Preparation method of self-supporting three-dimensional porous structure bifunctional catalytic electrode
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of hydrogen and oxygen preparation by electrolyzing water. In particular to a preparation method of a self-supporting three-dimensional porous structure bifunctional catalytic electrode,
background
With the rapid increase of energy demand and exhaustion of fossil fuels, there is a strong demand for the development of a green and clean energy source to replace the fossil fuels. The hydrogen is considered as an energy carrier in the future due to the advantages of high combustion heat value, wide source, no pollution of reaction products and the like. However, most of hydrogen is derived from the reforming process of natural gas or coal and petroleum at present, and is accompanied with the emission of a large amount of environmental pollutants such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and the like. Therefore, the development of a zero-carbon-emission hydrogen production technology by water electrolysis is one of the most potential hydrogen production technologies in the future. At present, the hydrogen production process by water electrolysis has high energy consumption and high cost, seriously hinders the development of large-scale water electrolysis industry, develops a hydrogen evolution catalyst and an oxygen evolution catalyst with high catalytic activity, and is an effective method for reducing the energy consumption in the water electrolysis process. Platinum group noble metals are considered to be the best performing hydrogen evolution catalysts, while iridium dioxide or ruthenium dioxide are the best oxygen evolution catalysts. Because the content of the metal elements in the earth crust is small, the market price is high, and the metal elements cannot be popularized and applied in the field of commercial electrolyzed water. Therefore, the research and development of the water electrolysis catalyst with low price, simple preparation process and high activity are very important. In addition, when preparing hydrogen evolution and oxygen evolution catalytic electrodes, if the anode and the cathode are made of different materials, the number of manufacturing equipment is increased, and the manufacturing cost is increased. Therefore, the self-supporting bifunctional catalytic electrode which is simple in research, development and preparation process, low in price and high in catalytic activity has important value.
At present, most of the electrocatalysts used in industry are powdery catalysts, and active materials need to be fixed on a current collector by using a binder and the like, and the processes have obvious defects. On one hand, the catalytic active sites are easily covered by the binder, reducing the catalytic activity; on the other hand, the use of the binder inevitably increases the preparation cost, and the preparation process is complicated. In order to solve the problem, the invention provides a preparation method of a self-supporting three-dimensional porous structure bifunctional catalytic electrode. The electrocatalyst and the current collector are combined into a whole, so that the preparation cost of the electrode can be reduced, and the stability of the catalytic electrode can be obviously improved. Meanwhile, the prepared electrode can be used as an anode hydrogen evolution electrode and a cathode oxygen evolution electrode, and the preparation cost of the electrode special for water electrolysis is greatly reduced.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a preparation method of a self-supporting three-dimensional porous structure bifunctional catalytic electrode, which is characterized in that the method is used for preparing a nickel iron/nickel catalytic electrode with a porous hierarchical structure;
the preparation method of the self-supporting three-dimensional porous structure bifunctional catalytic electrode comprises the following steps:
the method comprises the following steps: taking a nickel net as a cathode and an inert conductor as an anode, and carrying out normal temperature and normal pressure treatment in an aqueous solution of nickel chloride and ammonium chloride at a current density of 1-5A/cm2Carrying out electrodeposition treatment under the condition;
step two: washing the cathode metallic nickel screen obtained in the first step with deionized water, wherein the metallic nickel screen is used as a cathode for the second step of electrodeposition, an inert conductor is used as an anode, and the metallic nickel screen is immersed in an aqueous solution containing nickel nitrate, ferrous sulfate and ethylene glycol at normal temperature and normal pressure and with the current density of 2-50mA/cm2Carrying out electrodeposition treatment under the condition to obtain a nickel iron/nickel catalytic electrode with a porous hierarchical structure, namely a self-supporting three-dimensional porous structure dual-function catalytic electrode;
and step three, after the two-step electrodeposition treatment in the given sequence, taking out the nickel mesh of the ferronickel/nickel electrode with the porous hierarchical structure, cleaning the surface with deionized water, and drying to obtain the finished product of the self-supporting three-dimensional porous structure bifunctional catalytic electrode.
The volume ratio of water to glycol in the water liquid used in the second step is 1: 0-1: 4.
The molar ratio of nickel nitrate to ferrous sulfate in the aqueous liquid in the second step is 1: 5-5: 1
The inert conductor is platinum or titanium ruthenium plating.
The metal nickel net in the first step can be replaced by foamed nickel, nickel wires, foamed copper, copper nets, carbon cloth and graphene films.
The prepared porous hierarchical structure ferronickel/nickel electrode is used for electrolyzing potassium hydroxide aqueous solution to produce hydrogen and oxygen, and the ferronickel/nickel electrode is used as a hydrogen evolution electrode and an oxygen evolution electrode.
