Electrospun Carbon Nanofibers Encapsulated with NiCoP: A Multifunctional Electrode for Supercapattery and Oxygen Reduction, Oxygen Evolution, and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions. Issue 20 (18th April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Surendran, Subramani; Shanmugapriya, Sathyanarayanan; Sivanantham, Arumugam; Shanmugam, Sangaraju; Kalai Selvan, Ramakrishnan
• Is Part Of: Advanced energy materials. Volume 8:Issue 20(2018)
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• Publication Date: 2018-04-18
• Subjects: electrocatalysts -- electrospinning -- supercapattery -- water electrolyzer; Energy harvesting -- Materials -- Periodicals; Energy conversion -- Materials -- Periodicals; Energy storage -- Materials -- Periodicals; Photovoltaics -- Periodicals; Fuel cells -- Periodicals; Thermoelectric materials -- Periodicals; 621.31
• DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201800555
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1614-6832

Abstract

Abstract: Functionalizing nanostructured carbon nanofibers (CNFs) with bimetallic phosphides enables the material to become an active electrode for multifunctional applications. A facile electrospinning technique is utilized for the first time to develop NiCoP nanoparticles encapsulated CNFs that are used as an energy storage system of supercapattery, and as an electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction, oxygen evolution, and hydrogen evolution reaction in KOH electrolyte. Evolving from the inclusion of bimetallic phosphide nanoparticles, the NiCoP/CNF electrode unveils superior‐specific capacitance (333 Fg −1 at 2 Ag −1 ) and rate capability (87%). The fabricated supercapattery device offers a voltage of 1.6 V that supplies a remarkable energy density (36 Wh kg −1 ) along with an improved power density (4000 W kg −1 ) and unwavering cyclic stability (25 000 cycles). Meanwhile, the NiCoP/CNF electrode has simultaneously performed well as a multifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction at a half‐wave potential of 0.82 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode and can attain a current density of 10 mA cm −2 at a very low overpotential of 268 and 130 mV for the oxygen evolution reaction and hydrogen evolution reaction, respectively. Thus, the NiCoP/CNF with all its inimitable electrode properties has profoundly proved its proficiency at handling multifunctional challenges in terms of both storage and conversion. Abstract : An aqueous supercapattery device comprised of a symmetric electrospun NiCoP encapsulated carbon nanofiber (CNF) electrode as anode and cathode is developed . Further, the NiCoP/CNF has demonstrated a superior catalytic activity as an oxygen reduction reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, and hydrogen evolution reaction electrocatalyst and durability in an alkaline medium. Moreover, a self‐supported lab scale water electrolyzer is constructed driven by the fabricated supercapattery device.