Issue 8, 2024

In situ growth engineering of ultrathin dendritic PdNi nanosheets on nitrogen-doped V2CTx MXenes for efficient hydrogen evolution

Abstract

Immobilizing metal nanoparticles on a support is crucial for catalysts’ stability and spatial distribution. MXenes are promising substrates for in situ growth engineering of various electrocatalysts owing to their merits. A stronger binding capacity can be achieved between the in situ-fabricated catalysts and MXenes compared to a common physical combination. Thus, synergistically utilizing morphology modulation, composition optimization, and the interfacial interaction between metal catalysts and supports will maximize the electrocatalytic activity. However, most reported in situ-formed catalysts on MXenes result in solid 0D nanoparticles and in situ growth of nanoalloy catalysts on MXenes with a precisely controlled morphology is still lacking. Herein, nanodendritic PdNi alloys are in situ grown on nitrogen-doped V2CTx, serving as efficient electrocatalysts toward the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Thanks to the synergistic effect of the unique nanodendritic structure of PdNi, the merits of N-TBA-V2CTx nanosheets, and the strong metal–support interaction between the PdNi and the N-TBA-V2CTx support, the in situ-formed Pd58Ni42/N-TBA-V2CTx electrocatalyst shows excellent HER performance with an ultralow overpotential of 44.1 mV to achieve 10 mA cm−2 and a lowest Tafel slope of 39.4 mV dec−1, which outperforms Pd58Ni42/TBA-V2CTx, Pd58Ni42, and Pd/C. Remarkably, the Pd58Ni42/N-TBA-V2CTx catalyst can maintain 92.3% of its initial activity even after 50 h of continuous operation.

Graphical abstract: In situ growth engineering of ultrathin dendritic PdNi nanosheets on nitrogen-doped V2CTx MXenes for efficient hydrogen evolution

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Tsh 2023
Accepted
26 Phe 2024
First published
30 Phe 2024

Nanoscale, 2024,16, 4014-4024

In situ growth engineering of ultrathin dendritic PdNi nanosheets on nitrogen-doped V2CTx MXenes for efficient hydrogen evolution

C. Sun, Y. Tan, Y. Wen, Y. Yang, F. Guo, H. Huang, W. Ma and S. Cheng, Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 4014 DOI: 10.1039/D3NR06502B

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