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One-step synthesis of Ni3N@C hybrid and its catalytic activity for overall water splitting

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Ni3N@C nanocomposite was prepared by a simple one-step low-temperature pyrolysis method with nickel acetate in flowing ammonia. The spherical Ni3N nanoparticles were uniformly coated with a carbon protective layer formed in-situ with a thickness of 10 nm, which shows excellent catalytic activity for overall water splitting in alkaline solution. The experimental results showed that the initial potential for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) was −0.06 V (versus reversible hydrogen electrode, vs RHE), and the overpotential (η) was 284 mV at the current density of 10 mA cm−2; the initial potential for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) was 1.53 V vs RHE, and η was 390 mV at the current density of 10 mA cm−2. In addition, Ni3N@C had excellent stability for overall water splitting in alkaline solution. The excellent activity and high stability of the catalyst are due to the high intrinsic activity of Ni3N as well as the formation of carbon coating layer, which not only improves the conductivity of the material and accelerates the transfer of electrons and protons, but also protects Ni3N from corrosion in alkaline electrolyte. In a word, we provide a simple, economical and low-temperature sustaining method to prepare Ni3N to be used in water splitting, and the preparation method can also be used to prepare other promising bifunctional electrocatalysts for energy conversion field.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21663023).

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  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, P. R. China

    Weilin Weng, Jianhong Chen, Qingcui Liu, Feng Yu, Jianning Wu, Zhiyong Liu & Banghua Peng

  2. Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region/Engineering Research Center of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, P. R. China

    Weilin Weng, Jianhong Chen, Qingcui Liu, Jianning Wu, Zhiyong Liu & Banghua Peng

  3. Clean Energy Conversion and Storage Research Group, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, P. R. China

    Weilin Weng, Jianhong Chen, Qingcui Liu & Banghua Peng

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Authors Banghua Peng, Jianning Wu and Feng Yu proposed an experimental approach; authors Weilin Weng and Jianhong Chen carried out synthesis of samples, performed their electrochemical study, XPS spectroscopy, TEM analysis and XRD techniques; authors Zhiyong Liu and Qingcui Liu took part in preparation of the manuscript; all authors participated in discussion of results.

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Weng, W., Chen, J., Liu, Q. et al. One-step synthesis of Ni3N@C hybrid and its catalytic activity for overall water splitting. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 39, 1788–1795 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-022-1123-2

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