NiOx nanoparticles supported on polyethylenimine functionalized CNTs as efficient electrocatalysts for supercapacitor and oxygen evolution reaction |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Fuels and Energy Technology Institute & Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth WA 6102, Australia;2. Advanced Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;1. Univ. Bordeaux, IMS, UMR 5218, Talence 33400, France;2. Andra, Châtenay-Malabry 92298, France;1. Department of Chemistry, Centre of Advanced Study, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India;2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India;1. Institute of Microelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC;2. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC;1. Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Prosp. Akademika Lavrentieva 5, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia;2. Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova St. 2, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia;3. FSUE Krylov State Research Centre, Moskovskoye Shosse 44, St. Petersburg 196158, Russia |
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| Abstract: | Ni oxide based nanoparticles (NPs) have been widely used as electrocatalysts in the electrochemical energy storage and conversion applications. In this paper, NiOx NPs are successfully synthesized by the self-assembly of Ni precursor onto polyethylenimine functionalized carbon nanotubes (PEI-CNTs) assisted with microwave radiation. NiOx NPs with size around 2–3 nm are homogenously dispersed on the PEI-CNTs supports with no aggregation. The electrochemical activity of NiOx NPs on PEI-CNTs, NiOx/PEI-CNTs, as effective electrocatalysts is studied for supercapacitor and oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline solutions. NiOx/PEI-CNTs show a capacitance of 1728 and 1576 F g?1 based on active material, and 221 and 394 F g?1 based on total catalyst loading on 12.5% and 25% NiOx/PEI-CNTs, respectively, which is substantially higher than 152 F g?1 of unsupported NiO. The NiOx/PEI-CNTs electrodes exhibit reversible and stale capacitance of ～1200 F g?1 based on active materials after 2000 cycles at a high current density of 10 A g?1. NiOx/PEI-CNTs also exhibit significantly higher activities for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) of water electrolysis, achieving a current density of 100 A g?1 at an overpotential of 0.35 V for 25% NiOx/PEI-CNTs. It is believed that the uniformly dispersed nano-sized NiOx NPs and synergistic effect between the NiOx NPs and PEI-CNTs is attributed to the high electrocatalytic performance of NiOx/PEI-CNTs electrocatalysts. The results demonstrate that NiOx NPs supported on PEI-CNTs are highly effective electrocatalysts for electrochemical energy storage and conversion applications. |
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| Keywords: | Carbon nanotubes Water electrolysis Supercapacitors Oxygen evolution reaction |
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