The invention content is as follows:
aiming at the defects of the prior art and the requirements of research and application in the field, one of the purposes of the invention is to provide a dual-function water electrolysis catalyst of two-phase nickel selenide; i.e. containing only NiSe2Phase and Ni3Se4Dual function electrolytic water catalyst of phase; the biphase nickel selenide bifunctional electrolytic water catalyst with phase proportion is not used in the preparation by adjusting the quality of the selenium source in the reaction process; wherein the biphase nickel selenide bifunctional electrolytic water catalyst is marked as NiSe2/Ni3Se4/NF。
The invention also aims to provide a preparation method of the double-phase nickel selenide double-function electrolytic water catalyst, which comprises the following steps:
(a)Ni(OH)2preparation of/NF
Three pieces of the sample are 2.5 multiplied by 4cm2Respectively carrying out ultrasonic treatment on the nickel foam for 30, 5 and 10min by using 3mol/L hydrochloric acid solution, deionized water and ethanol, and drying for 6h at 50 ℃; getImmersing a piece of nickel foam into a polytetrafluoroethylene high-pressure reaction kettle containing 35mL of dipotassium hydrogen phosphate solution with the concentration of 1mmol/L, carrying out hydrothermal treatment for 12h at 180 ℃, naturally cooling to room temperature, washing with deionized water, drying at 50 ℃ for 6h, putting the obtained green precursor nickel foam into a polytetrafluoroethylene high-pressure reaction kettle containing 30mL of potassium hydroxide solution with the concentration of 0.1mol/L, carrying out hydrothermal reaction for 5h at 120 ℃, washing with deionized water, and naturally drying at 50 ℃ overnight to obtain a light gray catalyst Ni (OH)2/NF;
(b)NiSe2/Ni3Se4Preparation of/NF
Mixing the Ni (OH) obtained in (a)2Placing the NF in the porcelain boat at the downstream of the tube furnace, placing the selenium powder with the mass of 0.1-0.5 g at the upstream of the tube furnace, and placing the NF in the porcelain boat at the N2Heating to 250-450 ℃ at a heating rate of 3 ℃/min in the atmosphere, then preserving heat until the selenium powder is completely sublimated, and cooling to room temperature to obtain the catalyst NiSe2/Ni3Se4/NF;
The prepared biphase nickel selenide bifunctional electrolytic water catalyst has the coexistence of the nano-sheet structure and the nano-particle structure, wherein the NiSe exists2Being nanoparticles of Ni3Se4Is a nano-sheet, and an obvious phase interface is arranged between the nano-sheet and the nano-sheet; with the increase of the quality of the selenium powder, the nano flaky Ni3Se4Gradually decreases in phase composition.
The invention also aims to provide the catalytic application of the double-phase nickel selenide double-function electrolytic water catalyst in the electrolytic water cathode HER and anode OER.
The invention prepares the bifunctional electrolytic water catalyst with excellent performance by adjusting the proportion of two phases in the two-phase nickel selenide; the two-phase heterostructure not only improves the conductivity of the catalyst and increases active sites, but also effectively reduces overpotentials of HER and OER, and shows excellent long-term stability.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following main advantages and beneficial effects:
1) the biphase nickel selenide bifunctional electrolytic water catalyst is a non-noble metal composite material, the used raw materials are easy to purchase, the resources are rich, the cost is low, the experimental method is easy to operate, and the large-scale production is facilitated;
2) the bifunctional electrolytic water catalyst is a two-phase nickel selenide material, has better OER and HER catalytic activities, and has obvious advantages compared with the unilateral OER or HER activity of a non-noble metal catalyst reported in the current research;
3) the biphase nickel selenide bifunctional electrolytic water catalyst has RuO (RuO) which is more commercial than that of the catalyst in the aspect of total water decomposition2Better electrochemical performance with Pt/C electrode.
