Preparation method and application of self-supporting type iron oxyhydroxide and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of hydrogen and oxygen preparation by electrolyzing water, and particularly relates to a preparation method and application of a self-supporting type iron oxyhydroxide and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode.
Background
In the face of the rapid increase of world energy demand, the fossil fuel as the main energy source is limited in total amount, and causes environmental problems such as greenhouse effect and air pollution, so that people are urgently required to develop a green and clean energy source to replace the fossil fuel. The hydrogen is considered to be a potential energy carrier in the future due to the advantages of high calorific value, wide source, no pollution of combustion reaction products and the like. However, at present, most hydrogen comes from the reforming process of natural gas or coal and petroleum, and a large amount of environmental pollutant emission is generated. Therefore, the development of a zero-carbon-emission hydrogen production technology by water electrolysis is one of the most potential hydrogen production technologies in the future. The existing water electrolysis hydrogen production process has high energy consumption and high cost, and blocks the large-scale industrial application of water electrolysis hydrogen production. The development of hydrogen evolution catalyst and oxygen evolution catalyst with high catalytic activity is an effective method for reducing energy consumption in the water electrolysis process. Iridium dioxide or ruthenium dioxide are the best catalysts for oxygen evolution reactions. Because the metal elements are low in the crust and expensive, the metal elements cannot be popularized and applied in the field of commercial electrolyzed water. Therefore, the development of the oxygen evolution catalyst with low price, simple preparation process and high activity is very important.
At present, in the research and development of the hydrogen production process by water electrolysis, most of the processes use powdery electrocatalysts, and materials with catalytic activity need to be fixed on a current collector by using a binder and the like, so that the processes have obvious defects. Firstly, the catalytic active sites are easily covered by the binder, reducing the catalytic activity; secondly, the introduction of the adhesive can cause extra resistance, which leads to the increase of the working voltage; thirdly, the use of the binder not only increases the preparation cost, but also has a very complicated preparation process.
In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, people actively develop a self-supporting catalytic electrode, namely, a substance with a catalytic function directly grows on the surface of a metal wire mesh by a certain process method. On one hand, the binder is not used any more, the problem that the binder covers the catalytic active sites is eliminated, on the other hand, the interface resistance between the catalytic component and the matrix material is reduced, the bonding strength is improved, and obvious beneficial effects are obtained. The technical methods adopted by (Chun Tang et al, Angew. chem.2015,127, 9483-9487; Yunxiao Li et al, J.Mater. chem.A,2017,5,25494) comprise electrochemical deposition (Chinese patent CN 110205636B; CN 108193227A; CN 110656348A) and hydrothermal synthesis technology (CN 110354862A), so that the catalytic activity and stability of the oxygen evolution electrode are obviously improved. However, in order to meet the requirement of corrosion resistance in the alkaline aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide, the matrix materials adopted in the method are all single-kind metals, including metallic nickel mesh and foamed nickel. Iron ions and nickel ions have to be additionally introduced in the preparation process to grow iron-nickel compounds on the surface of the metal nickel net or the foamed nickel and play a role in catalyzing oxygen evolution. Because iron ions are introduced from the outside, the bonding degree between the catalytic component and the matrix material is weak in the growth process, the long-term use stability of the catalytic electrode is directly influenced, and the industrial application requirements are difficult to meet. In addition, the additional introduction of iron ions increases the complexity of the raw material components due to problems such as lattice dislocation, which degrades the catalytic performance.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the defects of the prior art, the invention provides a self-source growth concept, namely, an iron-nickel binary alloy is used for replacing the original single kind of metal nickel, so that the matrix material contains the iron element required by the growth of the iron oxyhydroxide. Therefore, under the premise of not introducing any foreign species, the iron oxyhydroxide compound can grow on the surface of the conductive metal current collector in situ, the interface resistance between the current collector and the catalytic site is reduced, the catalytic activity and the bonding strength are enhanced, and the stability of the catalytic electrode is improved. On the basis, selenium element is further introduced, and a nickel selenide nanowire is generated through a hydrothermal reaction process to form the composite oxygen evolution electrode of the iron oxyhydroxide and the iron-doped nickel selenide. The coordination of the iron-nickel binary metal and the nonmetal selenium is utilized to adjust the valence state structure of the metal, improve the activity of the electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction, reduce the overpotential and achieve the purpose of reducing the energy consumption in the water electrolysis process. The invention aims to provide a preparation method and application of a self-supporting type composite oxygen evolution electrode of hydroxyl iron oxide and iron-doped nickel selenide, and the specific technical scheme is as follows:
the invention provides a preparation method of a self-supporting type hydroxyl ferric oxide and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode, which comprises the following steps:
(1) placing the foamed nickel iron into absolute ethyl alcohol;
(2) dissolving selenium powder and sodium borohydride in deionized water to obtain an aqueous solution, and mixing the aqueous solution and the solution obtained in the step (1) to perform hydrothermal reaction.
