Efficient Electrochemical Water Splitting Catalyzed by Electrodeposited Nickel Diselenide Nanoparticles Based Film

In this contribution, we demonstrate that electrodeposited nickel diselenide nanoparticles based film on conductive Ti plate (NiSe2/Ti) is an efficient and robust electrode to catalyze both hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in basic media. Electrochemical experiments show this electrode affords 10 mA cm(-2) at HER overpotential of 96 mV and 20 mA cm(-2) at OER overpotential of 295 mV with strong durability in 1.0 M KOH. The corresponding two-electrode alkaline water electrolyzer requires a cell voltage of only 1.66 V to achieve 10 mA cm(-2) water-splitting current. This development provides us an attractive non-noble-metal catalyst toward overall water splitting applications.