物理化学学报 >> 2023, Vol. 39 >> Issue (12): 2303028.doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB202303028

所属专题: 能源电催化

论文 上一篇    

氮掺杂石墨烯气凝胶锚定RuP纳米粒子用于水合肼氧化辅助产氢

王正慜1, 洪庆玲2, 王晓慧1, 黄昊3,*(), 陈煜2,*(), 李淑妮1,*()   

  1. 1 陕西师范大学化学化工学院, 陕西省大分子科学重点实验室, 西安 710062
    2 陕西师范大学材料科学与工程学院, 西安 710062
    3 挪威东南大学微系统系, 博尔 3184, 挪威
  • 收稿日期:2023-03-13 录用日期:2023-04-04 发布日期:2023-04-10
  • 通讯作者: 黄昊,陈煜,李淑妮 E-mail:huanghao881015@163.com;ndchenyu@gmail.com;lishuni@snnu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(21972089);国家自然科学基金(22002083);陕西省创新能力支撑计划(2023-CX-TD-27);中央高校基本科研业务费(GK202202001)

RuP Nanoparticles Anchored on N-doped Graphene Aerogels for Hydrazine Oxidation-Boosted Hydrogen Production

Zheng-Min Wang1, Qing-Ling Hong2, Xiao-Hui Wang1, Hao Huang3,*(), Yu Chen2,*(), Shu-Ni Li1,*()   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
    2 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
    3 Department of Microsystems, University of South-Eastern Norway, Borre 3184, Norway
  • Received:2023-03-13 Accepted:2023-04-04 Published:2023-04-10
  • Contact: Hao Huang, Yu Chen, Shu-Ni Li E-mail:huanghao881015@163.com;ndchenyu@gmail.com;lishuni@snnu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21972089);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22002083);the Science and Technology Innovation Team of Shaanxi Province(2023-CX-TD-27);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(GK202202001)

摘要:

氢能是替代传统燃料的理想清洁能源。电解水析氢由于其环保和低成本的特性而受到广泛关注,然而,阳极析氧反应(OER)的缓慢动力学降低了制氢效率。因此,肼氧化反应(HzOR)以其低的理论电压电位(−0.33 V vs. RHE)成为了OER的合理替代方案。本工作中,以三维多孔的石墨烯气凝胶(GA)为导电基底,将RuⅢ-聚乙烯亚胺(RuⅢ-PEI)配合物吸附在GA表面。通过植酸(PA)和PEI之间的氢键相互作用GA进一步吸附PA,形成RuⅢ-PEI-GA-PA复合物。对RuⅢ-PEI-GA-PA复合物前驱体进行磷化后,合成了锚定在N掺杂GA上的RuP纳米粒子(RuP/N-GA)。在热解过程中,在GA表面形成了超小的RuP纳米粒子。此外,PEI和PA的分解可以将丰富的N和P杂原子引入GA的结构中。因此,RuP/N-GA复合物具有高效的HzOR性能,在10 mA∙cm−2时的工作电位低至−54 mV。此外,这种低Ru负载的新型RuP/N-GA复合物具有良好的析氢反应(HER)活性,电流密度为10 mA∙cm−2时的HER过电势为−19.6 mV。在各种RuP/N-GA复合物中,RuP/N-GA-900具有最小的HER塔菲尔斜率(37.03 mV∙dec−1),表现出了最快的HER动力学。同时也表明RuP/N-GA-900的HER过程具有与Pt类似的Heyrovsky机制。理论计算结果表明,锚定结构和N杂原子的存在可以促进肼在RuP纳米粒子上的氧化。肼分子吸附在RuP/N-GA上的自由能为−0.68 eV,表明掺杂的N可以调节Ru活性位点的电子结构,有助于增强Ru的HzOR活性。此外,RuP/N-GA复合物对HER和HzOR均表现出优于商业Pt/C的循环稳定性和长期稳定性。基于RuP/N-GA复合物的双功能活性,所构建的双电极肼分解系统在10 mA∙cm−2下表现出41 mV的极低分解电压就可以产氢,实现了低电压下节能制氢的目标。RuP/N-GA复合物优异的电催化活性归因于超小的RuP纳米粒子提供了丰富的Ru活性位点。此外,GA骨架中N的掺杂与RuP纳米颗粒之间的协同效应有助于提高RuP/N-GA复合物的活性。三维多孔的N-GA加速了电荷转移和传质过程,并且N-GA和RuP纳米粒子之间的相互作用增强了RuP纳米粒子对HER和HzOR的电催化活性。这项工作提出了一种HzOR辅助制氢的双功能电催化剂,并为通过吸附-磷化法设计和合成先进电催化剂提供了新思路。