Description of the drawings:
FIG. 1 shows Ni (OH) obtained in comparative example 12/NF (A), NiSe obtained in example 12/Ni3Se4NF-1(B), NiSe obtained in example 42/Ni3Se4SEM image of/NF-4 (C) and NiSe obtained in example 12/Ni3Se4NF-1(D) and NiSe obtained in example 42/Ni3Se4Transmission electron micrograph of/NF-4 (F).
FIG. 2 shows NiSe catalysts obtained in examples 1, 2, 3, 4 and 52/Ni3Se4/NF-1、NiSe2/Ni3Se4/NF-2、NiSe2/Ni3Se4/NF-3、NiSe2/Ni3Se4/NF-4、NiSe2/Ni3Se4XRD pattern (left) of/NF-5, and NiSe as catalyst obtained in example 1, example 2, example 3, example 4 and example 52/Ni3Se4/NF-1、NiSe2/Ni3Se4/NF-2、NiSe2/Ni3Se4/NF-3、NiSe2/Ni3Se4/NF-4、NiSe2/Ni3Se4Two phase ratio bar graph of/NF-5 (right).
FIG. 3 shows NiSe obtained in example 12/Ni3Se4NF-1, NiSe obtained in example 42/Ni3Se4/NF-4, Ni (OH) obtained in comparative example 12/NF and commercial RuO2OER linear sweep voltammogram for modified nickel foamFigure (a).
FIG. 4 shows NiSe obtained in example 12/Ni3Se4NF-1, NiSe obtained in example 22/Ni3Se4NF-2, NiSe obtained in example 32/Ni3Se4NF-3, NiSe obtained in example 42/Ni3Se4NF-4, NiSe obtained in example 52/Ni3Se4OER linear sweep voltammogram of/NF-5.
FIG. 5 shows NiSe obtained in example 12/Ni3Se4OER constant voltage i-t of/NF-1 (left) and linear sweep voltammogram before and after 2000 cycles of cyclic voltammetry of the test (right).
FIG. 6 shows NiSe obtained in example 12/Ni3Se4NF-1, NiSe obtained in example 42/Ni3Se4/NF-4, Ni (OH) obtained in comparative example 12HER linear sweep voltammogram of/NF and commercial Pt/C modified nickel foam.
FIG. 7 shows NiSe obtained in example 12/Ni3Se4NF-1, NiSe obtained in example 22/Ni3Se4NF-2, NiSe obtained in example 32/Ni3Se4NF-3, NiSe obtained in example 42/Ni3Se4NF-4, NiSe obtained in example 52/Ni3Se4HER linear sweep voltammogram of/NF-5. .
FIG. 8 shows NiSe obtained in example 42/Ni3Se4HER constant voltage i-t of/NF-4 (left) and linear sweep voltammogram before and after 2000 cycles of cyclic voltammogram (right).
FIG. 9 shows NiSe obtained in example 12/Ni3Se4/NF-1 as an anode, NiSe obtained in example 42/Ni3Se4the/NF-4 is a full-hydrolytic linear sweep voltammogram carried out by a two-electrode system consisting of a cathode.
FIG. 10 shows NiSe obtained in example 12/Ni3Se4/NF-1 as an anode, NiSe obtained in example 42/Ni3Se4The constant voltage i-t measurement of a two-electrode system consisting of a cathode and a NF-4 at 1.56VAn attempt is made.
The specific implementation mode is as follows:
for a further understanding of the invention, reference will now be made to the following examples and drawings, which are not intended to limit the invention in any way.