The concentration of the electrolytic potassium hydroxide aqueous solution is 1-6 molar concentration.
Compared with the prior art, the preparation method has the advantages that the preparation process is simple, the technical method is easy to amplify, the raw materials are low in price, and the prepared electrode has high catalytic activity and excellent stability, can be used as an anode oxygen evolution electrode and a cathode hydrogen evolution electrode. The electrode is used for large-scale water electrolysis hydrogen production, and the energy consumption and the hydrogen production cost of the water electrolysis hydrogen production are effectively reduced. Therefore, the following advantages are provided:
1. the synthesis process is simple and quick, and the catalyst is only realized by two-step short-time electrodeposition;
2. the self-supporting three-dimensional porous structure bifunctional catalytic electrode is used as an anode and a cathode for electrolyzing water with the current density of 10mA/cm2The overpotential is only 33 millivolts, which is superior to that of noble metal platinum gold and commercial iridium tantalum oxide as cathode andperformance of the cell at the anode.
3. The bifunctional catalytic electrode can still keep lower overpotential and long-term use stability even under high current density, and the technical performance is superior to that of a noble metal catalyst.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a scanning electron micrograph of a catalytic electrode, wherein a and b are scanning electron micrographs of porous-level nickel on a nickel mesh at different magnifications; c. d is the scanning electron microscope image of the nickel iron/nickel catalytic electrode with different magnification.
FIG. 2 is the oxygen evolution characteristics of a self-supporting three-dimensional porous structured nickel iron/nickel catalytic electrode;
FIG. 3 is a graph showing the effect of current density on the catalytic activity of the Ni-Fe/Ni catalytic electrode for oxygen evolution in step one;
FIG. 4 is a graph of the effect of aqueous solution composition on the catalytic activity of the ferronickel/nickel catalytic electrode for oxygen evolution in step two;
figure 5 is a graph of the hydrogen evolution performance of a nickel iron/nickel catalytic electrode.
Figure 6-1. linear voltammetric sweep curves of nickel iron/nickel catalytic electrodes as anode and cathode of electrolyzed water.
FIG. 6-2. Nickel iron/Nickel catalytic electrode for Water Electrolysis Process technical Performance
Detailed Description
The invention provides a preparation method of a self-supporting three-dimensional porous structure bifunctional catalytic electrode, and the prepared nickel iron/nickel catalytic electrode has a porous hierarchical structure.
The preparation method of the self-supporting three-dimensional porous structure bifunctional catalytic electrode comprises the following steps:
the method comprises the following steps: taking a nickel net as a cathode and an inert conductor (platinum or titanium ruthenium-plated) as an anode, and in an aqueous solution of nickel chloride and ammonium chloride, the current density is 1-5A/cm at normal temperature and normal pressure2Carrying out electrodeposition treatment under the condition;
step two: washing the cathode metallic nickel mesh obtained in the first step with deionized water, wherein the metallic nickel mesh is used as a cathode for the second step of electrodeposition, an inert conductor is used as an anode, and the cathode metallic nickel mesh is immersed in the electrolytic solution containing nickel nitrate and ferrous sulfate(molar ratio of 1: 5-5: 1) in an aqueous solution of ethylene glycol at normal temperature and normal pressure, and at a current density of 2-50mA/cm2Carrying out electrodeposition treatment under the condition to obtain a ferronickel/nickel electrode with a porous hierarchical structure, namely a self-supporting three-dimensional porous structure dual-function catalytic electrode;
and step three, after the two-step electrodeposition treatment in the given sequence, taking out the nickel mesh of the ferronickel/nickel electrode with the porous hierarchical structure, cleaning the surface with deionized water, and drying to obtain the finished product of the self-supporting three-dimensional porous structure bifunctional catalytic electrode. The present invention will be further described with reference to the following embodiments.
Example 1
The method comprises the following steps: cleaning nickel screen with dilute hydrochloric acid, ethanol, and ultrapure water, using as cathode, platinum sheet as anode, and configuring 0.1M Ni (Cl)2And 2M NH4Putting a Cl solution serving as an electrolyte into a beaker, connecting a positive electrode and a negative electrode of a direct current power supply with a platinum sheet and a nickel screen respectively, and installing the Cl solution into the beaker to enable the solution to immerse the electrodes; setting the current density to be 3A/cm at room temperature2And the electrodeposition treatment was carried out for 90 seconds.
Step two: immersing the porous nickel subjected to electrodeposition in the first step as a cathode in 1.5M Fe (NO)3)2And 1.5M Ni (NO)3)2(volume ratio 1: 1) in the electrolyte solution, connecting the positive pole of a direct current power supply with a platinum sheet, connecting the negative pole of the direct current power supply with a nickel net, and setting the current density to be 5mA/cm at room temperature2And performing electrodeposition treatment for 450 seconds to obtain the self-supporting three-dimensional porous-level nickel iron/nickel electrode.
