Preparation method of noble metal catalyst
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the field of chemical reagents, and particularly relates to nanoscale CeO with high HER catalytic activity2A method for preparing a/C supported noble metal catalyst.
Background
As a novel renewable energy source and a clean energy source, the hydrogen energy has the green characteristics of high energy density, high conversion efficiency, abundant reserves, no pollution to the environment and the like, so that the era of the hydrogen energy is more and more recent, China strengthens the investment on the research and development of the hydrogen energy in recent years, grabs the opportunity and plans to develop the hydrogen energy step by step. In the future, the hydrogen energy and fuel cell industry in China will advance rapidly, a large number of innovation achievements emerge explosively, the sustainable development of hydrogen energy is realized, and a hydrogen energy society taking a fuel cell as a core technology is coming.
In the process of hydrogen energy development, the problem of hydrogen source is the most fundamental problem, and hydrogen production by water electrolysis is considered to be a simple, clean and efficient hydrogen production mode and has been widely concerned by people all the time. The water electrolysis reaction consists of two half reactions, namely Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) at a cathode and Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) at an anode, and how to improve the HER reaction activity of the hydrogen evolution catalyst and reduce hydrogen evolution overpotential is a major subject of water electrolysis hydrogen production. In the prior art, when hydrogen is produced by electrolyzing water, a Pt/C catalyst is usually adopted to accelerate the hydrogen evolution reaction speed, but the Pt/carbon has poor earth reserve, large demand of various industries and short supply and demand, so that the price is high, the hydrogen production cost by electrolyzing water is higher, and the development pace of the hydrogen energy society is seriously influenced. Therefore, in order to reduce the cost of hydrogen production by electrolyzing water, the invention of a method which can replace a Pt/catalyst or reduce the Pt/load is particularly key, and can promote the rapid development of a hydrogen energy society.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to invent a noble metal catalyst capable of replacing Pt/catalyst or reducing Pt/load to improve HER reaction activity, and provides a preparation method of the noble metal catalyst.
The invention adopts the following technical scheme:
a preparation method of a noble metal catalyst comprises the following steps:
s1, preparing nano-scale CeO by taking sodium carboxymethylcellulose and cerium nitrate as precursors2a/C composite carrier;
s2, mixing the nano-scale CeO2Dissolving the/C composite carrier in a noble metal salt solution, adding a KOH solution, and precipitating to obtain a catalyst precursor;
s3, roasting the catalyst precursor at high temperature to obtain CeO2a/C supported noble metal catalyst.
Preferably, the CeO2The preparation steps of the/C composite carrier are as follows:
s1.1, sufficiently dissolving a proper amount of sodium carboxymethylcellulose in a proper amount of water, and sequentially adding a proper amount of ethanol and a surfactant to form a dispersion liquid;
s1.2, adding a proper amount of cerium nitrate and dilute nitric acid into the dispersion liquid, and fully stirring until the cerium nitrate and the dilute nitric acid are completely dissolved to obtain the mixed liquid;
s1.3, calcining a solid product obtained by drying the mixed solution under a protective gas atmosphere to obtain nano-scale CeO2a/C composite carrier;
preferably, the concentration of the cerium nitrate and the concentration of the dilute nitric acid are both 0.1-0.2 mol/L, the volume ratio of the ethanol is 3: 2-2: 3, and the mass ratio of the surfactant to the sodium carboxymethyl cellulose is 1: 1-1: 3.
Preferably, the specific steps of preparing the catalyst precursor in step S2 are as follows:
s2.1, firstly, the CeO obtained in the step S1 is obtained2Dispersing the/C composite carrier in deionized water and carrying out ultrasonic stirring for 0.5-1 h;
s2.2, after adding a proper amount of noble metal salt solution, slowly dropwise adding 2-3 mol/L excess KOH solution at a dropwise adding speed of 10-15 drops per minute in CeO2Obtaining a precipitate on the/C composite carrier;
s2.3, adding a proper amount of deionized water again, heating to obtain a hot solution at the temperature of 60-100 ℃, and preserving heat for 1-3 hours;
and S2.4, carrying out vacuum filtration and washing processes on the hot solution while the hot solution is hot, and drying the water washing solution after the water washing solution is neutral to obtain the catalyst precursor.
