Disclosure of Invention
Therefore, the invention aims to provide a heterogeneous nanoflower electrocatalyst and a preparation method thereof, wherein the electrocatalyst is a heterogeneous nanoflower formed by the cross assembly of an ultrathin palladium-based alloy nanosheet and a ferroferric oxide nanosheet, the heterogeneous nanoflower comprises two phases of palladium-based alloy and ferroferric oxide, the palladium-based alloy nanosheet and the ferroferric oxide nanosheet are mutually crossed to form a clear interface, and the preparation method is simple and feasible and has a controllable process.
In one aspect, the invention provides a heterogeneous nano flower electrocatalyst, which is formed by cross-assembling a palladium-based alloy nano sheet and a ferroferric oxide nano sheet, wherein the thicknesses of the palladium-based alloy nano sheet and the ferroferric oxide nano sheet are 1.3-1.7 nm, the diameter of the heterogeneous nano flower is 90-150 nm, the palladium-based alloy is a PdM alloy, and the metal M comprises but is not limited to copper, iridium, manganese, chromium, platinum or ruthenium.
As one preferable mode of the invention, the mol percentage of each metal element in the heterogeneous nanoflowers is 30% -50% of palladium, 10% -35% of metal M and 10% -35% of iron.
The preparation method comprises the following steps of S1, continuously ventilating to form an inert atmosphere to protect a reaction environment, then taking a certain amount of palladium precursor salt, adding the palladium precursor salt into a certain amount of oleylamine, magnetically stirring and dissolving at room temperature to form a uniform solution, S2, maintaining the reaction environment in the step S1, heating the uniform solution formed in the step S1 to 95-115 ℃, then adding a certain amount of iron precursor salt, continuously preserving heat for 30-60 minutes, S3, adding a certain amount of metal M precursor salt into a certain amount of oleylamine, ultrasonically stirring and dissolving to form a uniform solution, S4, maintaining the reaction environment in the step S1, adding a certain amount of the uniform solution formed in the step S3 into the uniform solution in the step S2, heating to 150-210 ℃, continuously reacting for 10-60 minutes, stopping heating and cooling to room temperature, S5, stopping adding a certain amount of ethanol into the solution after the reaction in the step S4, centrifuging, separating the ethanol, and washing the ethanol-ethanol mixed solution, and obtaining the heterogeneous nano flower electrocatalyst.
The preparation method provided by the invention is essentially based on a wet chemical-sequential reduction/oxidation method, and promotes sequential reduction and oxidation of metals through a gradient heating mode. The method comprises the steps of dissolving palladium precursor salt in oleylamine, heating, adding iron precursor salt to enable palladium to be reduced preferentially, adding metal M precursor salt, heating, alloying with palladium to form palladium-based alloy nano-sheets, oxidizing iron element to form ferroferric oxide nano-sheets, and washing with cyclohexane/ethanol to obtain heterogeneous nanoflower formed by self-assembly of palladium-based alloy and ferroferric oxide nano-sheets.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that, based on the chemical reaction mechanism between the above components, the "certain amount" in the above steps is just enough to meet the requirement of the reaction, and the amount of the heterogeneous nanoflower electrocatalyst in the final product is more and less, so that those skilled in the art can flexibly grasp the amount of the heterogeneous nanoflower electrocatalyst in the final product as required.
Furthermore, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the "amount" referred to in the above steps, based on the chemical reaction mechanism between the above components, may affect the mole percent of each metal element in the final product heterogeneous nanoflower electrocatalyst for different amounts of the different components.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the step S1, the palladium precursor salt is palladium acetylacetonate, in the step S2, the iron precursor salt is iron hexacarbonyl, and in the step S3, the metal M precursor salt includes but is not limited to acetylacetonate, chloride, formate or acetate.
Further, in the step S1, a certain amount of palladium precursor salt is 0.04-0.10 mmol of palladium acetylacetonate, a certain amount of oleylamine is 5-15 mL of oleylamine, in the step S2, a certain amount of iron precursor salt is 10-40 mu L of iron hexacarbonyl, in the step S3, the concentration of the uniform solution formed in the step S3 is 0.02-0.05 mol/L, in the step S4, a certain amount of the uniform solution formed in the step S3 is 1-3 mL of uniform solution, and in the step S5, a certain amount of ethanol is 10-30 mL of ethanol.
