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Two-dimension on two-dimension growth: hierarchical Ni0.2Mo0.8N/Fe-doped Ni3N nanosheet array for overall water
Chen Liu1, Han Zhu1, Shuanglong Lu1
1Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University Wuxi 214122 P. R. China zhysw@jiangnan.edu.cn du@jiangnan.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Developing advanced electrocatalysts with low cost for electrocatalytic water splitting are highly desirable. Herein, we report the design of two-dimension on two-dimension growth of hierarchical Ni0.2Mo0.8N nanosheets on Fe-doped Ni3N nanosheets supported on Ni foam (Ni0.2Mo0.8N/Fe-Ni3N/NF) via hydrothermal reaction and nitridation treatment. In the hierarchical structures, small Ni0.2Mo0.8N nanosheets were uniformly anchored on Fe-Ni3N nanosheets. Due to enhanced electron transfer between Ni0.2Mo0.8N and Fe-Ni3N, Ni0.2Mo0.8N/Fe-Ni3N/NF exhibits superior electrocatalytic activity for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). After stability tests for 50 h, Ni0.2Mo0.8N/Fe-Ni3N/NF exhibits negligible degradation of the current density for the OER (91% remain) and HER (95% remain), suggesting excellent stability. Owing to the outstanding performance, Ni0.2Mo0.8N/Fe-Ni3N/NF display a cell voltage of 1.54 V (10 mA cm-2) for electrocatalytic overall water splitting.
