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Artificial Heterointerfaces Achieve Delicate Reaction Kinetics towards Hydrogen Evolution and Hydrazine Oxidation Catalysis
Author(s) -
Qian Qizhu,
Zhang Jihua,
Li Jianming,
Li Yapeng,
Jin Xu,
Zhu Yin,
Liu Yi,
Li Ziyun,
ElHarairy Ahmed,
Xiao Chong,
Zhang Genqiang,
Xie Yi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.202014362
Subject(s) - oxygen evolution , hydrazine (antidepressant) , nanosheet , hydrogen production , water splitting , dehydrogenation , anode , catalysis , electrochemistry , bifunctional , chemistry , chemical engineering , hydrogen , materials science , inorganic chemistry , nanotechnology , electrode , organic chemistry , chromatography , photocatalysis , engineering
Electrochemical water splitting for H 2 production is limited by the sluggish anode oxygen evolution reaction (OER), thus using hydrazine oxidation reaction (HzOR) to replace OER has received great attention. Here we report the hierarchical porous nanosheet arrays with abundant Ni 3 N‐Co 3 N heterointerfaces on Ni foam with superior hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and HzOR activity, realizing working potentials of −43 and −88 mV for 10 mA cm −2 , respectively, and achieving an industry‐level 1000 mA cm −2 at 200 mV for HzOR. The two‐electrode overall hydrazine splitting (OHzS) electrolyzer requires the cell voltages of 0.071 and 0.76 V for 10 and 400 mA cm −2 , respectively. The H 2 production powered by a direct hydrazine fuel cell (DHzFC) and a commercial solar cell are investigated to inspire future practical applications. DFT calculations decipher that heterointerfaces simultaneously optimize the hydrogen adsorption free energy (Δ G H* ) and promote the hydrazine dehydrogenation kinetics. This work provides a rationale for advanced bifunctional electrocatalysts, and propels the practical energy‐saving H 2 generation techniques.