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A Molecular Ni-complex Containing Tetrahedral Nickel Selenide Core as Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation

  • Jahangir Masud
  • , Polydoros Chrysovalantis Ioannou
  • , Nikolaos Levesanos
  • , Panayotis Kyritsis
  • , Manashi Nath

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Abstract

We report the highly efficient catalytic activity of transition metal selenide-based coordination complex, [Ni{(SeP'Pr 2 ) 2 N} 2 ], (1) for oxygen evolution and hydrogen evolution reactions (OER and HER, respectively) in alkaline solution. Very low overpotentials of 200 mV and 310 mV were required to achieve 10 mA cm -2 for OER and HER, respectively. The overpotential for OER is one of the lowest that has been reported up to now, making this one of the best OER electrocatalysts. In addition, this molecular complex exhibits an exceptionally high mass activity (111.02 A g -1 ) and much higher TOF value (0.26 s -1 ) at overpotential of 300 mV. This bifunctional electrocatalyst enables water electrolysis in alkaline solutions at cell voltage of 1.54 V.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3128-3132
Number of pages5
JournalChemSusChem
Volume9
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1 2016

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Environmental Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • General Materials Science
  • General Energy

Keywords

  • Bifunctional electrocatalysts
  • Catalyst activity
  • Coordination complex
  • Coordination reactions
  • Electrocatalysis
  • Electrocatalysts
  • Hydrogen
  • Hydrogen evolution
  • Hydrogen evolution reactions
  • Nickel
  • Oxygen evolution
  • Selenides
  • Selenium compounds
  • Tetrahedral nickels
  • Transition metals
  • Water splitting

Disciplines

  • Chemistry

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