Citation: Qi ZHOU, You‐Cheng LUO. Three Dimensional Ni(OH)₂/Ni@N-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite Electrodes as an Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2022, 38(8): 1541-1548. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.2022.148 shu

Three Dimensional Ni(OH)₂/Ni@N-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite Electrodes as an Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Qi ZHOU ^{1, 2,,} ,
You‐Cheng LUO ²

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State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Nonferrous Metals, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China
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School of Materials and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China

Corresponding author: Qi ZHOU, zhouxq301@sina.com
Received Date: 9 March 2022
Revised Date: 23 May 2022

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In this work, 3D flower - like Ni(OH)₂/Ni@NG composite electrodes were prepared by combining 3D Ni(OH)₂/Ni with nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide(rGO)using de-alloying and two-step hydrothermal synthesis.Characterization of the phase, valence distribution, and microstructure of electrodes by X-ray diffraction(XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS), scanning electron microscopy(SEM), and transmission electron microscopy(TEM).In addition, the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)performance was tested in 1 mol·L^-1 KOH solution.The results showed that the three-dimensional structure of Ni(OH)₂/Ni increased the active area of the electrode, and the complexation with N-doped rGO significantly improved the electron/ion transport rate with an overpotential of 108 mV(η₁₀)and a Tafel slope of 114.9 mV·dec^-1, which exhibited good HER catalytic activity.The Ni(OH)₂/Ni@NG electrode showed good stability by both the 1 000-turn cyclic voltammetry method and the chronopotentiometry test.
- de-alloying,
- two-step hydrothermal synthesis,
- electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution
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