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Nanovilli electrode boosts hydrogen evolution: A surface with superaerophobicity and superhydrophilicity

Yijun Yin, Yan Tan, Qiuyuan Wei, Shucong Zhang, Siqi Wu, Qin Huang, Feilong Hu( ), Yan Mi( )
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Engineering of Forest Products, Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemistry and Engineering of Forest Products, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning 530006, China
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Although tremendous efforts have been paid on electrocatalysts toward efficient electrochemical hydrogen generation, breakthrough is still highly needed in the design and synthesis of wonderful non-precious-metal electrocatalyst. Herein, a nanovilli Ni2P electrode, which with superaerophobic and superhydropholic can significantly facilitate the mass and electron transfer was constructed via a facial morphology control strategy. Meanwhile, the substitution of sluggish oxygen evolution with urea oxidation, lowering the two-electrode cell voltage to only 1.48 volts to achieve a current density of 10 mA·cm−2. Thus, the as-constructed electrode achieves the operation of hydrogen generation by an AA battery. This work sheds new light on the exploration of other high-efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen generation by using intermittent clean energy.

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nanovilli arraysuperaerophobic and superhydropholicAA-battery-drivenhydrogen evolutionurea oxidation

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Nano Research
Volume 14 Issue 4,
April 2021
Pages 961-968
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-3133-x
Cite this article:
Yin Y, Tan Y, Wei Q, et al. Nanovilli electrode boosts hydrogen evolution: A surface with superaerophobicity and superhydrophilicity. Nano Research, 2021, 14(4): 961-968. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-3133-x
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ElectrocatalystsElectrodesMorphologyNickel compoundsPhosphorus compounds

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Received: 18 August 2020
Revised: 13 September 2020
Accepted: 21 September 2020
Published: 23 October 2020
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