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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
卷 491, 期 -, 页码 294-300出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.06.160
关键词
Nanofibers; Ni/NiO-carbon nanotubes; Electrospinning; Hydrogen evolution reaction
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资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51602293, 1705168]
- Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials [18kfhg06]
A novel hierarchical structure of carbon nanotubes grown on Ni/NiO composite nanofiber has been in-situ fabricated by electrospinning and following low-temperature (500 degrees C) vacuum thermal treatment. During vacuum thermal treatment, decomposition of electrospun nickel acetate/polyvinylpolypyrrolidone precursor nanofibers generate gases as a function of both reducing agents and carbon sources for NiO reduction and carbon nanotubes growth. The thermal treatment processing parameter, i.e. heating rate, controls the morphology and composition of the resulting Ni nanofibers or Ni/NiO-carbon nanotubes composite nanofibers. This proposed method avoid the usual extra introduction of reducing agents and carbon source. It is a low cost, high yield and safe no-hazard technique. Then, these non-noble metal-based nanofibers are applied as efficient electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline solution. The Ni/NiO-carbon nanotubes (10 degrees C min(-1)) can drive 10 mA cm(-2) at an overpotential of 98 mV in 1 M KOH, which is 52 mV less than for Ni nanofibers. This work offers promising novel catalyst materials in water-splitting devices for large-scale production of hydrogen fuel.
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