Polyoxometalate-derived anti-aggregation MoC nanoparticles for efficient hydrogen evolution in basic and acidic media

IF 4.1 3区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry Pub Date : 2024-10-02 DOI:10.1016/j.jelechem.2024.118691

Junwei Sun , Xiaoming Li , Yue Wang , Juan Yang , Hongwei Luo , Xiaoyan Zhang , Junfeng Chen

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Abstract

As a cost-effective alternative to Pt-based catalysts, molybdenum carbide (MoC) exhibits considerable potential for catalysing hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in both alkaline water electrolyzers and proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers. However, achieving ampere-level current densities at low overpotentials remains challenging for MoC-based electrocatalysts. In this study, we utilized electrospinning technology followed by a subsequent heat treatment to successfully synthesize monodisperse MoC nanoparticles (approximately 4.3 nm) embedded in carbon nanofibers. The resultant self-supporting one-dimensional molybdenum carbide@nitrogen-doped carbon nanofiber (MoC-A@NCNF), prepared with polyoxometalate anion (POM) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), exhibits excellent anti-aggregation behavior. Benefiting from its high specific surface area and one-dimensional conductive network structure, the MoC-A@NCNF displays outstanding hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance in both 1 M KOH and 0.5 M H₂SO₄, achieving overpotentials of 491 mV and 568 mV at a current density of 1 A cm⁻², respectively. Furthermore, it exhibits exceptional electrochemical stability during prolonged HER testing under both acidic and alkaline conditions.

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用于在碱性和酸性介质中高效氢气进化的聚氧化金属衍生抗聚集 MoC 纳米粒子

碳化钼（MoC）作为铂基催化剂的一种具有成本效益的替代品，在碱性水电解槽和质子交换膜水电解槽中催化氢进化反应（HER）方面具有相当大的潜力。然而，对于基于碳化钼的电催化剂来说，在低过电位下实现安培级的电流密度仍然具有挑战性。在本研究中，我们利用电纺丝技术，随后进行热处理，成功合成了嵌入碳纳米纤维的单分散 MoC 纳米颗粒（约 4.3 nm）。利用聚氧化金属阴离子（POM）和聚乙烯吡咯烷酮（PVP）制备的自支撑一维碳化钼@氮掺杂碳纳米纤维（MoC-A@NCNF）具有优异的抗聚集性能。得益于其高比表面积和一维导电网络结构，MoC-A@NCNF 在 1 M KOH 和 0.5 M H2SO4 中均表现出卓越的氢进化反应（HER）性能，在电流密度为 1 A cm-2 时，过电位分别达到 491 mV 和 568 mV。此外，在酸性和碱性条件下进行长时间的 HER 测试时，它还表现出卓越的电化学稳定性。

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Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 化学-电化学

CiteScore

7.80

自引率

6.70%

发文量

912

审稿时长

2.4 months

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