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Interfacing nickel nitride and nickel boosts both electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution and oxidation reactions

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Song, Fuzhan, Li, Wei, Yang, Jiaqi, Han, Guanqun, Liao, Peilin, Sun, Yujie·2018·Nature Communications
DOI 10.1038/s41467-018-06728-7
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Electrocatalysts of the hydrogen evolution and oxidation reactions (HER and HOR) are of critical importance for the realization of future hydrogen economy. In order to make electrocatalysts economically competitive for large-scale applications, increasing attention has been devoted to developing noble metal-free HER and HOR electrocatalysts especially for alkaline electrolytes due to the promise of emerging hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells. Herein, we report that interface engineering of Ni 3 N and Ni results in a unique Ni 3 N/Ni electrocatalyst which exhibits exceptional HER/HOR activities in aqueous electrolytes. A systematic electrochemical study was carried out to investigate the superior hydrogen electrochemistry catalyzed by Ni 3 N/Ni, including nearly zero overpotential of catalytic onset, robust long-term durability, unity Faradaic efficiency, and excellent CO tolerance. Density functional theory computations were performed to aid the understanding of the electrochemical results and suggested that the real active sites are located at the interface between Ni 3 N and Ni.

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Authors
Song, F., Li, W., Yang, J., Han, G., Liao, P., & Sun, Y.
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Nature Communications
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2018-10-31
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9
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4531-4531
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2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
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10.1038/s41467-018-06728-7
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