In the step (1), the foamed nickel iron is washed by hydrochloric acid aqueous solution, acetone and deionized water in advance, preferably under ultrasonic wave. Among them, the concentration of the aqueous hydrochloric acid solution is preferably 2 mol/L.
The mass ratio of iron to nickel in the foam nickel iron in the step (1) is (3-9) to (1-7).
And (2) mixing the aqueous solution and the solution obtained in the step (1) under an inert atmosphere, and then carrying out hydrothermal reaction. The specific operation is that the clean foam nickel iron is firstly put into absolute ethyl alcohol, inert gas is introduced, and under the inert atmosphere, the water solution dissolved with selenium powder and sodium borohydride is injected into the absolute ethyl alcohol.
The molar ratio of the selenium powder to the sodium borohydride in the step (2) is 0.5: 1-2: 1.
The hydrothermal reaction in the step (2) is carried out in an inert atmosphere, the reaction temperature is 100-180 ℃, and the reaction time is 3-30 hours.
And (3) after the hydrothermal reaction in the step (2) is finished, washing the obtained product by using ethanol and deionized water, and drying the obtained product in the air to obtain the self-supporting FeOOH and Fe-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode.
The invention provides an application method, and the self-supporting iron oxyhydroxide and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode prepared by the preparation method is used for preparing hydrogen and oxygen by electrolyzing alkaline aqueous solution. The alkaline aqueous solution may be a potassium hydroxide aqueous solution or a sodium hydroxide aqueous solution, and the concentration of the alkaline aqueous solution is 1 to 7 mol/L.
In a third aspect the invention provides a method of producing a batteryThe electrolytic cell is prepared by using the self-supporting FeOOH and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode prepared by the preparation method. High electrocatalytic activity, and the platinum sheet is used as a counter electrode, and the current density is 10mA cm-2When the voltage is higher than the predetermined value, the overpotential is only 224-245.81 mV, and the Tafel slope is 52.67-63.58 mV dec-1. The overpotential of the electrode reaction is far lower than that of similar oxygen evolution electrodes, and the electrode prepared by the method has excellent oxygen evolution catalytic activity and is suitable for running under high current density.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
(1) the invention provides a preparation method of a self-supporting type FeOOH and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode (FeOOH @ Fe-NiSe @ NiFe), which has the advantages of simple synthesis process and low raw material price, and the self-supporting type FeOOH and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode with high oxygen evolution activity can be prepared by only one-step hydrothermal reaction.
(2) The method prepares the oxygen evolution reaction catalytic electrode through self-source growth, and the catalytic active sites are directly connected with the foam ferronickel in the self-source growth process, so that the electronic on-resistance is effectively reduced; the electrocatalyst and the current collector are combined into a whole, the binding force between the catalytic active component and the matrix is strong, the catalyst is not easy to fall off in the using process, the electrode preparation cost can be reduced, and the structural stability of the catalytic activity can be improved. The prepared electrode can be used in the hydrogen and oxygen production process by water electrolysis, the catalytic oxygen evolution function is exerted, and the energy consumption and the production cost of water electrolysis are effectively reduced.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a linear voltammetry scan curve of the composite oxygen evolution electrode of self-supporting iron oxyhydroxide and iron-doped nickel selenide obtained in example 1.
