Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the invention provides a high-activity self-supporting OER electrocatalyst material, and a preparation method and application thereof. The invention takes the foam nickel as a matrix material, and prepares the self-supporting OER electro-catalyst with high activity in situ through low-temperature hydrothermal reaction and subsequent vulcanization treatment, and the obtained OER electro-catalyst can drive the oxygen evolution reaction to occur under extremely low overpotential.
The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:
a high-activity self-supporting OER electro-catalyst material comprises a foam nickel matrix (NF) and NiFe with a heterostructure grown in situ on the foam nickel matrix (NF)2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2A material; the NiFe2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2The micro-morphology of the material is Ni (OH)2Nanosheet and NiFe2O4Nanoparticles of Ni (OH)2Nanosheet and NiFe2O4Ni grows in situ at the nano-particle connecting interface3S4And (3) nanoparticles.
Preferred according to the invention, said Ni (OH)2The thickness of the nano-sheet is 100-140nm, and the transverse length is 300-400 nm; the NiFe2O4The particle diameter of the nano-particles is 30-40nm, Ni3S4The particle size of the nano-particles is 8-12 nm.
According to the invention, the preparation method of the high-activity self-supporting OER electrocatalyst material comprises the following steps:
(1) placing the pretreated foamed nickel in an iron source aqueous solution for hydrothermal reaction; after the reaction is finished, washing and drying to obtain NiFe2O4/Ni(OH)2a/NF composite;
(2) NiFe obtained in the step (1)2O4/Ni(OH)2Placing the/NF composite material in a sulfur source water solution for carrying out a vulcanization reaction; after the reaction is finished, washing and drying to obtain NiFe2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2the/NF composite material is the high-activity self-supporting OER electro-catalyst material.
According to the invention, the pretreatment step in step (1) is preferably: respectively carrying out ultrasonic treatment on the foamed nickel in 1mol/L HCl solution, deionized water and absolute ethyl alcohol for 20min in sequence, and drying in vacuum at the temperature of 30 ℃; and (4) pretreating to remove impurities on the surface of the foamed nickel.
Preferably, according to the invention, the thickness of the nickel foam in step (1) is 1-2 mm.
According to the invention, the iron source in the step (1) is Fe (NO)3)3·9H2And O, wherein the concentration of the iron source water solution is 0.015-0.02 mol/L.
According to the invention, the volume of the iron source aqueous solution in the step (1) is 60-80% of the capacity of the polytetrafluoroethylene lining; the aqueous iron source solution is not required to be submerged in the nickel foam.
According to the invention, the temperature of the hydrothermal reaction in the step (1) is preferably 110-130 ℃, and the hydrothermal reaction time is 8-10 h.
According to the invention, the washing in the step (1) is preferably 3-5 times by using deionized water, and the drying is preferably drying at 50-60 ℃ for 10-12 h.
According to the invention, the sulfur source in the step (2) is Na2S·9H2O, wherein the concentration of the sulfur source water solution is 0.005-0.01 mol/L.
According to the present invention, the aqueous solution of the sulfur source described in the step (2) is not submerged in NiFe2O4/Ni(OH)2a/NF composite material.
According to the invention, the temperature of the vulcanization reaction in the step (2) is preferably 70-90 ℃, and the time of the vulcanization reaction is preferably 4-5 h.
According to the invention, the washing in the step (2) is preferably 3-5 times by using deionized water, and the drying is preferably drying at 50-60 ℃ for 10-12 h.
According to the invention, the high-activity self-supporting OER electrocatalyst material is applied as an OER catalyst for an electrolytic water oxygen evolution reaction.
