Ultrathin High Surface Area Nickel Boride (Ni x B) Nanosheets as Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution

Masa, Justus; Sinev, Ilya; Mistry, Hemma; Ventosa, Edgar; de la Mata, Maria; Arbiol, Jordi; Muhler, Martin; Roldan Cuenya, Beatriz; Schuhmann, Wolfgang

doi:10.1002/aenm.201700381

Title: Ultrathin High Surface Area Nickel Boride (Ni _x B) Nanosheets as Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution

Journal Article · Wed May 10 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Advanced Energy Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201700381· OSTI ID:1378804

Masa, Justus ^[1]; Sinev, Ilya ^[2]; Mistry, Hemma ^[3]; Ventosa, Edgar ^[1]; de la Mata, Maria ^[4]; Arbiol, Jordi ^[5]; Muhler, Martin ^[6]; Roldan Cuenya, Beatriz ^[2];

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Analytical Chemistry—Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES) Ruhr Universität Bochum D‐44780 Bochum Germany
Department of Physics Ruhr‐University Bochum D‐44801 Bochum Germany
Department of Physics Ruhr‐University Bochum D‐44801 Bochum Germany, Department of Physics University of Central Florida Orlando FL 32816 USA
Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) CSIC, and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) Campus UAB, Bellaterra 08193 Barcelona Catalonia Spain
Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) CSIC, and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) Campus UAB, Bellaterra 08193 Barcelona Catalonia Spain, ICREA Pg. Lluís Companys 23 08010 Barcelona Catalonia Spain
Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry Ruhr‐University Bochum D‐44801 Bochum Germany

The overriding obstacle to mass production of hydrogen from water as the premium fuel for powering our planet is the frustratingly slow kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Additionally, inadequate understanding of the key barriers of the OER is a hindrance to insightful design of advanced OER catalysts. This study presents ultrathin amorphous high‐surface area nickel boride (Ni _x B) nanosheets as a low‐cost, very efficient and stable catalyst for the OER for electrochemical water splitting. The catalyst affords 10 mA cm ⁻² at 0.38 V overpotential during OER in 1.0 m KOH, reducing to only 0.28 V at 20 mA cm ⁻² when supported on nickel foam, which ranks it among the best reported nonprecious catalysts for oxygen evolution. Operando X‐ray absorption fine‐structure spectroscopy measurements reveal prevalence of NiOOH, as well as Ni‐B under OER conditions, owing to a Ni‐B core@nickel oxyhydroxide shell (Ni‐B@NiO _x H) structure, and increase in disorder of the NiO _x H layer, thus revealing important insight into the transient states of the catalyst during oxygen evolution.

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Journal Information:: Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 7 Journal Issue: 17; ISSN 1614-6832

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