Ag Nanoparticles and Rod-Shaped AgCl Decorated Porous PEDOT as a Bifunctional Material for Hydrogen Evolution
Chunyong Zhang1,2, Haoyu Wang1,2, Li Shu2
1School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213001, China.
Abstract:
PEDOT-Ag/AgCl is a highly promising material with dual functions of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and supercapacitors. In this study, a simple low-temperature stirring and light irradiation method was used to synthesize PEDOT-Ag/AgCl on the surface. Then, PEDOT-Ag/AgCl was analyzed using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. PEDOT-Ag/AgCl reacted in 1 M KOH alkaline electrolyte with an overpotential of 157 mV at 20 mA·cm-2 and a Tafel slope of 66.95 mv·dec-1. Owing to the synergistic effect of PEDOT and Ag/AgCl, this material had a small resistance (1.7 Ω) and a large specific capacitance (978 F·g-1 at current density of 0.5 A·g-1). The synthesis method can prepare nanostructured PEDOT with uniformly-distributed Ag nanoparticles and rod-shaped AgCl on the surface, which can be used as both HER electrocatalysts and supercapacitor electrodes.
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