率限定步骤由OH-的释放变为氧原子的结合.与镍相比,氧化铁镍是更理想的催化阳极材料,当电流密度为50 mA/cm2时,其氧的过电势比镍的下降了500 mV.     

原位生长Pd/Ni(OH)2/NF复合催化剂及其析氢性能

采用水热合成法在泡沫镍上原位构建了低贵金属含量的钯/氢氧化镍纳米复合催化剂（Pd/Ni（OH）₂/NF）。通过扫描电镜,能谱仪,X射线衍射仪和X射线光电子谱仪等分析技术表征了催化剂的形貌和微观结构;运用线性扫描伏安法,电化学阻抗谱和计时电流法等手段研究了催化剂的催化析氢性能。实验结果显示复合催化剂具有特殊的微观构型,超薄的Ni（OH）₂薄片生长在泡沫镍表面,纳米尺寸的钯均匀地镶嵌在氢氧化镍薄片中。催化剂表面的氢氧化镍有利于促进水的解离,加快氢中间体的形成;均匀分散的钯极易吸附解离的氢中间体,快速地复合成氢气分子。我们发现复合催化剂能协同加快析氢反应过程,极大地降低析氢过电位,提高了析氢活性。此外,复合催化剂原位生长在泡沫镍上,有效地提高了催化电极的稳定性。     

Interfacial Coupling of Graphene with Nickel Nanoparticles for Water Splitting and Urea Oxidation: A Spectroelectrochemical Investigation

Nickel nanoparticle and graphene interfaces of various stoichiometries were created through electrodeposition techniques. The catalytic behavior of the electrodeposited films was investigated through spectro-electrochemical methodologies. UV-vis absorbance spectra of the electrodeposited films are significantly different in the air and alkaline medium. Furthermore, UV-vis and Raman spectroscopy confirmed the coupling of Ni nanoparticles (Ni-NP) with the graphene framework, along with NiO and Ni(OH)₂. A combination of Raman and impedance spectroscopy revealed that the surface adsorption and charge transfer properties of the electrodeposited films are entirely dependent on the defects on graphene structure as well as distribution of Ni-NP on graphene. The electrodeposited films possess heterogeneous catalytic properties with a low overpotential of 50 mV (10 mA/cm⁻²) for hydrogen evolution reaction, as well as 601 mV and 391 mV (at 50 mA/cm⁻²) for the oxygen evolution reaction and urea oxidation reaction, respectively. In addition, eelectrodeposited samples show extraordinary overall water splitting performance by achieving a current density of 10 mA/cm² at a very low applied potential of 1.38 V. This synergistic coupling of Ni and graphene renders the electrodeposited samples promising candidates as electrodes for overall water splitting in alkaline and urea-supplemented solutions.     

RuO2修饰纳米多孔Ni-Mo复合电极及其电催化析氢性能

采用脱合金化结合胶体聚沉的方法制备了纳米多孔Ni/RuO_2、Ni-Mo/RuO_2复合电极材料。通过X射线衍射(XRD)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、扫描电镜(SEM)、透射电镜(TEM)对电极材料的物相、元素组态、形貌结构、孔径大小和结晶度进行表征,并通过线性扫描伏安、交流阻抗以及循环伏安等方法测试多孔电极的电催化析氢性能。分析结果显示:RuO_2由于聚沉作用包覆在Ni基合金的骨架表面。Mo的加入使Ni-Mo合金非晶化的同时,促使其骨架细化,形成双连续的纳米多孔结构。Mo与RuO_2的加入以及Mo含量的增加均提高了电催化析氢性能。纳米多孔Ni_(2.5)Mo_(2.5)/RuO_2复合电极在50 mA·cm~(-2)的电流密度下析氢过电位为182 mV。     

Ni-Fe/Ti和Ni-Fe-S/Ti的制备及其电催化水分解性能

以钛网为基底,采用电沉积法制备了Ni-Fe/Ti析氧电极,然后将得到的Ni-Fe/Ti电极通过固相硫化制备了Ni-Fe-S/Ti析氢电极. 分别考察了电沉积液中Ni ²⁺/Fe ³⁺离子摩尔浓度比和硫脲加入量对Ni-Fe/Ti和Ni-Fe-S/Ti结构和电化学性能的影响. 结果表明,随着电沉积液中Ni ²⁺含量的增加,Ni-Fe/Ti电极析氧性能先增强后减弱,Ni9Fe1/Ti电极具有最好的析氧性能;随着硫脲加入量的增加,Ni-Fe-S/Ti电极析氢性能呈现先增强后减弱的趋势,Ni9Fe1S0.25/Ti电极具有最好的析氢性能. 在50 mA·cm ^-2下,Ni9Fe1/Ti电极的析氧过电位为280 mV,Ni9Fe1S0.25/Ti电极的析氢过电位为269 mV,且均具有很好的稳定性. 将Ni9Fe1/Ti与Ni9Fe1S0.25/Ti分别作为阳极和阴极进行电催化全水分解,电流密度达到50 mA·cm ^-2所需电势仅1.69 V,表现出很好的全水解催化性能.     

