Fe 2Ni5 type crystal-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst and preparation method and application thereof
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of catalysts, and particularly relates to an Fe 2Ni5 type crystal-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst, and a preparation method and application thereof.
Background
The energy problem is a great difficulty in obstructing the development of human beings at present, and it is urgent to seek a new energy which is green, environment-friendly, sustainable, efficient and low-cost. The hydrogen energy source is used as a cleanest renewable new energy source and is a substitute for fossil fuel in the future. Electrolysis of water using renewable energy sources such as solar energy is considered to be the most promising method for "green hydrogen" production. However, in the electrolytic water reaction, a large kinetic resistance is required to be overcome, because in actual production, the Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) of the anode involves 4 electron transfer processes in the overall water splitting reaction. Therefore, the preparation of the OER catalyst with good catalytic performance is a key for improving the hydrogen production efficiency of water electrolysis.
Early studies found that noble metal materials such as platinum/ruthenium/iridium exhibit superior catalytic properties, but their use in OER was severely hampered by the high price. Transition group metals have been widely studied for their excellent catalytic performance, abundant reserves and low price, but the catalytic effect of simple transition group metals is not ideal. In recent years, researchers have found that synergism between transition metals can effectively reduce the free energy of OER reactions and thereby produce many excellent catalysts such as transition metal alloys, transition metal hydroxides, transition metal oxides.
The existence of a large number of unsaturated sites in the amorphous material structure and the flexible self-driven structure can rapidly reconstruct themselves in the OER reaction process so as to meet the reaction requirement. Research has shown that amorphous catalysts have better catalytic capabilities than crystalline catalysts, but are limited by irregular atomic arrangements, which tend to have lower conductivities. Aerogels provide more active sites for OER reactions due to their unique high porosity and self-supporting three-dimensional framework structure, and their cross-linked three-dimensional network greatly accelerates electron transport, which makes the aerogel exhibit superior catalytic performance in OER field. However, most of researches at present focus on noble metal aerogel or carbon-based aerogel loaded with non-noble metal in a complex synthesis process, and the process for preparing the aerogel is slow and complex, so that the method is not beneficial to industrial hydrogen production. If the amorphous structure is organically combined with the aerogel structure, metal atoms are automatically assembled to form an aerogel framework through a wet chemical reduction method, and the pure transition metal aerogel with controllable components, controllable morphology, controllable performance, high specific surface area and high porosity is prepared. In addition, a great deal of research shows that the compact crystal-amorphous (c-a) heterostructure can provide more reactive sites and more reaction driving force for electron migration, and the characteristics enable the crystal-amorphous (c-a) heterostructure to have unique advantages in the catalyst field. Therefore, if a pure transition metal aerogel having a distinct crystalline and amorphous structure inside could be produced by a simple synthesis process and relatively safe industrial raw materials, a new solution would be provided for the preparation of transition metal catalysts.
In the field of aerogel catalyst preparation, technologies such as a hydrothermal method, a sol-gel method and the like are mainly adopted at present to prepare hydrogel firstly, and then the aerogel is obtained through technologies such as environmental drying, freeze drying or supercritical drying. According to the hydrothermal method, a high-temperature and high-pressure reaction environment is created by heating a reaction container, along with the progress of the reaction, a partially reduced GO sheet layer gradually self-assembles into a three-dimensional network structure through pi-pi interaction and Van der Waals force to form hydrogel, meanwhile, N element and ruthenium element are loaded on the aerogel in the graphene hydrogel generation process, finally, the noble metal loaded graphene hydrogel with a shell-core structure is formed, and the graphene aerogel is prepared through freeze drying. Sol-gel process typically involves dissolving metal organic or inorganic precursors (e.g., metal alkoxides, chlorides, etc.) in a solvent, and forming a metal hydroxy complex by hydrolysis, then forming an M-O-M (M represents a metal) bond by condensation, forming sol particles, and finally drying by supercritical CO 2 to obtain an aerogel. The hydrothermal method is used for preparing the carbon-based aerogel, the preparation process is complex, a plurality of precursors are often required to be synthesized, and metal crystals are required to grow in a heat treatment mode after the aerogel is obtained. By sol gel process, multiple steps are often required to be precisely controlled during the preparation process, and finally repeated washing is often required to remove residual condensing agent during the preparation process. The two methods for preparing the aerogel have more process control links and higher cost, are unfavorable for industrial mass production, have more severe growth environment and are difficult to popularize in actual production.