Example 1:
(a)Ni(OH)2preparation of/NF
Three pieces of the sample are 2.5 multiplied by 4cm2Respectively carrying out ultrasonic treatment on the nickel foam for 30, 5 and 10min by using 3mol/L hydrochloric acid solution, deionized water and ethanol, and drying for 6h at 50 ℃; soaking a piece of nickel foam into a polytetrafluoroethylene high-pressure reaction kettle containing 35mL of dipotassium hydrogen phosphate solution with the concentration of 1mmol/L, performing hydrothermal treatment for 12h at 180 ℃, naturally cooling to room temperature, washing with deionized water, drying at 50 ℃ for 6h, putting the obtained green precursor nickel foam into a polytetrafluoroethylene high-pressure reaction kettle containing 30mL of potassium hydroxide solution with the concentration of 0.1mol/L, performing hydrothermal reaction for 5h at 120 ℃, washing with deionized water, and naturally drying at 50 ℃ overnight to obtain a light gray catalyst Ni (OH)2/NF;
(b)NiSe2/Ni3Se4Preparation of/NF-1
Mixing the Ni (OH) obtained in (a)2Placing NF in porcelain boat at downstream of tube furnace, placing selenium powder with mass of 0.1g at upstream of tube furnace, and placing the powder in porcelain boat at N2Heating to 300 ℃ at a heating rate of 3 ℃/min, then preserving heat until the selenium powder is completely sublimated, and cooling to room temperature to obtain the catalyst NiSe2/Ni3Se4/NF-1;
Example 2:
(a)Ni(OH)2preparation of/NF
Prepared according to the method and conditions of step (a) in example 1;
(b)NiSe2/Ni3Se4preparation of/NF-2
Mixing the Ni (OH) obtained in (a)2Placing NF in porcelain boat at downstream of tube furnace, placing selenium powder with mass of 0.2g at upstream of tube furnace, and placing the powder in porcelain boat at N2Heating to 300 ℃ at a heating rate of 3 ℃/min in the atmosphere, and then preserving heat until the selenium powder is fullPartially sublimating, and cooling to room temperature to obtain the catalyst NiSe2/Ni3Se4/NF-2;
Example 3:
(a)Ni(OH)2preparation of/NF
Prepared according to the method and conditions of step (a) in example 1;
(b)NiSe2/Ni3Se4preparation of/NF-3
Mixing the Ni (OH) obtained in (a)2Placing NF in porcelain boat at downstream of tube furnace, placing selenium powder with mass of 0.3g at upstream of tube furnace, and placing the powder in porcelain boat at N2Heating to 300 ℃ at a heating rate of 3 ℃/min, then preserving heat until the selenium powder is completely sublimated, and cooling to room temperature to obtain the catalyst NiSe2/Ni3Se4/NF-3;
Example 4:
(a)Ni(OH)2preparation of/NF
Prepared according to the method and conditions of step (a) in example 1;
(b)NiSe2/Ni3Se4preparation of/NF-4
Mixing the Ni (OH) obtained in (a)2Placing NF in porcelain boat at downstream of tube furnace, placing selenium powder with mass of 0.4g at upstream of tube furnace, and placing the powder in porcelain boat at N2Heating to 300 ℃ at a heating rate of 3 ℃/min, then preserving heat until the selenium powder is completely sublimated, and cooling to room temperature to obtain the catalyst NiSe2/Ni3Se4/NF-4;
Example 5:
(a)Ni(OH)2preparation of/NF
Prepared according to the method and conditions of step (a) in example 1;
(b)NiSe2/Ni3Se4preparation of/NF-5
Mixing the Ni (OH) obtained in (a)2Placing NF in porcelain boat at downstream of tube furnace, placing selenium powder with mass of 0.5g at upstream of tube furnace, and placing the powder in porcelain boat at N2Heating to 300 ℃ at a heating rate of 3 ℃/min, then preserving heat until the selenium powder is completely sublimated, and cooling to room temperature to prepare the selenium-enriched powderObtaining the catalyst NiSe2/Ni3Se4/NF-5;
Comparative example 1:
(a) NF pretreatment
Cutting the nickel foam to 2.5X 4cm2The sheets of (a) were sonicated with 3mol/L hydrochloric acid solution, deionized water and ethanol for 30, 5 and 10min, respectively, to remove surface oxides and organic molecules, and then dried at 50 ℃ for 6 h.
