Citation: Ping-Yu LI, Wen-Ting HONG, Wei LIU. Fabrication of Large Scale Self-supported WC/Ni(OH)₂ Electrode for High-current-density Hydrogen Evolution[J]. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, ;2021, 40(10): 1365-1371. doi: 10.14102/j.cnki.0254–5861.2011–3168 shu

Fabrication of Large Scale Self-supported WC/Ni(OH)₂ Electrode for High-current-density Hydrogen Evolution

Ping-Yu LI ^{a, b} ,
Wen-Ting HONG ^a ,
Wei LIU ^a,,

a.
CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China
b.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Corresponding author: Wei LIU, liuw@fjirsm.ac.cn
Received Date: 2 March 2021
Accepted Date: 7 April 2021

Fund Project: the National Natural Science Foundation of China 61674152the National Natural Science Foundation of China 51902309

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In the industry, cheap and stable electrocatalysts are eagerly expected for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) at a high current density. Two-component electrochemical catalysts with integrated multiple interfaces seem to be an expedient strategy to enhance the inherent electronic structure of hybrid electrocatalysts and optimize the catalytic ability. In this work, we report an active tungsten carbide and nickel hydroxide (WC/Ni(OH)₂) electrocatalyst seamlessly synthesized on the substrate of W foil. Ni(OH)₂ trends to adsorb OH_ad and WC can effectively adsorb H_ad. Prompted by the synergistic effect, the ability of the catalyst manifests an effective HER kinetics with an overpotential of 475 mV (vs. RHE) at a high current density of 1000 mA/cm² in 1 M KOH. Moreover, due to its self-supported construction, the catalyst presents reliable long-term stability with no obvious active property loss after 8000 cycles and 50 hours of operation in an alkaline solution.
- hydrogen evolution reaction,
- tungsten carbide,
- nickel hydroxide,
- high current density
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