The invention has the following technical characteristics and beneficial effects:
1. the preparation method of the high-activity self-supporting OER electrocatalyst material is simple, low-price commercial foam Nickel (NF) is used as a matrix material, and Fe is used3+Auxiliary low-temperature hydrothermal reaction and sulfurization reaction to obtain stable and high-activity self-supporting OER electro-catalyst materialFeeding; in the preparation method, the concentrations of the iron source solution and the sulfur source solution need to be controlled, the excessive concentration of the iron salt can cause excessive corrosion of the foamed nickel substrate and influence the stability of the electrode, the concentration is too low, and the generated NiFe2O4Fewer particles affect OER activity; the sulfuration degree can be controlled by controlling the concentration of the sulfur source solution, so that the electrocatalyst material with high catalytic activity is obtained, and the sulfuration degree is smaller or larger due to too low or too high concentration of the sulfur source solution, so that the catalytic activity of the obtained electrocatalyst material is lower. Meanwhile, the invention has the advantages of mild synthesis conditions, low energy consumption, simple process, low equipment requirement and low cost, and the obtained NiFe2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2the/NF composite material has excellent electrocatalytic performance.
2. The high-activity self-supporting OER electro-catalyst material obtained by the invention has multiple components and is NiFe grown in situ on a three-dimensional skeleton of foamed nickel2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2The heterostructure has excellent electrocatalytic performance, and mainly has the following reasons: firstly, NiFe grows in situ on the three-dimensional skeleton of the foamed nickel2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2The heterostructure of (3) enables the matrix to be tightly combined with the catalytic active material, and accelerates the charge transfer between the matrix and the active material; secondly, the micro-morphology of the electrocatalytic material is Ni (OH)2Nanosheet and NiFe2O4The nanoparticles are connected, so that the specific surface area of the material is increased, more active sites are exposed, and the mass transfer efficiency of the catalytic process is improved; and Ni (OH) after the vulcanization treatment2Nanosheet and NiFe2O4In-situ growth of Ni between nanoparticle interfaces3S4The contact area between the nano particles and the electrolyte is further increased, more active sites are exposed, ion migration and rapid gas release in the reaction process are facilitated, and the mass transfer efficiency is improved; third, in the vulcanization process, in the NiFe2O4/Ni(OH)2Ni producing connection at interface3S4Nanoparticles, further modulating the electronic structure of the active center, strengthening Ni (OH)2Nanosheet and NiFe2O4The cooperation of the nano-particle heterostructure improves the charge transfer at a heterogeneous interface, accelerates the transfer of electrons between an electrode and an active site, enhances the stability of the interface, and obviously reduces the overpotential in the reaction process; and the cooperation optimization of the self-supporting heterostructure and charge transmission realizes the remarkable improvement of the OER performance. Experiments prove that the catalyst material obtained by the invention can be used for electrolyzing water and oxygen in a 1mol/L KOH solution to achieve 10mA/cm only by an ultra-low overpotential of 120mV2Is superior to most of the OER electrocatalysts reported at present.
3. The invention selects cheap foam nickel with excellent conductivity and three-dimensional framework as the current collector and reaction raw material, the used raw material has larger content in the earth, wide source, large-scale production in industry and low cost; and the resulting NiFe2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2The material directly grows on the surface of the foam nickel, and the synthesized catalyst does not need to be attached to the surface of the support electrode, so that the process is simplified, and the production cost is reduced. The method provides a new synthesis idea for reasonably designing the construction of the self-supporting transition metal layered hydroxide heterostructure and provides an effective way for simply synthesizing and preparing the high-activity OER electrocatalyst.
Detailed Description
The present invention is described in further detail below with reference to specific examples, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.
Reagents and instrumentation: all the reagents used in the invention are analytically pure, and all the reagents are purchased and directly used without further treatment.
Ferric nitrate nonahydrate (Fe (NO)3)3·9H2O), sodium sulfide nonahydrate (Na)2S·9H2O), potassium hydroxide (KOH), hydrochloric acid (HCl 36.0-38.0%), anhydrous ethanol is available in Chinese medicine;
nickel Foam (NF) was purchased from the Producer sales division of the Hippocampus force of Taiyuan and had a thickness of 1.5 mm.
Electrochemical testing: the electrochemical test adopts a Shanghai Hua CHI 660E electrochemical workstation, a three-electrode test system is used during the test, wherein the cut material is directly used as a working electrode, an Ag/AgCl electrode is used as a reference electrode, a platinum sheet (1cm multiplied by 1cm) electrode is used as a counter electrode, an electrolyte is newly prepared 1mol/L KOH (pH 13.6), and the test data are all subjected to 90% IR compensation.