Comparative X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic study on the desulfurization of thiophene by Raney nickel and rapidly quenched skeletal nickel

The desulfurization of thiophene on Raney Ni and rapidly quenched skeletal Ni (RQ Ni) has been studied in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The Raney Ni or RQ Ni can be approximated as a hydrogen-preadsorbed polycrystalline Ni-alumina composite. It is found that thiophene molecularly adsorbs on Raney Ni or RQ Ni at 103 K. At 173 K, thiophene on alumina is desorbed, while thiophene in direct contact with the metallic Ni in Raney Ni undergoes C-S bond scission, leading to carbonaceous species most probably in the metallocycle-like configuration and atomic sulfur. On RQ Ni, the temperature for thiophene dissociation is about 100 K higher than that on Raney Ni. The lower reactivity of RQ Ni toward thiophene is tentatively attributed to lattice expansion of Ni crystallites in RQ Ni due to rapid quenching. The existence of alumina and hydrogen may block the further cracking of the metallocycle-like species on Raney Ni and RQ Ni at higher temperatures, which has been the dominant reaction pathway on Ni single crystals. By 473 K, the C 1s peak has disappeared, leaving nickel sulfide on the surface.     

非晶态Ni基合金电极电子结构的XPS研究

用XPS测定了含P、Ce、La的Ni基合金的费米能级及各元素的芯级电子结合能,讨论了合金的电子结构以及它与析氢反应的电催化活性即析氢超电势之间的联系。结果表明：合金中各元素的原子间存在着电荷传输,它对析氢反应活性起重要作用。     

电沉积Ni-PSZ梯度镀层过程中阴极电流效率的研究

采用动电位扫描,电化学交流阻抗及扫描电子显微镜研究电沉积Ｎｉ－ＰＳＺ梯度镀层过程中阴极电流效率的变化规律及其机理．结果表明,Ｎｉ－ＰＳＺ复合镀层对氢的析出反应具有催化作用,在镀液中加入ＰＳＺ微粒后,能增大镍还原过电位,降低氢析出过电位,从而不断降低电沉积梯度镀层过程中的阴极电流效率．在电沉积Ｎｉ的过程中,有中间吸附相Ｎｉ＋ａｄｓ生成,ＰＳＺ微粒的加入能优先催化Ｈａｄｓ,加速氢气析出     

Enhancement of Oxygen Evolution Activity of Nickel Oxyhydroxide by Electrolyte Alkali Cations

Herein, the effect of the alkali cation (Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, and Cs⁺) in alkaline electrolytes with and without Fe impurities is investigated for enhancing the activity of nickel oxyhydroxide (NiOOH) for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Cyclic voltammograms show that Fe impurities have a significant catalytic effect on OER activity; however, both under purified and unpurified conditions, the trend in OER activity is Cs⁺ > Na⁺ > K⁺ > Li⁺, suggesting an intrinsic cation effect of the OER activity on Fe‐free Ni oxyhydroxide. In situ surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), shows this cation dependence is related to the formation of superoxo OER intermediate (NiOO^?). The electrochemically active surface area, evaluated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), is not influenced significantly by the cation. We postulate that the cations interact with the Ni?OO^? species leading to the formation of NiOO^??M⁺ species that is stabilized better by bigger cations (Cs⁺). This species would then act as the precursor to O₂ evolution, explaining the higher activity.     

Carbon Dots Integrated NiCo2O4 Hierarchical Nanoneedle Arrays Supported on Ni Foam as Efficient and Stable Electrode for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions

The production of hydrogen and oxygen via water electrolysis has become a sustainable and encouraging pathway for the establishment of new energy sources. Herein, we report the successful growth of hierarchical NiCo₂O₄‐carbon dots (CDs) nanoneedle arrays supported on nickel foam through a simple and environmentally benign hydrothermal self‐assembly technique. The designed material acts as a binder free electrode and shows bifunctional electrocatalytic activity for both hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) as well as oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline medium. An electrocatalyst sample with an optimal loading of CDs (25 mg) requires a low overpotential of 146 mV to achieve a current density of 10 mA/cm² for the HER in an alkaline medium, whereas it requires an overpotential of 390 mV to achieve a current density of 50 mA/cm² for the OER in the same alkaline medium. The excellent electrocatalytic activities of the sample with loading of CD can be ascribed due to the presence of large number of exposed active sites offered by CD/NiCo₂O₄ and the enhanced electron transfer processes occurring as a result of hierarchical structure composed of three‐dimensional nickel foam and the NiCo₂O₄?CDs nanoneedle arrays. Thus, the synthesis method introduced in this present work is a facile and cost‐effective approach for the construction of bifunctional electrocatalysts with high reactivity and excellent durability.     

