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Regulating electronic structure of porous nickel nitride nanosheet arrays by cerium doping for energy-saving hydrogen production coupling hydrazine oxidation

Rui-Qing Li1( ), Suyuan Zeng2, Bin Sang2, Chaozhuang Xue2, Konggang Qu2, Yu Zhang1, Wei Zhang1, Guangyu Zhang1, Xinghui Liu3( ), Jie Deng4, Olivier Fontaine5,6( ), Yachao Zhu7( )
School of Textile and Clothing, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory/Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Energy Storage and Novel Cell Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China
Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-Gu, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
Institute for Advanced Study & College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
Molecular Electrochemistry for Energy laboratory, VISTEC, Rayong 21210, Thailand
Institut Universitaire de France, 75005 Paris, France
ICGM, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, 34293 Montpellier, France
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To endow Ni3N with energy-saving H2 production, Ce-doped Ni3N porous nanosheet arrays support on nickel foam (NF) are rationally synthesized and exhibit remarkable bifunctional catalytic performance for both hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and hydrazine oxidation reaction (HzOR). The experiments and theoretical calculations reveal that Ce doping optimizes the hydrogen adsorption free energy and therefore boosts the catalytic activity.

Abstract

Water electrolysis for energy-efficient H2 production coupled with hydrazine oxidation reaction (HzOR) is prevailing, while the sluggish electrocatalysts are strongly hindering its scalable application. Herein, we schemed a novel porous Ce-doped Ni3N nanosheet arrays grown on nickel foam (Ce-Ni3N/NF) as a remarkable bifunctional catalyst for both hydrogen evolution reaction and HzOR. Significantly, the overall hydrazine splitting system can achieve low cell voltages of 0.156 and 0.671 V at 10 and 400 mA·cm−2, and the system is remarkably stable to operate over 100 h continuous test at the high-current-density of 400 mA·cm−2. Various characterizations prove that the porous nanosheet arrays expose more active sites, and more excellent diffusion kinetics and lower charge-transfer resistance, therefore boosting catalytic performance. Furthermore, density functional theory calculation reveals that the incorporation of Ce can effectively optimize the free energy of hydrogen adsorption and promote intrinsic catalytic activity of Ni3N.

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electrocatalysiscerium dopinghydrogen evolution reactionhydrazine oxidation reactionadsorption free energy

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 2,
February 2023
Pages 2543-2550
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4912-3
Cite this article:
Li R-Q, Zeng S, Sang B, et al. Regulating electronic structure of porous nickel nitride nanosheet arrays by cerium doping for energy-saving hydrogen production coupling hydrazine oxidation. Nano Research, 2023, 16(2): 2543-2550. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4912-3
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Received: 08 June 2022
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