Carbon Dots Integrated NiCo2O4 Hierarchical Nanoneedle Arrays Supported on Ni Foam as Efficient and Stable Electrode for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions. Issue 9 (9th July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kundu, Aniruddha; Ryplida, Benny; Park, Sung Young
• Is Part Of: Electroanalysis. Volume 32:Issue 9(2020)
• Page Start: 2090
• Page End: 2100
• Publication Date: 2020-07-09
• Subjects: Carbon dots -- Nanoneedle arrays -- Charge transfer -- Hydrogen evolution -- Oxygen evolution; Electrochemical analysis -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Analytical -- Periodicals; Electrochemistry -- Periodicals; 543.4
• DOI: 10.1002/elan.202060110
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1040-0397

Abstract

Abstract: The production of hydrogen and oxygen via water electrolysis has become a sustainable and encouraging pathway for the establishment of new energy sources. Herein, we report the successful growth of hierarchical NiCo2 O4 ‐carbon dots (CDs) nanoneedle arrays supported on nickel foam through a simple and environmentally benign hydrothermal self‐assembly technique. The designed material acts as a binder free electrode and shows bifunctional electrocatalytic activity for both hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) as well as oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline medium. An electrocatalyst sample with an optimal loading of CDs (25 mg) requires a low overpotential of 146 mV to achieve a current density of 10 mA/cm 2 for the HER in an alkaline medium, whereas it requires an overpotential of 390 mV to achieve a current density of 50 mA/cm 2 for the OER in the same alkaline medium. The excellent electrocatalytic activities of the sample with loading of CD can be ascribed due to the presence of large number of exposed active sites offered by CD/NiCo2 O4 and the enhanced electron transfer processes occurring as a result of hierarchical structure composed of three‐dimensional nickel foam and the NiCo2 O4 −CDs nanoneedle arrays. Thus, the synthesis method introduced in this present work is a facile and cost‐effective approach for the construction of bifunctional electrocatalysts with high reactivity and excellent durability. Abstract :