In fig. 1, a and b are Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images of porous nickel obtained by electrodeposition in step one of example 1, and it can be seen that a hierarchical porous structure is formed on the nickel mesh fiber. In fig. 1, c and d are SEM images of ni-fe/ni after electrodeposition in step two of example 1, and it can be seen that the layered ni-fe hydroxide grows uniformly on the hierarchical porous ni.
Testing the prepared oxygen evolution electrode serving as a working electrode, a platinum sheet serving as a counter electrode and mercury oxide serving as a reference electrode in a 1M KOH solutionFollowing an electrochemical linear voltammetric scan, as shown in FIG. 2, it can be seen that the nickel iron/nickel exhibits excellent oxygen evolution activity at a current density of 10mA/cm2The overpotential required is only 190 mV.
Example 2
Cleaning nickel screen with dilute hydrochloric acid, ethanol, and ultrapure water, using as cathode, platinum sheet as anode, 0.1MNi (Cl)2And 2M NH4Cl solution is used as electrolyte, and the current density is respectively set to be 1A/cm under the condition of room temperature2、3A/cm2、5A/cm2And electrodeposition is carried out for 90 seconds. Porous nickel after electrodeposition as cathode, 1.5MFe (NO)3)2And 1.5M Ni (NO)3)2(volume ratio 1: 1) as electrolyte, at room temperature, at a current density of 5mA/cm2And electrodepositing for 450 seconds to obtain the self-supporting three-dimensional porous-level nickel iron/nickel electrode. The method comprises a second step of electrodepositing with a current density of 2-50mA/cm2Can also be implemented within the scope
FIG. 3 is the effect of current density in step one of example 2, and it can be seen that when the electrodeposition in step two is ensured to be the same, the electrodeposition current density in step one is increased, and the catalytic activity as an oxygen evolution catalytic electrode is also remarkably increased, but when the current density in step one is more than 3mA/cm2Then, the catalytic activity is similar.
Example 3
Cleaning nickel screen with dilute hydrochloric acid, ethanol, and ultrapure water, using as cathode, platinum sheet as anode, 0.1MNi (Cl)2And 2M NH4Cl solution is used as electrolyte, and the current density is 3A/cm at room temperature2And electrodeposition is carried out for 90 seconds. Using the electrodeposited porous nickel as a cathode, and 1.5M Fe (NO)3)2And 1.5M Ni (NO)3)2(volume ratio 1: 1) as electrolyte, the ratio of water dissolved in water to glycol is 1: 0. 1: 1. 1:4 at room temperature, the current density was kept at 5mA/cm2And performing electrodeposition treatment for 450 seconds to obtain the self-supporting three-dimensional porous-level nickel iron/nickel electrode. The method comprises a second step of electrodepositing with a current density of 2-50mA/cm2Within the range ofApplying (a) to
FIG. 4 is a graph showing the effect of different electrolyte ratios on catalytic electrode activity in example 3, and it can be seen that the catalytic activity increases to a small extent as the proportion of ethylene glycol increases.
Example 4
Cleaning nickel screen with dilute hydrochloric acid, ethanol, and ultrapure water, using as cathode, platinum sheet as anode, 0.1MNi (Cl)2And 2M NH4Cl solution is used as electrolyte, and the current density is 3A/cm at room temperature2And electrodeposition is carried out for 90 seconds. Using the electrodeposited porous nickel as a cathode, 1.5M Fe (NO)3)2And 1.5M Ni (NO)3)2(volume ratio 1: 1) as electrolyte, at room temperature, at a current density of 5mA/cm2And electrodepositing for 200 seconds to obtain the self-supporting three-dimensional porous-level nickel iron/nickel electrode.
FIG. 5 shows that the Ni-Fe/Ni electrode of example 3 is used as a hydrogen evolution electrode, and the Ni-Fe bimetal is grown in situ on the porous nickel layer, so that the hydrogen evolution activity of the Ni-Fe can be remarkably improved, and the current density of the Ni-Fe/Ni electrode is 10mA/cm2The overpotential required is only 132mV.
Example 5
Electrochemical linear voltammetric scans in a 1M KOH solution using the electrode prepared in example 2 as the anode and the electrode prepared in example 4 as the cathode (FIG. 6-1) showed excellent electrochemical performance at a current density of 10mA/cm2At the same time, the required electrolysis voltage is only 1.56V, and the bifunctional catalyst shows excellent stability at 500mA/cm2The electrolytic voltage does not change obviously when the constant current electrolytic water runs for 200 hours (figure 6-2).