Example 1
A preparation method of a high-activity self-supporting OER electrocatalyst material comprises the following steps:
(1) cutting the foamed nickel into 2cm multiplied by 3cm, respectively ultrasonically cleaning the cut foamed nickel in 1mol/L HCl solution, deionized water and absolute ethyl alcohol for 20min to remove impurities such as oxides on the surface of the foamed nickel, and drying in vacuum at 30 ℃ for later use; 0.75mmol of Fe (NO) was added under stirring3)3·9H2Dissolving O in 40mL of deionized water to obtain Fe (NO)3)3The solution was transferred to a 50mL Teflon liner, after which the treated nickel foam was immersed in Fe (NO)3)3In the solution, transferring the lining into a stainless steel reaction kettle, and sealing; reacting for 8 hours in an electric heating constant temperature blast oven at the temperature of 120 ℃, and naturally cooling to room temperature; taking out the reaction kettle, washing the obtained product with deionized water for 5 times, and drying at 60 ℃ for 12h to obtain NiFe2O4/Ni(OH)2a/NF composite material.
(2) Under the stirring condition, 0.3mmol of Na2S·9H2O was dissolved in 40mL of deionized water and the resulting Na was added2Transferring the S solution into a 50mL polytetrafluoroethylene lining, and obtaining NiFe in the step (1)2O4/Ni(OH)2the/NF composite material is immersed in the Na2And (4) in the S solution, transferring the lining into a stainless steel reaction kettle, and sealing. Reacting for 5h in an electric heating constant temperature blast oven at the temperature of 80 ℃, naturally cooling to room temperature, finally taking out the reaction kettle, washing the obtained product with deionized water for 5 times, and drying for 12h at the temperature of 60 ℃ to obtain NiFe2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2the/NF composite material is the high-activity self-supporting OER electro-catalyst material.
NiFe prepared in this example2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2The method for applying the/NF composite material to the electrolysis of water and oxygen evolution of alkaline aqueous solution comprises the following specific steps:
the electrochemical performance test adopts a Shanghai Hua CHI 660E electrochemical workstation, a three-electrode test system is used during the test, the prepared electro-catalyst material is directly used as a working electrode, Ag/AgCl is used as a reference electrode, a platinum sheet (1cm multiplied by 1cm) electrode is used as a counter electrode, and a test solution is a newly prepared 1mol/L KOH solution (pH 13.6) to carry out the electrochemical water splitting test. All tests were performed with 90% IR compensation and all potentials were converted to reversible hydrogen potential.
NiFe prepared in this example2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2The XRD pattern of the/NF composite material is shown in figure 1, and as can be seen from figure 1, the obtained composite material has the composition of NF and Ni (OH)2、NiFe2O4And Ni3S4Four phases. The obtained NiFe2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2The SEM image of the/NF composite material is shown in FIG. 2, and it can be seen from FIG. 2 that the product mainly comprises nano-sheets and nano-particles, the transverse length of the nano-sheets is about 400nm, the thickness is 100-140nm, the size of the nano-particles has two size distributions, one is larger size about 30nm, the other is small particles around the nano-sheets, the size is about 10nm, and the characteristic can be correspondingly proved in the TEM image of FIG. 3. The specific surface area is increased by the unique combination of the nano sheets and the nano particles, so that the exposure of active sites is facilitated, the active sites can be fully contacted with electrolyte, and the reaction process is accelerated. And the EDS spectra of the corresponding elements are shown in figure 4, and the composition and content of the elements in the composite material can be known from the images. The obtained NiFe2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2The mapping spectrum of the/NF composite material is shown in FIG. 5, in which the distribution of various elements can be clearly seen, wherein the distribution of the element Ni and the element O is uniform and consistent, which is consistent with that of Ni (OH)2Nanosheet and NiFe2O4Both elements are present in the nanoparticles; the elements Fe andthe distribution of the element S is relatively sparse, which is mainly the same as the one in which Fe and S are mainly present in a smaller amount of NiFe2O4Nanoparticles and Ni3S4The nanoparticles are associated and S is distributed so as to surround Fe closely, which further illustrates Ni3S4In-situ growth of nanoparticles in NiFe2O4And Ni (OH)2At the heterointerface of (a). NiFe in the present example2O4/Ni(OH)2The XRD pattern of the/NF composite material is shown in FIG. 6. in FIG. 6, only NF and Ni (OH) can be seen2、NiFe2O4Three phases, illustrating that the sulfidation treatment is to produce Ni3S4Is critical, and NiFe2O4/Ni(OH)2The SEM image of the/NF composite is shown in fig. 7, where only the nanosheets and the larger nanoparticles are present, and no smaller nanoparticles are present. The above analysis shows that the composition of the nanosheet is Ni (OH)2The chemical composition of the larger nanoparticles is NiFe2O4The chemical composition of the smaller nanoparticles is Ni3S4The above tests show that NiFe2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2Successful synthesis of/NF composite materials.