Preferably, in the step S3, the catalyst precursor is calcined at a high temperature for 1-3 hours under the protection of inert gas, wherein the calcination temperature is 600-1000 ℃.
Preferably, the noble metal salt solution is a Pt/salt solution or a Pd salt solution.
Preferably, in step S1.1, a proper amount of sodium carboxymethylcellulose is fully dissolved in a proper amount of hot water, and the temperature of the hot water is controlled to be between 40 and 100 ℃.
Preferably, the mass ratio of the surfactant to the sodium carboxymethylcellulose is 1: 1-1: 3, the concentration of the cerium nitrate is 0.1-0.2 mol/L, and the concentration of the dilute nitric acid is 1.0-2.0 mol/L.
Preferably, in step S1.1, the ethanol solution is added to completely remove air bubbles from the solution.
Preferably, in step S1.1, the surfactant is added while stirring to ensure that the surfactant is sufficiently dissolved.
Has the advantages that: the scheme can load noble metal on CeO2On the/C carrier, the catalyst can effectively ensure HER reaction activity, reduce the production cost of the catalyst and promote the rapid development of a hydrogen energy society.
Drawings
FIG. 1: Pd/C, CeO2/C,Pd/CeO2XRD pattern of/C.
FIG. 2: Pd/CeO2TEM and particle size distribution of the/C catalyst.
FIG. 3: Pd/CeO2EDS mapping diagram of/C catalyst.
FIG. 4: Pd/CeO 23d orbital XPS plot of Ce for/C catalyst.
FIG. 5: Pd/CeO 23d orbital XPS plot of Pd for the/C catalyst.
FIG. 6: Pd/CeO2Polarization curve of the/C catalyst in 1.0M Ar-saturated KOH solution.
FIG. 7: CeO (CeO)2TEM and particle size distribution of/C.
FIG. 8: CeO (CeO)2XPS plot of the 3d orbit of Ce for/C.
FIG. 9: CeO (CeO)2Polarization curve of the/C catalyst in 1.0M Ar-saturated KOH solution.
FIG. 10: TEM image of Pd/C.
FIG. 11: 3d orbital XPS plot of Pd for Pd/C.
FIG. 12: polarization curve of Pd/C catalyst in 1.0M Ar saturated KOH solution.
FIG. 13: TEM image of Pt/ECP
FIG. 14: XRD patterns of Pt/ECP, Pt/CeO2/C, CeO 2/C.
FIG. 15: 4f orbital XPS plot of Pt on Pt/ECP.
FIG. 16: polarization curves of Pt/ECP catalyst in 1.0M Ar saturated KOH solution.
FIG. 17: Pt/CeO2TEM image of/C
FIG. 18: Pt/CeO2XPS plot of the 3d orbit of Ce for/C.
FIG. 19: Pt/CeO2XPS plot of 4f orbitals of Pt,/C.
FIG. 20: Pt/CeO2Polarization curve of the/C catalyst in 1.0M Ar saturated KOH solution.
Detailed Description
To facilitate understanding and practice of the invention by those of ordinary skill in the art, the following detailed description of the invention is provided in conjunction with the examples and the accompanying drawings, it being understood that the examples described herein are illustrative and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention.
The preparation method of the scheme comprises the following basic steps:
s1, preparing nano-scale CeO by taking sodium carboxymethylcellulose and cerium nitrate as precursors2a/C composite carrier: a certain mass of deionized water is measured and heated until bubbles (85-95 ℃) are just generated. Adding 3-4% of sodium carboxymethylcellulose into hot water, and stirring until the sodium carboxymethylcellulose is uniformly dispersed. And then cooling, slowly dropwise adding absolute ethyl alcohol into the solution, wherein the volume ratio of the ethyl alcohol to the water in the system is 3: 2-2: 3, and stirring until the mixture is uniformly dispersed. Adding a surfactant F127 into the solution, wherein the mass ratio of the surfactant F127 to the sodium carboxymethylcellulose is 1: 1-1: 2, uniformly stirring, preparing a cerium nitrate-dilute nitric acid solution, wherein the concentration of the cerium nitrate is 0.1-0.2 mol/L, the concentration of the dilute nitric acid is 1.0-2.0 mol/L, and the volume ratio of the added cerium nitrate-dilute nitric acid solution to ethanol and waterIs 1:2:3, and is stirred until the dispersion is uniform. Continuously stirring and volatilizing the solvent, and drying in vacuum until the solvent is completely volatilized to obtain the nano-grade CeO2a/C composite carrier.
