Citation: Tao Tang, Chen Li, Sipu Li, Zhong Qiu, Tianqi Yang, Beirong Ye, Shaojun Shi, Chunyang Wu, Feng Cao, Xinhui Xia, Minghua Chen, Xinqi Liang, Xinping He, Xin Liu, Yongqi Zhang. One-step constructing advanced N-doped carbon@metal nitride as ultra-stable electrocatalysts via urea plasma under room temperature[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2024, 35(11): 109887. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.109887 shu

One-step constructing advanced N-doped carbon@metal nitride as ultra-stable electrocatalysts via urea plasma under room temperature

Tao Tang ^a ,
Chen Li ^a ,
Sipu Li ^a ,
Zhong Qiu ^b ,
Tianqi Yang ^c ,
Beirong Ye ^a ,
Shaojun Shi ^d ,
Chunyang Wu ^e ,
Feng Cao ^f ,
Xinhui Xia ^{b, c, h, *,} ,
Minghua Chen ^g ,
Xinqi Liang ^{a, g, *,} ,
Xinping He ^c ,
Xin Liu ⁱ ,
Yongqi Zhang ^{a, *,}

a.
Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
b.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
c.
College of Materials Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
d.
School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu 215500, China
e.
State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Film and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
f.
Department of Engineering Technology, Huzhou College, Huzhou 313000, China
g.
Key Laboratory of Engineering Dielectric and Applications (Ministry of Education), School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, China
h.
State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China
i.
State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China

helloxxh@zju.edu.cn

xqliang@uestc.edu.cn

yqzhang@uestc.edu.cn

Received Date: 29 January 2024
Revised Date: 11 April 2024
Accepted Date: 12 April 2024
Available Online: 13 April 2024

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Highly active transition metal nitrides are desirable for electrocatalytic reactions, but their long-term stability is still unsatisfactory and thus limiting commercial applications. Herein, for the first time, we report a unique and universal room-temperature urea plasma method for controllable synthesis of N-doped carbon coated metal (Fe, Co, Ni, etc.) nitrides arrays electrocatalysts. The preformed metal oxides arrays can be successfully converted into metal nitrides arrays with preserved nanostructures and a thin layer of N-doped carbon (N-C) via one-step urea plasma. Typically, as a representative case, N-C@CoN nanowire arrays are illustrated and corresponding formation mechanism by plasma is proposed. Notably, the designed N-C@CoN catalysts deliver excellent electrocatalytic activity and long-term stability both in oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and urea oxidation reaction (UOR). For OER, a low overpotential (264 mV at 10 mA/cm²) and high stability (>50 h at 20 mA/cm²) are acquired. For UOR, a current density of 100 mA/cm² is achieved at only 1.39 V and maintain over 100 h. Theoretical calculations reveal that the synergetic coupling effect of CoN and N-C can significantly facilitate the charge-transfer process, optimize adsorbed intermediates binding strength and further greatly decrease the energy barrier. This strategy provides a novel method for fabrication of N-C@ metal nitrides as highly active and stable catalysts.
- Urea plasma,
- Metal nitrides,
- Carbon shell,
- Oxygen evolution reaction,
- Urea oxidation reaction
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