NiFe prepared in this example2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2The polarization curve (LSV) of the/NF composite material obtained in a 1mol/L KOH solution at a linear scan rate of 5mV/s is shown in FIG. 8. it can be seen from FIG. 8 that the electrocatalyst material prepared in this example reaches 10mA/cm2The current density of the material is only 120mV, and the current density is far better than that of comparative examples 1-3 and most reported OER electrocatalysts, which shows that the material has excellent OER catalytic performance. The electrochemical impedance plot of fig. 9 shows a lower impedance value and a lower reaction resistance compared to the control material, and the above electrochemical data all demonstrate that the material of example 1 has excellent OER catalytic activity.
Example 2
A preparation method of a high-activity self-supporting OER electrocatalyst material comprises the following steps:
(1) will soakCutting the foamed nickel into 2cm multiplied by 3cm, respectively ultrasonically cleaning the cut foamed nickel in 1mol/L HCl solution, deionized water and absolute ethyl alcohol for 20min to remove impurities such as oxides on the surface of the foamed nickel, and drying in vacuum at 30 ℃ for subsequent use; 0.75mmol of Fe (NO) was added under stirring3)3·9H2Dissolving O in 40mL of deionized water to obtain Fe (NO)3)3The solution was transferred to a 50mL Teflon liner, after which the treated nickel foam was immersed in the above-mentioned Fe (NO)3)3In the solution, transferring the lining into a stainless steel reaction kettle, and sealing; reacting for 8 hours in an electric heating constant temperature blast oven at the temperature of 120 ℃, and naturally cooling to room temperature; taking out the reaction kettle, washing the obtained product with deionized water for 5 times, and drying at 60 ℃ for 12h to obtain NiFe2O4/Ni(OH)2a/NF composite material.
(2) Under the stirring condition, 0.2mmol of Na2S·9H2O was dissolved in 40mL of deionized water and the resulting Na was added2Transferring the S solution into a 50mL polytetrafluoroethylene lining, and obtaining NiFe in the step (1)2O4/Ni(OH)2the/NF composite material is immersed in the Na2And (4) in the S solution, transferring the lining into a stainless steel reaction kettle, and sealing. Reacting for 5h in an electric heating constant temperature blast oven at the temperature of 80 ℃, naturally cooling to room temperature, finally taking out the reaction kettle, washing the obtained product with deionized water for 5 times, and drying for 12h at the temperature of 60 ℃ to obtain NiFe2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2the/NF composite material is the high-activity self-supporting OER electro-catalyst material.
The procedure for applying the electrocatalyst material prepared in this example to the electrolysis of aqueous alkaline solution to evolve oxygen is as described in example 1.
NiFe prepared in this example2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2The polarization curve (LSV) of the/NF composite material obtained in a 1mol/L KOH solution at a linear scan rate of 5mV/s is shown in FIG. 10. it can be seen from FIG. 10 that a current density of 10mA/cm is reached2An overpotential of 136mV is required.
