Journal of Inorganic Materials ›› 2023, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (6): 647-655.DOI: 10.15541/jim20220625
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SUN Qiangqiang(), CHEN Zixuan, YANG Ziyue, WANG Yimeng, CAO Baoyue(
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Received:
2022-10-24
Revised:
2022-12-25
Published:
2022-12-28
Online:
2022-12-28
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CAO Baoyue, associate professor. E-mail: 231052@slxy.edu.cnAbout author:
SUN Qiangqiang (1985-), male, PhD, associate professor. E-mail: sqq3c118@slxy.edu.cn
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SUN Qiangqiang, CHEN Zixuan, YANG Ziyue, WANG Yimeng, CAO Baoyue. Amorphous Vanadium Oxide Loaded by Metallic Nickel-copper towards High-efficiency Electrocatalyzing Hydrogen Production[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2023, 38(6): 647-655.
Fig. 5 (a) LSV curves and (b) Tafel plots of electrodes towards HER, (c, d) durability and stability tests of VOx-NiCu/NF towards the HER by (c) multicurrent-step, (d) CV curves before and after 5000 cycles with insert showing SEM image after 5000 cycles, and (e) chronopotentiometry of VOx-NiCu/NF for 72 h Colorful figures are available on website
Material | Tafel slope/ (mV·dec-1) | η10/mV | Ref. |
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VOx-NiCu/NF | 36.9 | 35 | This work |
Co@N-CNT | 94.0 | 44 | [ |
FeCoNi-HNTAs | 37.5 | 58 | [ |
NiFeV/NF | 62.0 | 125 | [ |
Ni-Ce-Pr-Ho/NF | 121.6 | 78 | [ |
N/C/MoP | 51.3 | 169 | [ |
CoxPy/NixPy-NPC | 84.0 | 126 | [ |
Ni/Mo2C/NC | 63.0 | 180 | [ |
Ni-B/graphene | 148 | 187 | [ |
CoS2/MoS2/NC | 80.0 | 215 | [ |
Table 1 HER activities of VOx-NiCu/NF with recently reported electrocatalysts in 1 mol·L-1 KOH alkaline solution
Material | Tafel slope/ (mV·dec-1) | η10/mV | Ref. |
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VOx-NiCu/NF | 36.9 | 35 | This work |
Co@N-CNT | 94.0 | 44 | [ |
FeCoNi-HNTAs | 37.5 | 58 | [ |
NiFeV/NF | 62.0 | 125 | [ |
Ni-Ce-Pr-Ho/NF | 121.6 | 78 | [ |
N/C/MoP | 51.3 | 169 | [ |
CoxPy/NixPy-NPC | 84.0 | 126 | [ |
Ni/Mo2C/NC | 63.0 | 180 | [ |
Ni-B/graphene | 148 | 187 | [ |
CoS2/MoS2/NC | 80.0 | 215 | [ |
Fig. 6 (a) CV curves, (b) double-layer capacitance curves, (c) Nyquist plots with insert showing equivalent circuit and LSV curves by ECSA normalization of VOx-NiCu/NF towards HER Colorful figures are available on website
Fig. S7 (a) Chemical activity and microstructure of VOx-NiCu/NF after a 72-h unintermittent running for HER, and (b) a 96-h unintermittent running for HER.
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