In the preparation process of transition metal crystallization-amorphous (c-a) heterostructures, more preparation methods at present are to prepare materials with crystal structures firstly, then prepare materials with amorphous structures, finally prepare the crystal-amorphous (c-a) heterostructures by hydrothermal or electrodeposition, the method is complex in process, and metal nano particles with compact crystal-amorphous (c-a) heterostructures are difficult to synthesize, so that the combination of crystal and amorphous interfaces is loose, the resistance of charge transfer is increased, and the OER performance of the catalyst is reduced.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the prior art, the invention provides an Fe 2Ni5 type crystal-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst and a preparation method and application thereof, so as to solve the technical problems of difficult preparation and poor hydrogen evolution catalytic performance of the existing aerogel catalyst.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is that the preparation method of the Fe 2Ni5 type crystal-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst comprises the following steps:
S1, ferric chloride hexahydrate and nickel chloride hexahydrate are dissolved in water to obtain an iron-nickel metal salt water solution, and dimethylamine borane is dissolved in water to obtain a dimethylamine borane water solution;
S2, adding the water solution of the dimesyl borane into the iron-nickel metal salt solution, and uniformly stirring to obtain a mixed solution;
s3, adding potassium hydroxide into the mixed solution, and uniformly stirring to obtain an iron-nickel hydroxide colloid solution;
S4, incubating the ferric nickel hydroxide colloid solution for 45-50 hours under the dark condition of 20-30 ℃ to obtain Fe 2Ni5 type ferric nickel-based hydrogel;
And S5, cleaning the Fe 2Ni5 type iron-nickel based hydrogel with deionized water for 2-4 times, and then freeze-drying to obtain the Fe 2Ni5 type iron-nickel based hydrogel.
On the basis of the technical scheme, the invention can be improved as follows.
Further, the molar ratio of ferric chloride hexahydrate to nickel chloride hexahydrate in the iron-nickel metal salt aqueous solution is 2:5.
Further, the molar ratio of the dimesyl borane to the nickel chloride hexahydrate in the mixed solution is 1:100.
Further, the molar ratio of the addition of potassium hydroxide to nickel chloride hexahydrate was 1:1.
Further, the incubation temperature in S4 was 25 ℃ and the incubation time was 48h.
Further, the step of washing with deionized water in S5 comprises the steps of immersing Fe 2Ni5 type iron-nickel-based hydrogel in deionized water and centrifuging at 8000rpm for 10-20 min.
And the freeze drying temperature in the step S5 is-40 to-20 ℃ and the drying time is 10-15 h.
The invention also discloses the Fe 2Ni5 type crystal-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst prepared by the preparation method.
The invention also discloses application of the Fe 2Ni5 type crystal-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst in hydrogen production by water electrolysis.
The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows:
According to the preparation method, the transition metal aerogel material is prepared by a wet chemical coprecipitation method, feNi 3 crystal form clusters are slowly grown in the iron-nickel hydroxide amorphous colloidal particles by utilizing the mild reduction property of the dimesyl borane, heterogeneous catalytic active sites with crystal-amorphous (c-a) heterostructure are generated, and the aerogel three-dimensional structure and (c-a) heterostructure mixed tissue material is generated. The prepared Fe 2Ni5 type crystal-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst has excellent electrolytic water oxygen evolution performance, and can effectively improve the hydrogen production efficiency of electrolytic water.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is an SEM photograph of an Fe 2Ni5 -type crystalline-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst;
FIG. 2 is a TEM photograph of an Fe 2Ni5 -type crystalline-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst;
FIG. 3 is an XRD diffraction pattern of an Fe 2Ni5 -type crystalline-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst;
Fig. 4 is an OER performance LSV curve of an Fe 2Ni5 type crystalline-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst.
Detailed Description
The following describes the present invention in detail with reference to examples.
Example 1
An Fe 2Ni5 type crystal-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst is prepared through the following steps:
S1, dissolving 2mmol of ferric chloride hexahydrate in 50mL of water to obtain ferric chloride solution, dissolving 5mmol of nickel chloride hexahydrate in 50mL of water to obtain nickel chloride solution, pouring the ferric chloride solution and the nickel chloride solution into 50mL of deionized water, and uniformly stirring to obtain the iron-nickel metal salt water solution.
S2, stirring and dissolving 0.5mol of dimethylamine borane in 100mL of water under the water bath condition of 30 ℃ to obtain dimethylamine borane solution, and immediately adding the dimethylamine borane solution into the prepared iron-nickel metal salt solution after the stirring is finished to obtain a mixed solution;
s3, dropwise adding 5ml of KOH solution with the concentration of 1M into the mixed solution for five times, wherein 1ml of KOH solution is added each time, and stirring is not needed in the dropwise adding process;
S4, sealing the ferric hydroxide nickel colloid solution, and placing the sealed ferric hydroxide nickel colloid solution in a dark environment for incubation for 48 hours at the incubation temperature of 25 ℃ to obtain Fe 2Ni5 type ferric nickel-based hydrogel;
S5, filling Fe 2Ni5 type iron-nickel-based hydrogel into a 50mL centrifuge tube, adding deionized water to submerge the hydrogel, and centrifuging at 8000rpm for 15min, and cleaning the deionized water after centrifuging is completed;
S6, placing the cleaned Fe 2Ni5 type Fe-Ni-based hydrogel in a freeze dryer, and drying for 12 hours at the temperature of-30 ℃ to obtain the Fe 2Ni5 type crystal-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst.