Fig. 2 is a surface topography of the composite oxygen evolution electrode of the self-supporting iron oxyhydroxide and the iron-doped nickel selenide obtained in example 1.
Fig. 3 is a transmission electron microscope image of the iron oxyhydroxide group in the self-supporting iron oxyhydroxide and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode obtained in example 1.
FIG. 4 is a comparison of linear voltammetry scan curves of the self-supporting iron oxyhydroxide and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode obtained in examples 1-3, comparative example 1 and comparative example 2.
FIG. 5 is a comparison of the linear voltammetry scan curves of the self-supporting iron oxyhydroxide and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode obtained in examples 1 and 4-6.
Fig. 6 shows the stability of the self-supporting oxyhydroxide and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode obtained in example 1.
Detailed Description
The invention provides a preparation method and application of a self-supporting type composite oxygen evolution electrode of iron oxyhydroxide and iron-doped nickel selenide, and the invention is further explained by combining embodiments and drawings.
The method for preparing the self-supporting type composite oxygen evolution electrode of the hydroxyl ferric oxide and the iron-doped nickel selenide comprises the following steps:
(1) cleaning foamed nickel iron with 2mol/L hydrochloric acid water solution, acetone and water in sequence under the action of ultrasonic waves, then placing the cleaned foamed nickel iron in absolute ethyl alcohol, and introducing nitrogen; the foam iron-nickel alloy is used as a base material, and the mass ratio of iron to nickel elements is (3-9) to (1-7).
(2) Adding deionized water into a mixture of selenium powder and sodium borohydride in a molar ratio of 0.5: 1-2: 1 for dissolving, adding the obtained water solution into the absolute ethyl alcohol obtained in the step (1), and carrying out hydrothermal reaction at 100-180 ℃ for 3-30 hours so as to complete selenium element doping on the surface of the foamed nickel iron; preferably, the hydrothermal reaction is carried out at 140 ℃ for 12 hours.
(3) And after the hydrothermal reaction is finished, taking out the foamed nickel iron, cleaning the surface by using ethanol and deionized water, and drying in the air to obtain the self-supporting FeOOH and Fe-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode.
The self-supporting FeOOH and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode prepared by the method can be used for preparing hydrogen and oxygen by electrolyzing alkaline aqueous solution. The alkaline aqueous solution may be a potassium hydroxide aqueous solution or a sodium hydroxide aqueous solution, and the concentration of the potassium hydroxide aqueous solution or the sodium hydroxide aqueous solution is 1 to 7 mol/L.
The composite oxygen evolution electrode of the self-supporting iron oxyhydroxide and the iron-doped nickel selenide prepared by the method is used as a working electrode, a platinum sheet is used as a counter electrode, mercury/mercury oxide is used as a reference electrode, and the catalytic oxygen evolution performance of the composite oxygen evolution electrode of the self-supporting iron oxyhydroxide and the iron-doped nickel selenide is represented by utilizing a linear volt-ampere scanning curve in a 1mol/L potassium hydroxide aqueous solution.
Example 1
Preparing a self-supporting composite oxygen evolution electrode of hydroxyl iron oxide and iron-doped nickel selenide by using foamed nickel iron with the mass ratio of iron to nickel being 3:7 as a base material:
(1) cleaning the matrix material in an ultrasonic generator by respectively using 2mol/L hydrochloric acid aqueous solution, acetone and water, then placing the matrix material in absolute ethyl alcohol and introducing nitrogen;
(2) dissolving the mixture of selenium powder and sodium borohydride in deionized water, injecting the obtained water solution into the absolute ethyl alcohol in the step (1), and carrying out hydrothermal reaction for 12 hours at 140 ℃.
