Issue 19, 2019
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Nanoscale

Ultrathin Rh nanosheets as a highly efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for isopropanol-assisted overall water splitting†

Yue Zhao,‡a   Shihui Xing,‡a   Xinying Meng,a   Jinghui Zeng,a   Shibin Yin,b   Xifei Lic  and  Yu Chen ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, PR China
E-mail: ndchenyu@gmail.com

b Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Energy Materials, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, P. R. China

c Institute of Advanced Electrochemical Energy, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, P. R. China

Abstract

In this work, we synthesized ultrathin Rh nanosheets (Rh-NSs) with atomic thickness, which revealed excellent activity for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and super activity and extraordinary selectivity for the isopropanol oxidation reaction (IOR) in alkaline medium. When using Rh-NSs as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for water electrolysis in the presence of isopropanol, a voltage of only 0.4 V was required for H2 production, accompanied by the production of valuable acetone at the anode.

Graphical abstract: Ultrathin Rh nanosheets as a highly efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for isopropanol-assisted overall water splitting

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NR02153A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Mar 2019
Accepted
26 Apr 2019
First published
08 May 2019

Nanoscale, 2019,11, 9319-9326

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Ultrathin Rh nanosheets as a highly efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for isopropanol-assisted overall water splitting

Y. Zhao, S. Xing, X. Meng, J. Zeng, S. Yin, X. Li and Y. Chen, Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 9319 DOI: 10.1039/C9NR02153A

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