(b)Ni(OH)2Preparation of/NF
Prepared according to the method and conditions of step (a) in example 1;
FIG. 1 shows Ni (OH) obtained in comparative example 12/NF (A), NiSe obtained in example 12/Ni3Se4NF-1(B), NiSe obtained in example 42/Ni3Se4SEM image of/NF-4 (C) and NiSe obtained in example 12/Ni3Se4NF-1(D) and NiSe obtained in example 42/Ni3Se4Transmission electron micrograph of/NF-4 (F).
As can be seen from FIG. A, Ni (OH)2Has obvious sheet structure and excellent crystallinity. As can be seen in FIG. B, the product NiSe after selenization2/Ni3Se4the/NF-1 sheet structure is more dense and has obvious Ni3Se4Structure, while less nano-particle NiSe can be observed on the frame2And (4) phase(s). In the graph C, the number of lamellar structures is significantly reduced, while the arrangement of smaller-sized nanoparticles is more significant. Both the graph D and the graph F can clearly show that the sheet structure and the particle structure exist simultaneously, which shows that the catalyst is a two-phase heterostructure after gas phase selenization and has a very obvious interface.
FIG. 2 shows NiSe catalysts obtained in examples 1, 2, 3, 4 and 52/Ni3Se4/NF-1、NiSe2/Ni3Se4/NF-2、NiSe2/Ni3Se4/NF-3、NiSe2/Ni3Se4/NF-4、NiSe2/Ni3Se4XRD pattern of/NF-5 (left), and implementationNiSe catalyst obtained in example 1, example 2, example 3, example 4 and example 52/Ni3Se4/NF-1、NiSe2/Ni3Se4/NF-2、NiSe2/Ni3Se4/NF-3、NiSe2/Ni3Se4/NF-4、NiSe2/Ni3Se4Two phase ratio bar graph of/NF-5 (right). Through comparison with a standard card, the main component of the selenized sample is NiSe2And Ni3Se4Corresponding to standard cards JCPDS 88-1711 and 89-7162 respectively. The selenized structure is a heterogeneous structure of two-phase nickel selenide, and the structure is beneficial to regulation and control of an electronic structure and improves the electrocatalytic performance of the catalyst. Meanwhile, due to the different mass of the selenium powder participating in the reaction, the proportion of two phases in the generated two-phase catalyst is different, and it can be seen from the histogram that NiSe is added with the mass of the selenium powder2The proportion of the phase increases, corresponding to Ni3Se4The ratio of the phases is reduced. The difference in the proportions of the two phases will contribute to the difference in performance of OER and HER over the two-phase catalyst.
The electrocatalysis performance test takes a saturated Ag/AgCl electrode as a reference electrode, a stone grinding rod electrode as a counter electrode, the sweeping speed is 2mV/s, and the electrolyte is 1M KOH.
FIG. 3 shows NiSe obtained in example 12/Ni3Se4NF-1, NiSe obtained in example 42/Ni3Se4/NF-4, Ni (OH) obtained in comparative example 12/NF and commercial RuO2OER linear sweep voltammogram of modified nickel foam. As can be seen from the figure, the current density reached 100mA/cm2Then, NiSe2/Ni3Se4the/NF-1 catalyst had the lowest overpotential, indicating that the transition metal selenide NiSe2And Ni3Se4The presence of the catalyst has a synergistic promotion effect on the OER performance of the catalyst, promotes the migration of electrons, improves the surface property of the catalyst and improves the catalytic performance.
FIG. 4 shows NiSe obtained in example 12/Ni3Se4NF-1, NiSe obtained in example 22/Ni3Se4NF-2, example 3NiSe2/Ni3Se4NF-3, NiSe obtained in example 42/Ni3Se4NF-4, NiSe obtained in example 52/Ni3Se4OER linear sweep voltammogram of/NF-5. Due to Ni3Se4The OER activity of (A) is higher than that of NiSe2To investigate NiSe2And Ni3Se4The results of OER performance tests on the two-phase nickel selenide electrocatalyst with different phase ratios show that when Ni is different from the nickel selenide electrocatalyst with different phase ratios, the results show that the performance of the nickel selenide electrocatalyst with different phase ratios is improved3Se4When the component is higher, the catalyst has more excellent OER performance, namely NiSe2/Ni3Se4NF-1 has optimum OER performance, NiSe2/Ni3Se4NF-2 times with Ni3Se4The ingredients are reduced and the OER performance is successively weakened until no further change occurs with the phase ratio.