Preferably, in the step S2, the heating rate is 2 to 10 ℃ per minute, and/or in the step S4, the heating rate is 2 to 5 ℃ per minute.
Preferably, in the step S1, the inert atmosphere is nitrogen and/or argon.
Preferably, in the step S2, the adding of the certain amount of the iron precursor salt is specifically that the microsyringe is used for injecting the certain amount of the iron precursor salt.
Preferably, in the step S5, the rotational speed of the centrifugal separation is 3000-8000 rpm/min for 3-6 minutes, the volume ratio of cyclohexane/ethanol is 1/1-9/1, and the number of times of washing is 1-4.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages:
(1) The heterogeneous nanoflower electrocatalyst prepared by the invention is a palladium-based alloy/ferroferric oxide heterogeneous nanoflower electrocatalyst formed by self-assembling two-dimensional ultrathin nanoflakes with stable structure, wherein the heterogeneous nanoflower is formed by cross self-assembling palladium-based alloy nanoflakes and ferroferric oxide nanoflakes, the thickness of the nanoflakes is nano and/or sub-nano, and the alloy and oxide nanoflakes are mutually combined to form a clear interface;
(2) The heterogeneous nano flower electrocatalyst prepared by the invention has strong interface coupling interaction of alloy and metal oxide, so that the electronic structure of metal can be regulated and controlled, and not only can the electrocatalytic activity be improved, but also the durability can be improved;
(3) The heterogeneous nano-flower electrocatalyst prepared by the method has rich interface sites, can obviously enhance the electrocatalytic performance, is a novel alloy/oxide coupling material system, and has important significance for improving the electrocatalytic activity and durability;
(4) The preparation method provided by the invention is simple in process, and the size, thickness, components and the like of the product can be regulated and controlled by controlling the concentration, reaction temperature, reaction time and the like of the metal precursor salt.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. It should be understood that the particular embodiments described herein are illustrative only and should not be taken as limiting the invention.
Firstly, the invention provides a heterogeneous nano flower electrocatalyst which is formed by cross-assembling a palladium-based alloy nano sheet and a ferroferric oxide nano sheet, wherein the thicknesses of the palladium-based alloy nano sheet and the ferroferric oxide nano sheet are 1.3-1.7 nm, the diameter of the heterogeneous nano flower is 90-150 nm, the palladium-based alloy is a PdM alloy, and the metal M comprises but is not limited to copper, iridium, manganese, chromium, platinum or ruthenium.
As one preferable mode of the invention, the mol percentage of each metal element in the heterogeneous nanoflowers is 30% -50% of palladium, 10% -35% of metal M and 10% -35% of iron.
On the other hand, the invention further provides a preparation method for preparing the heterogeneous nanoflower electrocatalyst, which comprises the following steps of S1, continuously ventilating to form an inert atmosphere to protect a reaction environment, then taking a certain amount of palladium precursor salt, adding the palladium precursor salt into the certain amount of oleylamine, magnetically stirring and dissolving at room temperature to form a uniform solution, S2, maintaining the reaction environment in the step S1, heating the uniform solution formed in the step S1 to 95-115 ℃, then adding a certain amount of iron precursor salt, continuously preserving heat for 30-60 minutes, S3, taking a certain amount of metal M precursor salt, adding the certain amount of oleylamine, ultrasonically stirring and dissolving to form a uniform solution, S4, maintaining the reaction environment in the step S1, adding a certain amount of the uniform solution formed in the step S3 into the uniform solution in the step S2, continuously reacting for 10-60 minutes after heating to 150-210 ℃, then stopping heating and cooling to room temperature, S5, stopping ventilating, adding a certain amount of ethanol into the solution after the reaction in the step S4, centrifuging, separating cyclohexane and washing the ethanol/ethanol mixed solution, and obtaining the heterogeneous nanoflower electrocatalyst.
Further, in the step S1, the palladium precursor salt is palladium acetylacetonate, in the step S2, the iron precursor salt is iron hexacarbonyl, and in the step S3, the metal M precursor salt includes but is not limited to acetylacetonate, chloride, formate or acetate.