关键词: 磷化钌, 石墨烯气凝胶, 锚定结构, 肼氧化反应, 析氢反应

Abstract:

'Green hydrogen' is a promising clean energy carrier for use instead of traditional fuels. For obtaining 'green hydrogen', electrochemical water splitting has been receiving considerable attention due to its eco-friendly and low-cost properties. However, the sluggish kinetics of the anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) reduces the efficiency of hydrogen production. Accordingly, the hydrazine oxidation reaction (HzOR) with low theoretical potential (−0.33 V vs. RHE) has been proposed as a reasonable alternative for the OER. In this study, graphene aerogel (GA) was utilized as a conductive substrate with a 3D porous framework. RuⅢ-polyethyleneimine (RuⅢ-PEI) complexes were adsorbed on the GA surface. Phytic acid (PA) was further adsorbed to form RuⅢ-PEI-GA-PA hybrids through the hydrogen bond interaction between PA and PEI, which can serve as a precursor to synthesize RuP nanoparticles anchored on N-doped GA (RuP/N-GA) through the phosphorization reaction. In the pyrolysis process, the ultra-small RuP was formed at the GA surface. Additionally, the decomposition of PEI and PA can introduce abundant N and P heteroatoms into the structure of GA. As a result, RuP/N-GA hybrids achieve efficient HzOR with a low working potential of −54 mV at 10 mA∙cm−2. Moreover, the novel RuP/N-GA hybrids with low Ru loading also exhibit a promising hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity with an overpotential of −19.6 mV at 10 mA∙cm−2. Among various RuP/N-GA hybrids, the Tafel plot of HER at RuP/N-GA-900 reveals the smallest value to be 37.03 mV∙dec−1, which affords the fastest HER kinetics. Meanwhile, the result suggests that the HER at RuP/N-GA-900 undergoes a Heyrovsky mechanism similar to that of Pt. The theoretical results revealed that the anchored structure and the presence of N heteroatoms can promote the HzOR on RuP nanoparticles. The free energy of hydrazine molecular adsorption on RuP/N-GA was −0.68 eV, indicating that N-doping in the RuP/N-GA structure can adjust the electronic structure of the Ru active site, which also contributes to the enhanced HzOR activity of the Ru site. Additionally, RuP/N-GA hybrids exhibited excellent cycling and long-term stability for both HER and HzOR, superior to those of commercial Pt/C. Based on the bifunctional activity of RuP/N-GA hybrids, the constructed two-electrode hydrazine split system exhibits an extremely low cell voltage of 41 mV at 10 mA∙cm−2 for the hydrogen production, which achieves the goal of energy-saved hydrogen production at low voltage. The excellent electrocatalytic activity of RuP/N-GA hybrids is attributed to the ultrasmall RuP nanoparticles for abundant Ru active sites. Meanwhile, the synergistic effect between N-doping in GA frameworks with RuP nanoparticles contributes to the activity enhancement of RuP/N-GA hybrids, in which the 3D porous N-GA with few-layer morphology accelerates the electron and mass transfer and the electron interaction between N-GA and RuP nanoparticles promotes the electrocatalytic activity of RuP nanoparticles for both HER and HzOR. This study extends the bifunctional electrocatalyst for the HER and HzOR to achieve energy-saved hydrogen production and sheds new light on the design and synthesis of advanced electrocatalysts via the adsorption-phosphatization method.

Key words: Ruthenium phosphide, Graphene aerogel, Anchored structure, Hydrazine oxidation reaction, Hydrogen evolution reaction