One-pot synthesis of crystalline structure: Nickel-iron phosphide and selenide for hydrogen production in alkaline water splitting

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  • Mukhtiar Ahmed State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China and Key Laboratory of Superlight Material and Surface Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2488-7171
  • Abdul Hanan Key Laboratory of Superlight Material and Surface Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6162-0519
  • Muhammad Nazim Lakhan Key Laboratory of Superlight Material and Surface Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4370-0640
  • Altaf Hussain Shar State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130000, China and University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4323-7522
  • Irfan Ali Soomro College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100190, China https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6994-1613
  • Binguang Niu State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7485-0246
  • Yang Yang State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5399-3248

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5599/jese.1721

Keywords:

Electrocatalysis, hydrogen evolution reaction, transition metal phosphide, transition metal selenide
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Abstract

Electrocatalytically active nanocomposites play a vital role in energy generation, conversion, and storage technologies. Transition metal-based catalysts such as nickel and iron and their pnictide (phosphide), and chalcogenide (selenide) compounds exhibit good activity for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in the alkaline environment. In this study, transition metals-based catalysts (Ni-P-Se, Fe-P-Se, and Ni-Fe-P-Se) solutions were prepared using a simple one-pot method. Prepared solutions were deposited on Ni foam, and different characterization techniques were used to determine the composition, structure, and morphology of as-prepared catalysts. Furthermore, it was found that Ni-Fe-P-Se as a cathode material showed better HER performance compared to other investigated materials with the overpotential value of 316 mV at 10 mA cm-2 current density and 89 mV dec-1 Tafel slope value. The stability tests of the as-prepared catalyst confirmed that the synergistic effect between various elements enhances the electrocatalytic performance for up to 24 hours, providing a fair, stable nature of Ni-Fe-P-Se based sample.

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Ahmed, M., Hanan, A., Lakhan , M. N., Shar , A. H., Soomro, I. A., Niu, B., & Yang, Y. (2023). One-pot synthesis of crystalline structure: Nickel-iron phosphide and selenide for hydrogen production in alkaline water splitting: Original scientific paper. Journal of Electrochemical Science and Engineering, 13(3), 575–588. https://doi.org/10.5599/jese.1721

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