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Yapeng Li1, Jianming Li2, Qizhu Qian1
1Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.
Abstract:
The low thermodynamic potential (-0.33 V) and safe by-product of N2 /H2 O, make utilizing hydrazine oxidation reaction (HzOR) to replace thermodynamically-unfavorable and kinetically-sluggish oxygen evolution reaction a promising tactic for energy-efficient hydrogen production. However, the complexity of bifunctionality increases difficulties for effective material design, thus hindering the large-scale hydrogen generation. Herein, we present the rationally designed synthesis of superhydrophilic Ni-based multicomponent arrays (Ni NCNAs) composed of 1D nanorod-confined-nanoflakes (2D), which only needs -26 mV of working potential and 47 mV of overpotential to reach 10 mA cm-2 for HzOR and HER, respectively. Impressively, this Ni NCNA electrode exhibits the top-level bifunctional activity for overall hydrazine splitting (OHzS) with an ultralow voltage of 23 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and a record-high current density of 892 mA cm-2 at just 0.485 V, also achieves the high-speed hydrogen yield driven by a waste AAA battery for OHzS.
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