Seawater electrolysis could address the water scarcity issue and realize the grid-scale production of carbon-neutral hydrogen,while facing the challenge of high energy consumption and chloride corrosion.Thermodynamica...Seawater electrolysis could address the water scarcity issue and realize the grid-scale production of carbon-neutral hydrogen,while facing the challenge of high energy consumption and chloride corrosion.Thermodynamically more favorable hydrazine oxidation reaction(HzOR)assisted water electrolysis is efficiency for energy-saving and chlorine-free hydrogen production.Herein,the MoNi alloys supported on MoO_(2) nanorods with enlarged hollow diameter on Ni foam(MoNi@NF)are synthesized,which is constructed by limiting the outward diffusion of Ni via annealing and thermal reduction of NiMoO_(4) nanorods.When coupling HzOR and hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)by employing MoNi@NF as both anode and cathode in two-electrode seawater system,a low cell voltage of 0.54 V is required to achieve 1,000 mA·cm^(−2) and with long-term durability for 100 h to keep above 100 mA·cm^(−2) and nearly 100%Faradaic efficiency.It can save 2.94 W·h to generate per liter H_(2) relative to alkaline seawater electrolysis with 37%lower energy equivalent input.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51772162 and 52072197)the Outstanding Youth Foundation of Shandong Province,China(No.ZR2019JQ14)+3 种基金the Youth Innovation and Technology Foundation of Shandong Higher Education Institutions,China(No.2019KJC004)the Major Scientific and Technological Innovation Project(No.2019JZZY020405)the Major Basic Research Program of Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(No.ZR2020ZD09)the Taishan Scholar Young Talent Program(No.tsqn201909114).
文摘Seawater electrolysis could address the water scarcity issue and realize the grid-scale production of carbon-neutral hydrogen,while facing the challenge of high energy consumption and chloride corrosion.Thermodynamically more favorable hydrazine oxidation reaction(HzOR)assisted water electrolysis is efficiency for energy-saving and chlorine-free hydrogen production.Herein,the MoNi alloys supported on MoO_(2) nanorods with enlarged hollow diameter on Ni foam(MoNi@NF)are synthesized,which is constructed by limiting the outward diffusion of Ni via annealing and thermal reduction of NiMoO_(4) nanorods.When coupling HzOR and hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)by employing MoNi@NF as both anode and cathode in two-electrode seawater system,a low cell voltage of 0.54 V is required to achieve 1,000 mA·cm^(−2) and with long-term durability for 100 h to keep above 100 mA·cm^(−2) and nearly 100%Faradaic efficiency.It can save 2.94 W·h to generate per liter H_(2) relative to alkaline seawater electrolysis with 37%lower energy equivalent input.