(3) And (3) taking out the foamed nickel iron after the hydrothermal reaction is finished, cleaning the surface by using ethanol and deionized water, and drying in the air to obtain the self-supporting FeOOH and Fe-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode.
The catalytic oxygen evolution performance of the self-supporting iron oxyhydroxide and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode is represented by a linear voltammetry scanning curve in a 1mol/L potassium hydroxide aqueous solution by using the self-supporting iron oxyhydroxide and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode prepared in the example 1 as a working electrode, a platinum sheet as a counter electrode and mercury/mercury oxide as a reference electrode. As shown in FIG. 1, at a current density of 10mA cm-2When the electrode is used, the overpotential of the electrode is 224mV, which is much lower than that of the similar oxygen evolution electrode, and the electrode prepared in the example 1 has excellent oxygen evolution catalytic activity.
Fig. 2 is a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) image of the self-supporting iron oxyhydroxide and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode prepared in example 1, from which it can be clearly seen that the electrode surface exhibits a uniformly distributed nanowire morphology, and fig. 3 is a transmission electron microscope image of the iron oxyhydroxide in the self-supporting iron oxyhydroxide and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode prepared in example 1, from which it can be seen that the iron oxyhydroxide is amorphous.
Example 2
In contrast to example 1, foamed nickel iron with a mass ratio of iron to nickel of 5:5 was used as matrix material.
Example 3
In contrast to example 1, foamed nickel iron with a mass ratio of iron to nickel of 9:1 was used as matrix material.
Example 4
Unlike example 1, the hydrothermal reaction time in step (2) was 6 hours.
Example 5
Unlike example 1, the hydrothermal reaction time in step (2) was 18 hours.
Example 6
Unlike example 1, the hydrothermal reaction time in step (2) was 24 hours.
Comparative example 1
In contrast to example 1, foamed iron was used as the matrix material.
Comparative example 2
In contrast to example 1, foamed nickel was used as matrix material.
The catalytic oxygen evolution performance of the self-supporting iron oxyhydroxide and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode is represented by a linear voltammetry scanning curve in a 1mol/L potassium hydroxide aqueous solution by taking the self-supporting iron oxyhydroxide and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode obtained in the examples 1-3, the comparative example 1 and the comparative example 2 as a working electrode, a graphite sheet as a counter electrode and mercury/mercury oxide as a reference electrode. Fig. 4 shows the catalytic oxygen evolution performance of the self-supporting iron oxyhydroxide and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrodes obtained in examples 1 to 3, comparative examples 1 and 2, and it can be seen that the catalytic electrode prepared in example 1 has the best performance.
The catalytic oxygen evolution performance of the self-supporting FeOOH and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode is characterized by utilizing a linear voltammetry scanning curve in a 1mol/L potassium hydroxide aqueous solution by taking the electrode obtained in the embodiment 1 and the embodiments 4-6 as a working electrode, a platinum sheet as a counter electrode and mercury/mercury oxide as a reference electrode. FIG. 5 is a graph showing the linear voltammograms of the electrodes obtained in examples 1 and 4 to 6.
Example 7
In order to illustrate the stability of the prepared electrode in the using process, the self-supporting type iron oxyhydroxide and iron-doped nickel selenide composite oxygen evolution electrode prepared by the method described in example 1 is used as a working electrode, a graphite sheet is used as a counter electrode, mercury/mercury oxide is used as a reference electrode, and a constant current oxygen evolution experiment is carried out in a 1mol/L potassium hydroxide aqueous solution. The current density was set to 500mA cm-2And continuously running for 100000 seconds to examine the change condition of the oxygen evolution rate. The results are shown in FIG. 6 at current densities up to 500mA cm-2In the case, the electrode potential (relative to the mercury/mercury oxide reference electrode) is always stable around 0.98V, which indicates that the composite oxygen evolution electrode of the self-supporting iron oxyhydroxide and the iron-doped nickel selenide obtained in example 1 has good stability and is suitable for industrial development and manufacturing.