A p-block dopant enables energy-efficient hydrogen production from biomass

Wenxian Liu; Jiawei Tang; Chao Kong; Ruilian Yin; Wei Guo; Jiale Dai; Fangfang Wu; Wenhui Shi; Xiehong Cao

doi:10.1039/d4cc00140k

A p-block dopant enables energy-efficient hydrogen production from biomass

Chem Commun (Camb). 2024 May 7;60(38):5058-5061. doi: 10.1039/d4cc00140k.

Authors

Wenxian Liu¹, Jiawei Tang¹, Chao Kong¹, Ruilian Yin², Wei Guo¹, Jiale Dai¹, Fangfang Wu¹, Wenhui Shi^{2

3}, Xiehong Cao¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, 18 Chaowang Road, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China. gcscaoxh@zjut.edu.cn.
² College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China. yinrl0501@zjut.edu.cn.
³ Center for Membrane and Water Science & Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, 18 Chaowang Road, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China.

PMID: 38634822
DOI: 10.1039/d4cc00140k

Abstract

Herein, we develop innovative p-block Bi-doped Co₃O₄ nanoflakes (Bi-Co₃O₄ NFAs) on nickel foam, which exhibit excellent electrocatalytic activity for both glucose oxidation (GOR) and H₂ evolution reactions (HER). The two-electrode GOR-HER electrolyzer using Bi-Co₃O₄ NFAs as both the cathode and anode shows a remarkable reduced operation voltage of 1.48 V at 10 mA cm^-2, superior to the 1.66 V of the OER-HER electrolyzer, demonstrating promising potential for advanced H₂ production featuring energy saving and simultaneously produced value-added chemicals.