Further, in the step S1, a certain amount of palladium precursor salt is 0.04-0.10 mmol of palladium acetylacetonate, a certain amount of oleylamine is 5-15 mL of oleylamine, in the step S2, a certain amount of iron precursor salt is 10-40 mu L of iron hexacarbonyl, in the step S3, the concentration of the uniform solution generated in the step S3 is 0.02-0.05 mol/L, in the step S4, a certain amount of the uniform solution generated in the step S3 is 1-3 mL of the uniform solution, and in the step S5, a certain amount of ethanol is 10-30 mL of ethanol
In this example, the experimental equipment used in the preparation method described above includes a four-necked flask, a splash-proof ball, a heating jacket, a program temperature controller, a microsyringe, and the like.
Example 1
(1) Continuously introducing nitrogen to form an inert atmosphere to protect a reaction environment, weighing 0.06mmol of palladium acetylacetonate and 10mL of oleylamine, placing in a four-neck flask, and magnetically stirring at room temperature until the palladium acetylacetonate and the 10mL of oleylamine are dissolved;
(2) Heating the uniform solution obtained in the step (1) to 105 ℃ at a heating rate of 5 ℃ per minute, injecting 20 mu L of iron hexacarbonyl by using a microsyringe, and continuously preserving heat for 30 minutes;
(3) Copper chloride is dissolved in oleylamine by ultrasonic action to obtain a uniform solution with the concentration of 0.02 mol/L;
(4) 3mL of the uniform solution obtained in the step (3) is injected into the reaction system of the step (2), the temperature is raised to 160 ℃ at the temperature rising rate of 5 ℃ per minute, the heat preservation is continued for 30 minutes, and the heating sleeve is removed, so that the reaction system is cooled to the room temperature;
(5) Stopping ventilation, adding 20mL of ethanol into the product obtained in the step (4), centrifuging for 4min at a rotation speed of 5000rpm/min, and washing the collected product with a cyclohexane/ethanol mixed solution with a volume ratio of 3/1 for 4 times to obtain the palladium copper/ferroferric oxide heterogeneous nanoflower electrocatalyst.
The composition of the palladium-copper/ferroferric oxide heterogeneous nanoflower electrocatalyst prepared in the embodiment is disclosed in fig. 1, which shows that the heterogeneous nanoflower comprises two phase structures of face-centered cubic palladium-copper alloy and spinel structure ferroferric oxide, thereby forming a heterogeneous nanoflower structure.
Example two
(1) Continuously introducing nitrogen to form an inert atmosphere to protect a reaction environment, weighing 0.06mmol of palladium acetylacetonate and 10mL of oleylamine, placing in a four-neck flask, and magnetically stirring at room temperature until the palladium acetylacetonate and the 10mL of oleylamine are dissolved;
(2) Heating the uniform solution obtained in the step (1) to 105 ℃ at a heating rate of 5 ℃ per minute, injecting 20 mu L of iron hexacarbonyl by using a microsyringe, and continuously preserving heat for 30 minutes;
(3) Dissolving manganese acetylacetonate into oleylamine by ultrasonic action to obtain a uniform solution with the concentration of 0.03 mol/L;
(4) 2mL of the uniform solution obtained in the step (3) is injected into the reaction system of the step (2), the temperature is raised to 160 ℃ at the temperature rising rate of 5 ℃ per minute, the heat preservation is continued for 30 minutes, and the heating sleeve is removed, so that the reaction system is cooled to the room temperature;
(5) Stopping ventilation, adding 10mL of ethanol into the product obtained in the step (4), centrifuging for 5min at the rotating speed of 4000rpm/min, and washing the collected product with a cyclohexane/ethanol mixed solution with the volume ratio of 2/1 for 3 times to obtain the palladium-manganese/ferroferric oxide heterogeneous nanoflower electrocatalyst.
Wherein, the figure 2-3 reveals the appearance characteristics of the palladium manganese/ferroferric oxide heterogeneous nanoflower electrocatalyst prepared by the embodiment, and the figure shows that the prepared product presents uniform nanoflower appearance, the average diameter is 120nm, and the average thickness of the nanosheets is 1.4nm.
