Interface Catalysis of Nickel Molybdenum (NiMo) Alloys on Two-Dimensional (2D) MXene for Enhanced Hydrogen Electrochemistry.
Tong ZhangShaun DebowFuzhan SongYuqin QianWilliam R CreasyBrendan G DeLacyYi RaoPublished in: The journal of physical chemistry letters (2021)
Development of efficient bifunctional nonprecious metallic electrocatalysts for hydrogen electrochemistry in alkaline solution is of importance to enable commercialization of a low-cost alkaline hydrogen fuel cell and water electrolyzer, but it is very challenging. Two-dimensional (2D) MXene-based electrocatalysts hold tremendous potential for the applications of hydrogen fuel cell and water electrolyzer. Here, we successfully immobilized transition-metal-based NiMo nanoparticles (NPs) on 2D Ti3C2Tx (Tx: surface terminations, such as O, OH, or F) surfaces by a wet chemical method. Our results demonstrate that the NiMo NPs are monodispersed on Ti3C2Tx with surface functionalization. These monodisperse NPs resulted in superior hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) activities in an alkaline media. The NiMo NPs/Ti3C2Tx in 1.0 M KOH yielded an HER current of -10 mA cm-2 at -0.044 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), nearly 232 mV smaller than that of the parent NiMo NPs. The NiMo NPs/Ti3C2Tx produced an HOR current density of 1.5 mA cm-2 at 0.1 V vs RHE. Density functional theory (DFT) results further reveal that Ti3C2Tx support can facilitate the charge transfer to metallic NPs and tailor the electronic structure of catalytic sites, resulting in optimized adsorption free energies of H* species for hydrogen electrochemistry. This work provides a facile and universal strategy in the development of 2D Ti3C2Tx with nonprecious metals for low-cost bifunctional hydrogen electrocatalysts.
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