Example 3
A preparation method of a high-activity self-supporting OER electrocatalyst material comprises the following steps:
(1) cutting the foamed nickel into 2cm multiplied by 3cm, respectively ultrasonically cleaning the cut foamed nickel in 1mol/L HCl solution, deionized water and absolute ethyl alcohol for 20min to remove impurities such as oxides on the surface of the foamed nickel, and drying in vacuum at 30 ℃ for later use; 0.75mmol of Fe (NO) was added under stirring3)3·9H2Dissolving O in 40mL of deionized water to obtain Fe (NO)3)3The solution was transferred to a 50mL Teflon liner, after which the treated nickel foam was immersed in the above-mentioned Fe (NO)3)3In the solution, transferring the lining into a stainless steel reaction kettle, and sealing; reacting for 8 hours in an electric heating constant temperature blast oven at the temperature of 120 ℃, and naturally cooling to room temperature; taking out the reaction kettle, washing the obtained product with deionized water for 5 times, and drying at 60 ℃ for 12h to obtain NiFe2O4/Ni(OH)2a/NF composite material.
(2) Under the stirring condition, 0.4mmol of Na2S·9H2O was dissolved in 40mL of deionized water and the resulting Na was added2Transferring the S solution into a 50mL polytetrafluoroethylene lining, and obtaining NiFe in the step (1)2O4/Ni(OH)2the/NF composite material is immersed in the Na2And (4) in the S solution, transferring the lining into a stainless steel reaction kettle, and sealing. Reacting for 5h in an electric heating constant temperature blast oven at the temperature of 80 ℃, naturally cooling to room temperature, finally taking out the reaction kettle, washing the obtained product with deionized water for 5 times, and drying for 12h at the temperature of 60 ℃ to obtain NiFe2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2the/NF composite material is the high-activity self-supporting OER electro-catalyst material.
The procedure for applying the electrocatalyst material prepared in this example to the electrolysis of aqueous alkaline solution to evolve oxygen is as described in example 1.
NiFe prepared in this example2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2The polarization curve (LSV) of the/NF composite material obtained in a 1mol/L KOH solution at a linear scan rate of 5mV/s is shown in FIG. 10, which is derived from FIG. 1As can be seen in 0, 10mA/cm was reached2The current density of (2) requires an overpotential of 175 mV.
Comparative example 1
This comparative example used nickel foam as the OER electrocatalyst directly.
The procedure of applying the electrocatalyst material of this comparative example to aqueous alkaline solutions to electrolyze water to evolve oxygen is as described in example 1.
The polarization curve (LSV) obtained at a linear scan rate of 5mV/s in a 1mol/L KOH solution for the OER electrocatalyst of the present comparative example is shown in FIG. 8. it can be seen from FIG. 8 that the electrocatalyst material of the present comparative example reaches 10mA/cm2The current density of the nickel foam material needs 347mV overpotential which is far higher than that of the example 1, the electrochemical impedance diagram is shown in FIG. 9, the impedance value is far higher than that of the example 1, and the above electrochemical data all prove that the OER catalytic activity of the nickel foam material is far lower than that of the material of the example 1.
Comparative example 2
A method for preparing a self-supporting OER electrocatalyst material, comprising the steps of:
cutting the foamed nickel into 2cm multiplied by 3cm, respectively ultrasonically cleaning the cut foamed nickel in 1mol/L HCl solution, deionized water and absolute ethyl alcohol for 20min to remove impurities such as oxides on the surface of the foamed nickel, and drying in vacuum at 30 ℃ for later use; 0.75mmol of Fe (NO) was added under stirring3)3·9H2Dissolving O in 40mL of deionized water to obtain Fe (NO)3)3The solution was transferred to a 50mL Teflon liner, after which the treated nickel foam was immersed in the above-mentioned Fe (NO)3)3Solution, transferring the inner liner into a stainless steel reaction kettle, and sealing; reacting for 8 hours in an electric heating constant temperature blast oven at the temperature of 120 ℃, and naturally cooling to room temperature. Taking out the reaction kettle, washing the obtained product with deionized water for 5 times, and drying at 60 ℃ for 12h to obtain NiFe2O4/Ni(OH)2the/NF composite material is the self-supporting OER electro-catalyst material.
