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N-Doped NiO Nanosheet Arrays as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

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Exploration of cost-effective high-performance non-noble-metal-based electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) has attracted huge attention. In this work, a nitrogen doping method is adopted to construct self-supported, N-doped NiO nanosheet arrays (N-NiO) as an effective HER electrocatalyst. The N-NiO nanosheet arrays are firmly anchored on a nickel foam substrate, forming a free-standing integrated electrode with an open nanostructure. By virtue of its larger electrochemical active surface areas and better electron conductivity, the N-NiO electrode has admirable electrocatalytic HER performance with a low overpotential (154 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm−2) and a low Tafel slope of 90 mV dec−1. In addition, the N-NiO nanosheet arrays exhibit relatively stable electrocatalytic activity after a 10 h continuous test in an alkaline solution. Our reported rational design principle and optimization strategy provide a powerful way to construct advanced transition-metal-based electrocatalysts for the HER.

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C.H. Wang acknowledges the support by Yu Zhong. This work is supported by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2020M671713).

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Wang, C., Li, Y., Wang, X. et al. N-Doped NiO Nanosheet Arrays as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. J. Electron. Mater. 50, 5072–5080 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-021-09053-w

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