Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (6): 1268-1274.doi: 10.1007/s40242-021-1336-7

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Nickel(hydro) oxide/graphdiyne Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Production Reaction

LUAN Xiaoyu, XUE Yurui   

  1. Science Center for Material Creation and Energy Conversion, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
  • Received:2021-08-27 Revised:2021-09-07 Online:2021-11-23 Published:2021-09-07
  • Contact: XUE Yurui E-mail:yrxue@sdu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2018YFA0703501), the Young Scholarship Funding of Shandong University, China, the Taishan Scholars Youth Expert Program of Shandong Province, China(No.tsqn201909050), and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China(No.ZR2020ZD38).

Abstract: The transition metal-based materials have been regarded as promising electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). However, achieving higher efficiency is largely limited by the valence states of metal species. Herein, different graphdiyne (GDY)-nickel composites were designed and synthesized[Ni(OH)2/GDY, NiOOH/GDY, and NiOx/GDY] as the electrocatalysts for OER. The NiOx/GDY possessing the mixed valence states can drive the OER more efficiently than Ni(OH)2/GDY and NiOOH/GDY. NiOx/GDY gives the smallest overpotential of 310 mV at 10 mA/cm2 for OER, which is even superior to commercial RuO2 electrocatalyst. Experimental results reveal that not only the fast charge transfer induced by GDY but also the prominent roles of mixed Ni2+/Ni3+ valence states boost the OER electrocatalytic performances. The presence of the mixed valence state was demonstrated to be helpful for the charge transfer, resulting in the enhancement of the catalytic activity. This work may provide a new direction to design and fabricate high-performance materials for OER and beyond.

Key words: Graphdiyne, Carbon material, Heterojunction catalyst, Oxygen evolution reaction, Water splitting