The procedure of applying the electrocatalyst material of this comparative example to aqueous alkaline solutions to electrolyze water to evolve oxygen is as described in example 1.
NiFe prepared by the comparative example2O4/Ni(OH)2The polarization curve (LSV) obtained by the linear scanning speed of 5mV/s of the/NF composite material in 1mol/L KOH solution is shown in FIG. 8, and it can be seen from FIG. 8 that the electrocatalyst material prepared by the comparative example reaches 10mA/cm2The current density of (A) is 182mV higher than that of example 1; the electrochemical impedance plot is shown in FIG. 9, which shows a higher impedance value than that of example 1, and the electrochemical data above all demonstrate that NiFe2O4/Ni(OH)2The OER catalytic activity of the/NF composite material is lower than that of the example 1.
Comparative example 3
A method for preparing a self-supporting OER electrocatalyst material, comprising the steps of:
cutting the foamed nickel into a size of 2cm multiplied by 3cm, respectively ultrasonically cleaning the cut foamed nickel in 1mol/L HCl solution, deionized water and absolute ethyl alcohol for 20min to remove impurities such as oxides on the surface of the foamed nickel, and drying in vacuum at 30 ℃ for subsequent use; under the stirring condition, 0.3mmol of Na2S·9H2O was dissolved in 40mL of deionized water and the resulting Na was added2The S solution was transferred to a 50mL Teflon liner and the treated nickel foam was immersed in Na as described above2And (4) in the S solution, transferring the lining into a stainless steel reaction kettle, and sealing. And (3) reacting for 5h in an electric heating constant-temperature air blast oven at the temperature of 80 ℃, naturally cooling to room temperature, finally taking out the reaction kettle, washing the obtained product with deionized water for 5 times, and drying at the temperature of 60 ℃ for 12h to obtain the self-supporting OER electrocatalyst material.
The procedure of applying the electrocatalyst material of this comparative example to aqueous alkaline solutions to electrolyze water to evolve oxygen is as described in example 1.
The plot of the polarization curve (LSV) obtained for the electrocatalyst material prepared in this comparative example at a linear scan rate of 5mV/s in 1mol/L KOH solution is shown in FIG. 8. it can be seen from FIG. 8 that the electrocatalyst material prepared in this comparative example reached 10mA/cm2The current density of the capacitor is 300mV of overpotential which is far higher than that of the capacitor in the embodiment 1; the electrochemical impedance diagram is shown in FIG. 9, which shows a much higher impedance value than that of example 1, and the above electrochemical data all demonstrate that the electrocatalyst material prepared in comparative example 3 hasOER catalytic activity is much lower than the material of example 1.
Comparative example 4
A method for preparing a self-supporting OER electrocatalyst material, comprising the steps of:
(1) cutting the foamed nickel into 2cm multiplied by 3cm, respectively ultrasonically cleaning the cut foamed nickel in 1mol/L HCl solution, deionized water and absolute ethyl alcohol for 20min to remove impurities such as oxides on the surface of the foamed nickel, and drying in vacuum at 30 ℃ for later use; 0.75mmol of Fe (NO) was added under stirring3)3·9H2Dissolving O in 40mL of deionized water to obtain Fe (NO)3)3The solution was transferred to a 50mL Teflon liner, after which the treated nickel foam was immersed in the above-mentioned Fe (NO)3)3In the solution, transferring the lining into a stainless steel reaction kettle, and sealing; reacting for 8 hours in an electric heating constant temperature blast oven at the temperature of 120 ℃, and naturally cooling to room temperature. Taking out the reaction kettle, washing the obtained product with deionized water for 5 times, and drying at 60 ℃ for 12h to obtain NiFe2O4/Ni(OH)2a/NF composite material.
