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Preparation of Highly Active Transition Bimetallic Nitride NiMoN Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) Catalyst and Its Performance Study in Seawater Electrolysis

  • Bolong Jiang ,
  • Yanyan Cui ,
  • Shunjie Shi ,
  • Nan Jiang ,
  • Weiqiang Tan
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  • a Innovation Institute for Sustainable Maritime Architecture Research and Technology, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266000, China
    b Institute of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266000, China

Received date: 2022-07-15

  Online published: 2022-09-19

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China(22008134)

Abstract

Hydrogen production by water electrolysis was supposed to be the most potential green hydrogen production technology. The development of high-efficiency hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalyst is of great significance for its large-scale promotion. In this study, nickel chloride and ammonium molybdate were used as nickel and molybdenum sources respectively to obtain the precursor of NiMo bimetallic catalyst by in-situ growth method. The dinitrile diamine was used as nitrogen source and a series of NiMoxN@NC (x represents the molar ratio of ammonium molybdate and nickel chloride) catalysts were prepared by high temperature nitridation temperature programmed method and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The HER performance of as prepared catalysts was tested in 1 mol/L KOH solution and simulated seawater respectively. Results showed that all NiMoxN@NC catalysts have presented a relatively high conductivity (Rct<1 Ω) and intrinsic catalytic activity (Tafel slope of 103~168 mV/dec). Among them, the NiMo0.75N@NC catalyst posessed the highest limiting current density (–178 mA/cm2) and the lowest overpotential η at certain current densities of 10 mA/cm2 and 100 mA/cm2 (η10=0.164 V, η100=0.448 V). Furthermore, the NiMo0.75N@NC catalyst has also presented a relatively high stability in KOH solution and seawater.

Cite this article

Bolong Jiang , Yanyan Cui , Shunjie Shi , Nan Jiang , Weiqiang Tan . Preparation of Highly Active Transition Bimetallic Nitride NiMoN Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) Catalyst and Its Performance Study in Seawater Electrolysis[J]. Acta Chimica Sinica, 2022 , 80(10) : 1394 -1400 . DOI: 10.6023/A22070309

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