Example 2
An Fe 2Ni5 type crystal-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst is prepared through the following steps:
S1, dissolving 2mmol of ferric chloride hexahydrate in 50mL of water to obtain ferric chloride solution, dissolving 5mmol of nickel chloride hexahydrate in 50mL of water to obtain nickel chloride solution, pouring the ferric chloride solution and the nickel chloride solution into 50mL of deionized water, and uniformly stirring to obtain the iron-nickel metal salt water solution.
S2, stirring and dissolving 0.5mol of dimethylamine borane in 100mL of water under the water bath condition of 30 ℃ to obtain dimethylamine borane solution, and immediately adding the dimethylamine borane solution into the prepared iron-nickel metal salt solution after the stirring is finished to obtain a mixed solution;
s3, dropwise adding 5ml of KOH solution with the concentration of 1M into the mixed solution for five times, wherein 1ml of KOH solution is added each time, and stirring is not needed in the dropwise adding process;
s4, sealing the ferric hydroxide nickel colloid solution, and placing the sealed ferric hydroxide nickel colloid solution in a dark environment for incubation for 45 hours, wherein the incubation temperature is 30 ℃, so as to obtain Fe 2Ni5 type ferric nickel-based hydrogel;
S5, filling Fe 2Ni5 type iron-nickel-based hydrogel into a 50mL centrifuge tube, adding deionized water to submerge the hydrogel, and centrifuging at 8000rpm for 10min, and cleaning the deionized water after centrifuging is completed;
S6, placing the cleaned Fe 2Ni5 type Fe-Ni-based hydrogel in a freeze dryer, and drying for 10 hours at the temperature of 40 ℃ below zero to obtain the Fe 2Ni5 type crystal-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst.
Example 3
An Fe 2Ni5 type crystal-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst is prepared through the following steps:
S1, dissolving 2mmol of ferric chloride hexahydrate in 50mL of water to obtain ferric chloride solution, dissolving 5mmol of nickel chloride hexahydrate in 50mL of water to obtain nickel chloride solution, pouring the ferric chloride solution and the nickel chloride solution into 50mL of deionized water, and uniformly stirring to obtain the iron-nickel metal salt water solution.
S2, stirring and dissolving 0.5mol of dimethylamine borane in 100mL of water under the water bath condition of 30 ℃ to obtain dimethylamine borane solution, and immediately adding the dimethylamine borane solution into the prepared iron-nickel metal salt solution after the stirring is finished to obtain a mixed solution;
s3, dropwise adding 5ml of KOH solution with the concentration of 1M into the mixed solution for five times, wherein 1ml of KOH solution is added each time, and stirring is not needed in the dropwise adding process;
s4, sealing the ferric hydroxide nickel colloid solution, and placing the sealed ferric hydroxide nickel colloid solution in a dark environment for incubation for 50 hours at an incubation temperature of 20 ℃ to obtain Fe 2Ni5 type ferric nickel-based hydrogel;
s5, filling Fe 2Ni5 type iron-nickel-based hydrogel into a 50mL centrifuge tube, adding deionized water to submerge the hydrogel, and centrifuging at 8000rpm for 20min, and cleaning the deionized water after centrifuging is completed;
S6, placing the cleaned Fe 2Ni5 type Fe-Ni-based hydrogel in a freeze dryer, and drying for 15 hours at the temperature of-20 ℃ to obtain the Fe 2Ni5 type crystal-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst.
Analysis of results
The performance of the Fe 2Ni5 type crystal-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst prepared in the embodiments 1-3 of the present invention is similar, and the performance of the Fe 2Ni5 type crystal-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst in the embodiment 1 is taken as an example to describe the performance.
The morphology of the Fe 2Ni5 type crystal-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalyst is detected, and the results are shown in figures 1-3, wherein figure 1 shows SEM detection results, figure 2 shows TEM detection results, and figure 3 shows XRD test results. As can be seen from fig. 1 to 3, fig. 1 shows that the Fe 2Ni5 type crystal-amorphous heterostructure aerogel presents a porous three-dimensional structure, fig. 2 shows that the Fe 2Ni5 type crystal-amorphous heterostructure aerogel is air-coagulated into a large amount of amorphous structure and a small amount of crystalline structure, wherein the crystalline structure exists in the form of nanoclusters and is tightly packed by the amorphous structure, and fig. 3 shows that the amorphous structure in the Fe 2Ni5 type crystal-amorphous heterostructure aerogel structure is a main body.
The OER performance of the Fe 2Ni5 type crystalline-amorphous heterostructure aerogel catalysts of the present invention was tested using a typical three electrode test system. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the Fe 2Ni5 type crystalline-amorphous heterostructure aerogel was found to have an overpotential of 262mV at a current density of 20mA cm -2. .
While specific embodiments of the invention have been described in detail in connection with the examples, it should not be construed as limiting the scope of protection of the patent. Various modifications and variations which may be made by those skilled in the art without the creative effort are within the scope of the patent described in the claims.