Abstract
Electrocatalytic water splitting is considered as a promising technology for renewable energy. The development of efficient, stable, cost-effective, and bifunctional catalysts for both water reduction and oxidation has continued to face significant challenges. Herein, we report a robust and highly active nickel selenide (NiSe) spheres grown on carbon cloth (CC) by electrodeposition from a nickel selenite complex which is a single source containing both Ni and Se. A combination of two chemicals containing, separately, Ni and Se is used in traditional preparations of metal selenides, causing possible problems in the uniformity of the products. The as-prepared NiSe-EA/CC electrode exhibited electrocatalytic activities toward both water reduction and oxidation, with overpotentials of 154 mV at 10 mA·cm-2 and 250 mV at 20 mA·cm-2, respectively. A water electrolysis cell could realize a current density of 10 mA·cm-2 at a cell voltage of 1.53 V with excellent stability, when using NiSe-EA/CC electrode as both the anode and the cathode.
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Keywords
electrocatalysis, nickel selenide, water splitting, hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution reaction
Publication Date
2019-10-28
Online Available Date
2019-10-28
Revised Date
2019-09-29
Received Date
2019-05-07
Recommended Citation
Dan-dan CHEN, Xue-qing GAO, Hong-fei LIU, Wei ZHANG, Rui CAO.
Nickel Selenide Derived from [Ni(en)3](SeO3) Complex for Efficient Electrocatalytic Overall Water Splitting[J]. Journal of Electrochemistry,
2019
,
25(5): 553-561.
DOI: 10.13208/j.electrochem.181141
Available at:
https://jelectrochem.xmu.edu.cn/journal/vol25/iss5/3
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