1. Ni–Fe phosphide deposited carbon felt as free-standing bifunctional catalyst electrode for urea electrolysis.
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Yun, Woo Hyun, Das, Gautam, Kim, Bohyeon, Park, Bang Ju, Yoon, Hyon Hee, and Yoon, Young Soo
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HYDROGEN evolution reactions ,UREA ,ELECTRODES ,WATER electrolysis ,OVERPOTENTIAL ,CATALYSTS ,ELECTROLYSIS ,OXYGEN evolution reactions - Abstract
A free-standing catalyst electrode for the urea oxidation reaction (UOR) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in a urea electrolysis cell was synthesized by electroplating a Ni–Fe alloy onto carbon felt, followed by phosphidation (P-NiFe@CF). The prepared P-NiFe@CF catalyst consisted of Ni
5 P4 , NiP2 , and FeP with 3D flower-like P-NiFe architecture on CF. P-NiFe@CF exhibited excellent electrocatalytic activity for the UOR (demanding only 1.39 V (vs. RHE) to achieve 200 mA cm−2 ), and for the HER with a low overpotential of 0.023 V (vs. RHE) at 10 mA cm−2 , indicating its feasibility as a bifunctional catalyst electrode for urea electrolysis. A urea electrolysis cell with P-NiFe@CF as both the free-standing anode and cathode generated a current density of 10 mA cm−2 at a cell potential of 1.37 V (vs. RHE), which is considerably lower than that of water electrolysis, and also lower than previously reported values. The results indicate that the P-NiFe@CF catalyst electrodes can be used as free-standing bifunctional electrodes for urea electrolyzers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2021
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