A robust & weak-nucleophilicity electrocatalyst with an inert response for chlorine ion oxidation in large-current seawater electrolysis  

作　　者：Junting Dong Chang Yu Hui Wang Lin Chen Hongling Huang Yingnan Han Qianbing Wei Jieshan Qiu 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals,Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials,School of Chemical Engineering,Dalian University of Technology,Dalian 116024,Liaoning,China [2]College of Chemical Engineering,State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering,Beijing University of Chemical Technology,Beijing 100029,China

出　　处：《Journal of Energy Chemistry》2024年第3期486-495,I0011,共11页能源化学（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,No.22078052);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(DUT22ZD207,DUT22LAB612)。

摘　　要：Seawater splitting into hydrogen,a promising technology,is seriously limited by the durability and tolerance of electrocatalysts for chlorine ions in seawater at large current densities due to chloride oxidation and corrosion.Here,we present a robust and weak-nucleophilicity nickel-iron hydroxide electrocatalyst with excellent selectivity for oxygen evolution and an inert response for chlorine ion oxidation which are key and highly desired for efficient seawater electrolysis.Such a weak-nucleophilicity electrocatalyst can well match with strong-nucleophilicity OH-compared with the weak-nucleophilicity Cl^(-),resultantly,the oxidation of OH-in electrolyte can be more easily achieved relative to chlorine ion oxidation,confirmed by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium probing test.Further,no strongly corrosive hypochlorite is produced when the operating voltage reaches about 2.1 V vs.RHE,a potential that is far beyond the thermodynamic potential of chlorine ion oxidatio n.This concept and approach to reasonably designing weaknucleophilicity electrocatalysts that can greatly avoid chlorine ion oxidation under alkaline seawater environments can push forward the seawater electrolysis technology and also accelerate the development of green hydrogen technique.

关 键 词：Nickel-iron hydroxide electrocatalysts Highly selective seawater electrolysis Weak nucleophilicity Oxygen evolution reaction Hydrogen 

分 类 号：TQ116.2[化学工程—无机化工] TQ426