Photo-enhanced electrocatalysis of sea-urchin shaped Ni3(VO4)2 for the hydrogen evolution reaction

Bin Chang; Gang Zhao; Yongliang Shao; Lei Zhang; Baibiao Huang; Yongzhong Wu; Xiaopeng Hao

doi:10.1039/c7ta05642g

Photo-enhanced electrocatalysis of sea-urchin shaped Ni₃(VO₄)₂ for the hydrogen evolution reaction

Bin Chang, Gang Zhao, Yongliang Shao, Lei Zhang, Baibiao Huang, Yongzhong Wu^*, Xiaopeng Hao

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Abstract

Efficient and stable electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are central to the development of renewable energy. In this study, a photoresponse electrocatalyst Ni₃(VO₄)₂ with a sea-urchin shaped structure was prepared by a facile solvothermal procedure. Numerous thin nanoflakes on the spherical surface increased active sites which play a promoting role in the photocatalytic or electrocatalytic reactions. Under visible light irradiation, the sea-urchin shaped Ni₃(VO₄)₂ demonstrated improved HER activity without using any cocatalysts, featured by a small overpotential of -90 mV at 10 mA cm^-2, a high current density, a small Tafel slope of 50 mV per decade and good stability in 0.5 M H₂SO₄. The results may offer a simple and mild methodology for the preparation of HER electrocatalysts exhibiting excellent photo-enhanced electrocatalytic activity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	18038-18043
Number of pages	6
Journal	JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume	5
Issue number	34
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta05642g
State	Published - 2017

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
General Materials Science

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