Example III
(1) Continuously introducing nitrogen to form an inert atmosphere to protect a reaction environment, weighing 0.04mmol of palladium acetylacetonate and 8mL of oleylamine, placing into a four-neck flask, and magnetically stirring at room temperature until the palladium acetylacetonate and the 8mL of oleylamine are dissolved;
(2) Heating the uniform solution obtained in the step (1) to 110 ℃ at a heating rate of 10 ℃ per minute, injecting 15 mu L of iron hexacarbonyl by using a microsyringe, and continuously preserving heat for 30 minutes;
(3) Platinum acetylacetonate is dissolved in oleylamine by ultrasonic action to obtain a uniform solution with the concentration of 0.03 mol/L;
(4) 2mL of the uniform solution obtained in the step (3) is injected into the reaction system of the step (2), the temperature is raised to 160 ℃ at the temperature rising rate of 5 ℃ per minute, the heat preservation is continued for 30 minutes, and the heating sleeve is removed, so that the reaction system is cooled to the room temperature;
(5) Stopping ventilation, adding 10mL of ethanol into the product obtained in the step (4), centrifuging for 5min at a rotation speed of 6000rpm/min, and washing the collected product with a cyclohexane/ethanol mixed solution with a volume ratio of 2/1 for 4 times to obtain the palladium platinum/ferroferric oxide heterogeneous nanoflower electrocatalyst.
Wherein, figure 4 reveals the morphological characteristics of the palladium platinum/ferroferric oxide heterogeneous nanoflower electrocatalyst prepared in this example, and the prepared product also shows uniform nanoflower morphology.
Example IV
(1) Continuously introducing argon to form an inert atmosphere to protect a reaction environment, weighing 0.08mmol of palladium acetylacetonate and 15mL of oleylamine, placing in a four-neck flask, and magnetically stirring at room temperature until the palladium acetylacetonate and the 15mL of oleylamine are dissolved;
(2) Heating the uniform solution obtained in the step (1) to 100 ℃ at a heating rate of 5 ℃ per minute, injecting 35 mu L of iron hexacarbonyl by using a microsyringe, and continuously preserving heat for 30 minutes;
(3) Dissolving iridium acetylacetonate into oleylamine by ultrasonic action to obtain a uniform solution with the concentration of 0.03 mol/L;
(4) 3mL of the uniform solution obtained in the step (3) is injected into the reaction system of the step (2), the temperature is raised to 210 ℃ at the temperature rising rate of 3 ℃ per minute, the heat preservation is continued for 30 minutes, and the heating sleeve is removed, so that the reaction system is cooled to the room temperature;
(5) Stopping ventilation, adding 30mL of ethanol into the product obtained in the step (4), centrifuging for 6min at a rotating speed of 3000rpm/min, and washing the collected product with a cyclohexane/ethanol mixed solution with a volume ratio of 3/1 for 3 times to obtain the palladium iridium/ferroferric oxide heterogeneous nanoflower electrocatalyst.
Wherein, fig. 5 shows the element distribution of the palladium iridium alloy/ferroferric oxide heterogeneous nanoflower electrocatalyst prepared in example 4, it can be seen that two metal elements of palladium and iridium and two elements of iron and oxygen are distributed in the heterogeneous nanoflower in a crossing manner, and a clear interface is formed.
Example five
(1) Continuously introducing nitrogen to form an inert atmosphere to protect a reaction environment, weighing 0.05mmol of palladium acetylacetonate and 10mL of oleylamine, placing into a four-neck flask, and magnetically stirring at room temperature until the palladium acetylacetonate and the 10mL of oleylamine are dissolved;
(2) Heating the uniform solution obtained in the step (1) to 100 ℃ at a heating rate of 3 ℃ per minute, injecting 30 mu L of iron hexacarbonyl by using a microsyringe, and continuously preserving heat for 45 minutes;
(3) Dissolving chromium formate in oleylamine by ultrasonic action to obtain a uniform solution with the concentration of 0.05 mmol/mL;
(4) Injecting 1mL of the uniform solution obtained in the step (3) into the reaction system of the step (2), heating to 200 ℃ at a heating rate of 3 ℃ per minute, continuously preserving heat for 20 minutes, removing the heating sleeve, and cooling the reaction system to room temperature;
(5) Stopping ventilation, adding 10mL of ethanol into the product obtained in the step (4), centrifuging for 5min at a rotation speed of 5000rpm/min, and washing the collected product with a cyclohexane/ethanol mixed solution with a volume ratio of 2/1 for 3 times to obtain the palladium-chromium/ferroferric oxide heterogeneous nanoflower electrocatalyst.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it will be understood that the above embodiments are illustrative and not to be construed as limiting the invention, and that variations, modifications, alternatives, and variations may be made in the above embodiments by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and principles of the invention.