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Self-Limiting Growth of Single-Layer N-Doped Graphene Encapsulating Nickel Nanoparticles for Efficient Hydrogen Production

Title
Self-Limiting Growth of Single-Layer N-Doped Graphene Encapsulating Nickel Nanoparticles for Efficient Hydrogen Production
Author(s)
Zhang, ChunfeiJu, ShenghongKang, Tong-HyunPark, GisangLee, Byong-JuneMiao, HeWu, YunwenYuan, JinliangYu, Jong-Sung
Issued Date
2021-01
Citation
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, v.13, no.3, pp.4294 - 4304
Type
Article
Author Keywords
N-doped carbonsingle-layer graphenenickel nanoparticlescore-shell structurebinder-free electrode
Keywords
GrapheneHydrogen productionNanoparticlesNickelSilicaAlkaline mediumNi NanoparticlesNickel nanoparticlesSynthesis (chemical)Adhesive stabilityNon-precious metal catalystsSelf-limiting growthsSilica nano-sheetsState of the artDoping (additives)AdhesivesCatalystsCost effectivenessElectrodes
ISSN
1944-8244
Abstract
Effective nonprecious metal catalysts are urgently needed for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The hybridization of N-doped graphene and a cost-effective metal is expected to be a promising approach for enhanced HER performance but faces bottlenecks in controllable fabrication. Herein, a silica medium-assisted method is developed for the high-efficient synthesis of single-layer N-doped graphene encapsulating nickel nanoparticles (Ni@SNG), where silica nanosheets molecule sieves tactfully assist the self-limiting growth of single-layer graphene over Ni nanoparticles by depressing the diffusion of gaseous carbon radical reactants. The Ni@SNG sample synthesized at 800 °C shows excellent activity for HER in alkaline medium with a low overpotential of 99.8 mV at 10 mA cm-2, which is close to that of the state-of-the-art Pt/C catalyst. Significantly, the Ni@SNG catalyst is also developed as a binder-free electrode in magnetic field, exhibiting much improved performance than the common Nafion binder-based electrode. Therefore, the magnetism adsorption technique will be a greatly promising approach to overcome the high electron resistance and poor adhesive stability of polymer binder-based electrodes in practical applications. © 2021 American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11750/13493
DOI
10.1021/acsami.0c17557
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Related Researcher
  • 유종성 Yu, Jong-Sung
  • Research Interests Materials chemistry; nanomaterials; electrochemistry; carbon and porous materials; fuel cell; battery; supercapacitor; sensor and photochemical catalyst
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