(2) Under the stirring condition, 0.1mmol of Na2S·9H2O was dissolved in 40mL of deionized water and the resulting Na was added2Transferring the S solution into a 50mL polytetrafluoroethylene lining, and obtaining NiFe in the step (1)2O4/Ni(OH)2the/NF composite material is immersed in the Na2And (4) in the S solution, transferring the lining into a stainless steel reaction kettle, and sealing. Reacting for 5h in an electric heating constant temperature blast oven at the temperature of 80 ℃, naturally cooling to room temperature, finally taking out the reaction kettle, washing the obtained product with deionized water for 5 times, and drying for 12h at the temperature of 60 ℃ to obtain NiFe2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2the/NF composite material is the high-activity self-supporting OER electro-catalyst material.
The procedure of applying the electrocatalyst material prepared in this comparative example to aqueous alkaline electrolysis for oxygen evolution is as described in example 1.
NiFe prepared by the comparative example2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2/NF composite materialThe polarization curve (LSV) obtained at a linear scan rate of 5mV/s in a 1mol/L KOH solution is shown in FIG. 10. it can be seen from FIG. 10 that a current density of 10mA/cm is reached2An overpotential of 190mV is required, which is higher than that of example 1.
Comparative example 5
A preparation method of a high-activity self-supporting OER electrocatalyst material comprises the following steps:
(1) cutting the foamed nickel into 2cm multiplied by 3cm, respectively ultrasonically cleaning the cut foamed nickel in 1mol/L HCl solution, deionized water and absolute ethyl alcohol for 20min to remove impurities such as oxides on the surface of the foamed nickel, and drying in vacuum at 30 ℃ for subsequent use; 0.75mmol of Fe (NO) was added under stirring3)3·9H2Dissolving O in 40mL of deionized water to obtain Fe (NO)3)3The solution was transferred to a 50mL Teflon liner, after which the treated nickel foam was immersed in the above-mentioned Fe (NO)3)3In the solution, transferring the lining into a stainless steel reaction kettle, and sealing; reacting for 8 hours in an electric heating constant temperature blast oven at the temperature of 120 ℃, and naturally cooling to room temperature; taking out the reaction kettle, washing the obtained product with deionized water for 5 times, and drying at 60 ℃ for 12h to obtain NiFe2O4/Ni(OH)2a/NF composite material.
(2) Under the stirring condition, 0.8mmol of Na2S·9H2O was dissolved in 40mL of deionized water and the resulting Na was added2Transferring the S solution into a 50mL polytetrafluoroethylene lining, and obtaining NiFe in the step (1)2O4/Ni(OH)2the/NF composite material is immersed in the Na2And (4) in the S solution, transferring the lining into a stainless steel reaction kettle, and sealing. Reacting for 5h in an electric heating constant temperature blast oven at the temperature of 80 ℃, naturally cooling to room temperature, finally taking out the reaction kettle, washing the obtained product with deionized water for 5 times, and drying for 12h at the temperature of 60 ℃ to obtain NiFe2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2the/NF composite material is the high-activity self-supporting OER electro-catalyst material.
The procedure of applying the electrocatalyst material prepared in this comparative example to aqueous alkaline electrolysis for oxygen evolution is as described in example 1.
NiFe prepared by the comparative example2O4/Ni3S4/Ni(OH)2The polarization curve (LSV) of the/NF composite material obtained in a 1mol/L KOH solution at a linear scan rate of 5mV/s is shown in FIG. 10. it can be seen from FIG. 10 that a current density of 10mA/cm is reached2An overpotential of 200mV is required, which is much higher than that of example 1.
From the above data, it can be seen that the high activity self-supported OER electrocatalyst according to the present invention shows excellent oxygen evolution activity mainly for several reasons: on one hand, the heterostructure array grows in situ on the three-dimensional foam nickel framework, so that the specific surface area can be increased, and more active sites can be exposed; the open nanosheet array can increase the contact with electrolyte, accelerate the reaction process, quickly transfer the generated gas and improve the mass transfer efficiency in the reaction process. On the other hand, sulfurization produces a new heterogeneous interface, so that the nanosheets Ni (OH)2And the active species NiFe2O4The contact is tighter, the charge transmission at the heterojunction is improved, and the rapid transfer of electrons at the substrate and the active site is facilitated, so that the reaction overpotential is reduced, and the reaction rate of OER is further improved.