FIG. 5 shows NiSe obtained in example 12/Ni3Se4OER stability test of/NF-1. Biphase nickel selenide electrocatalyst NiSe2/Ni3Se4the/NF-1 undergoes an OER stability test for 60h, and the catalytic performance is not obviously attenuated. After 2000 cycles of CV test, there was also little change in the LSV curve, indicating excellent long-term stability of the catalyst.
FIG. 6 shows NiSe obtained in example 12/Ni3Se4NF-1, NiSe obtained in example 42/Ni3Se4/NF-4, Ni (OH) obtained in comparative example 12HER linear sweep voltammogram of/NF and commercial Pt/C modified nickel foam. As can be seen from the figure, the current density reached 10mA/cm2Or even 100mA/cm2Then, NiSe2/Ni3Se4the/NF-4 catalysts all had the lowest overpotential, indicating that the transition metal selenide NiSe2And Ni3Se4The existence of the catalyst plays a role in synergistically promoting the HER performance of the catalyst, promotes the migration of electrons, improves the surface property of the catalyst and improves the catalytic performance.
FIG. 7 shows NiSe obtained in example 12/Ni3Se4NF-1, NiSe obtained in example 22/Ni3Se4NF-2, NiSe obtained in example 32/Ni3Se4NF-3, NiSe obtained in example 42/Ni3Se4NF-4, NiSe obtained in example 52/Ni3Se4HER linear sweep voltammogram of/NF-5. Due to NiSe2Has HER activity higher than that of Ni3Se4To investigate NiSe2And Ni3Se4The results of HER performance tests on the biphasic nickel selenide electrocatalyst with different phase ratios show that the results of the HER performance tests on the biphasic nickel selenide electrocatalyst with different phase ratios show that the NiSe is not influenced by different phase ratios2At higher composition, the catalyst has more excellent HER performance, namely NiSe2/Ni3Se4NF-4 has optimum HER performance, NiSe2/Ni3Se4NF-5 times, with NiSe2With reduced composition, HER performance is in turn diminished.
FIG. 8 shows NiSe obtained in example 42/Ni3Se4HER stability test of/NF-4. Biphase nickel selenide electrocatalyst NiSe2/Ni3Se4the/NF-4 undergoes a stability test for 60h, and the HER catalytic performance is not obviously attenuated. After 2000 cycles of CV test, there was also little change in the LSV curve, indicating that the catalyst had excellent HER long-term stability.
FIG. 9 shows NiSe obtained in example 12/Ni3Se4/NF-1 as an anode, NiSe obtained in example 42/Ni3Se4the/NF-4 is a full-hydrolytic linear sweep voltammogram carried out by a two-electrode system consisting of a cathode. As can be seen from the figure, when the current density reached 10mA/cm2The required potential of the target catalyst is significantly less than that of the noble metal RuO2(+) | | Pt/C (-), shows that the synergistic effect between the heterogeneous structures of the two-phase nickel selenide electrocatalyst generates rich interfaces, promotes the transfer of electrons, and thus improves the electrocatalytic performance.
FIG. 10 shows NiSe obtained in example 12/Ni3Se4/NF-1 as an anode, NiSe obtained in example 42/Ni3Se4the/NF-4 is a constant voltage i-t test chart when the cathode forms a two-electrode system and the voltage is 1.56V. Can be seen from the figureIn a 36-hour test, the performance of the biphase nickel selenide electrocatalyst is hardly attenuated, good long-term stability of electrolyzed water is shown, the application of the biphase nickel selenide electrocatalyst in the aspect of new energy in the future is of great significance, and the biphase nickel selenide electrocatalyst has potential application value in the field of electrode materials of an electrolyzed water technology.