碳电极上电沉积的Ni-MgO纳米复合物催化甲醇和乙醇电氧化反应

在细小MgO增强颗粒的存在下,采用电沉积法在碳阳极上经瓦特镍制得Ni–MgO纳米复合物,考察了它在碱性介质中电催化氧化甲醇和乙醇反应性能,并与碳涂覆的纯Ni催化剂(Ni/C)性能进行了比较。运用能量散射谱、X射线衍射和扫描电镜分别表征了沉积的纳米复合物的化学组成、相结构和表面形貌,并采用循环伏安法(CV)、计时电流法和电化学阻抗谱(EIS)等电化学技术考察了所制电催化剂阳极的催化活性。结果表明, Ni/C催化剂在电氧化反应中表现出很低的催化活性和稳定性,而MgO的引入显著增加了Ni催化剂在醇氧化反应中的催化活性和抗中毒性能。 EIS和CV结果证实Ni–MgO/C纳米复合物电极具有比Ni/C更低的电荷转移阻力和更高的抗中毒性能。     

电沉积Ni/LaNiO3复合电极及其在碱性介质中的析氧性能

采用溶胶-凝胶法制备了钙钛矿型复合氧化物LaNiO3,然后将其加入瓦特镀镍液中进行复合电沉积,研究了镀液pH值和阴极电流密度对Ni/LaNiO3复合镀层组成的影响。运用扫描电镜(SEM)、能谱分析(EDS)和X射线衍射(XRD)等对复合镀层进行表征,结果表明:最佳电沉积工艺条件是镀液pH=5.8和阴极电流密度jk=90 mA.cm-2,所得的Ni/LaNiO3复合镀层中LaNiO3的质量含量约为60%。用循环伏安、稳态极化、恒电位阶跃、电化学阻抗谱等电化学技术评价了Ni/LaNiO3复合电极的析氧性能。结果表明:在5 mol.L-1的KOH溶液中,Ni/LaNiO3复合电极的起始析氧电位较镍电极负,表观活化自由能比镍电极降低约2/3,比表面积约为镍电极的55倍,析氧电催化性能得到大幅度提高。     

Electrochemical modification of Bi2S3 coatings in a nickel plating electrolyte

The electrochemical behavior of Bi₂S₃ coatings in Watts nickel plating electrolyte was investigated using the cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance, X-ray diffraction, and energy dispersive X-ray analysis methods. During the bismuth sulfide coating reduction in Watts background electrolyte in the potential region from −0.4 to −0.6 V, the Bi₂S₃ and Bi(III) oxygen compounds are reduced to metallic Bi, and the decrease in coating mass is related to the transfer of S²⁻ ions from the electrode surface. When the bismuth sulfide coating is reduced in Watts nickel plating electrolyte, the observed increase in coating mass in the potential region −0.1 to −0.4 V is conditioned by Ni²⁺ ions reduction before the bulk deposition of Ni, initiated by Bi₂S₃. In this potential region, the reduction of Bi(III) oxygen compounds can occur. After the treatment of as-deposited bismuth sulfide coating in nickel plating electrolyte at E = −0.3 V, the sheet resistance of the layer decreases from 10¹³ to 500–700 Ω cm. A metal-rich mixed sulfide Ni₃Bi₂S₂–parkerite is obtained when as-deposited bismuth sulfide coating is treated in Watts nickel plating electrolyte at a potential close to the equilibrium potential of the Ni/Ni²⁺ system and then annealed at temperatures higher than 120 °C.     

Enhancing the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Activity of Platinum Electrodes in Alkaline Media Using Nickel–Iron Clusters

Herein, we demonstrate an easy way to improve the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity of Pt electrodes in alkaline media by introducing Ni–Fe clusters. As a result, the overpotential needed to achieve a current density of 10 mA cm^?2 in H₂‐saturated 0.1 m KOH is reduced for the model single‐crystal electrodes down to about 70 mV. To our knowledge, these modified electrodes outperform any other reported electrocatalysts tested under similar conditions. Moreover, the influence of 1) Ni to Fe ratio, 2) cluster coverage, and 3) the nature of the alkali‐metal cations present in the electrolyte on the HER activity has been investigated. The observed catalytic performance likely originates from both the improved water dissociation at the Ni–Fe clusters and the subsequent optimal hydrogen adsorption and recombination at Pt atoms present at the Ni–Fe/Pt boundary.     

Preparation and Characterization of Nanostructured Ni-TiN Composite Films

Ni-TiN nanocomposite films were produced from a Ni plating bath containing TiN nanopar-ticles by using dc electroplating method. The structure and surface morphology of Ni-TiN composite coatings were analyzed by atom force microscope, X-ray diffraction, and trans-mission electron microscopy. Meanwhile, the anti-corrosion properties, hardness and ther-mostability of Ni-TiN nanocomposite films were also investigated and compared with the traditional polycrystalline Ni coatings. The results show that, compared with the tradi-tional polycrystalline Ni film, Ni-TiN nanocomposite coatings display much better corrosion resistance, higher film hardness, and thermal stability. In addition, the hardness of Ni-TiN nanocomposite coatings decreases slightly with the increase of electroplating current density,which may be due to the synergism of hydrogen evolution and faster nucleation/growth rate of nickel crystallites.