MOF derived Ni/Co/NC catalysts with enhanced properties for oxygen evolution reaction

Publication date: March 2018 Source:Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Volume 259 Author(s): Jiapeng Hu, Juan Chen, Hao Lin, Ruilai Liu, Xiaobing Yang Designing efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is very important for renewable energy storage and conversion devices. In this paper, we introduced a new strategy to synthesize Ni doped Co/NC catalysts (NC is the abbreviation of nitrogen-doped graphitic carbon), which were derived from ZIF-67. All catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The results show that Ni was well doped in the Ni/Co/NC catalysts and the doping of Ni has great influence on the OER activity of Ni/Co/NC catalysts. Among these catalysts, 0.50Ni/Co/NC exhibits the highest OER activity. The onset potential of 0.50Ni/Co/NC is 1.47V, which is superior than the onset potential of Co/NC (1.54V), 0.25Ni/Co/NC (1.48V), 1.00Ni/Co/NC (1.53V). The excellent OER activity of 0.50Ni/Co/NC catalyst makes its potential to be used on renewable energy storage. Graphical abstract

Source: Journal of Solid State Chemistry - December 31, 2017 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research