S2, mixing the nano-scale CeO2Dissolving the/C composite carrier in a noble metal salt solution, adding a KOH solution for precipitation to obtain a catalyst precursor: adding CeO2Grinding the/C precursor into powder, calcining at the high temperature of 600-1000 ℃ for 1-3 hours by using 99.999% high-purity nitrogen as protective gas, and naturally cooling to obtain nanoscale CeO2a/C carrier, and grinding the carrier into powder for standby; weighing noble metal salt powder, adding deionized water, stirring and ultrasonically treating until the noble metal salt powder is completely dissolved, and preparing a noble metal salt solution for later use, wherein the molar concentration of noble metal ions is 0.04 mol/L. Weighing a proper amount of KOH, and preparing 2.5mol/L KOH solution for later use; weighing CeO with a certain mass2the/C carrier is dispersed in the deionized water through stirring and ultrasonic treatment, and the mass fraction is 8 per thousand; adding noble metal salt solution to CeO dropwise2And uniformly stirring the carrier/C dispersion liquid. And (3) dropwise adding a potassium hydroxide solution into the dispersion liquid, wherein the potassium hydroxide is excessive by 4 times compared with the noble metal salt in order to fully precipitate the noble metal ions in the dispersion liquid, and uniformly stirring. And adding deionized water into the dispersion liquid for dilution, uniformly stirring, and reacting for 1-2 hours at 80-90 ℃. Carrying out hot suction filtration on the hot dispersion liquid, washing the hot dispersion liquid with deionized water to be neutral to obtain a filter cake, and drying the filter cake to obtain the noble metal/CeO2A catalyst precursor of/C.
S3, roasting the catalyst precursor at high temperature to obtain CeO2C-Supported noble Metal catalyst: mixing noble metal/CeO2the/C catalyst precursor was ground to a powder using 99.999% high purity N2As protective gas, calcining at 400-600 ℃ for 3-5 hours at high temperature, and naturally cooling to obtain nano-grade CeO with noble metal loading of about 5%2A noble metal catalyst is loaded on the/C.
The following supplementary analytical description is made in connection with a specific experimental control example:
example 1:
1. 30mL of water was poured into a beaker three-neck flask, the magnetic stirring device was turned on, the flask was heated to 90 ℃ with an oil bath, and 1g of sodium carboxymethylcellulose was added to the flask. After the sodium carboxymethylcellulose is completely dissolved, the temperature is adjusted to 65 ℃.
2. Adding 20mL of absolute ethyl alcohol into the solution, adding 1g of F127 after the ethanol is fully dissolved, stirring until the mixture is completely dissolved, and adjusting the temperature to 40 ℃.
3. 434mg of Ce (NO) are taken3) The 3.6H 2O powder was dissolved in about 10mL of dilute nitric acid solution prepared from 1mL of concentrated nitric acid and 9mL of deionized water, the concentration of dilute nitric acid was about 1.5mol/L, the solution was added dropwise to the flask after complete dissolution, the temperature was adjusted to 50 ℃ after stirring for 2H, and the mixture was stirred overnight.
4. And (3) stirring the solution, putting the solution into a vacuum oven, and keeping the vacuum environment at the drying temperature of 60 ℃ for 10-12 h.
5. Taking out and putting into a crucible, and adding 99.999 percent of high-purity N2Under the protection, the CeO is obtained after the temperature is raised to 900 ℃ at the temperature raising rate of 5 ℃/min, the CeO is roasted for 1 hour and naturally cooled2The morphology and particle size distribution diagram of the/C catalyst carrier are shown in the attached figure 7 of the specification, the XRD phase characterization is shown in the attached figure 1 of the specification, and the XPS characterization is shown in the attached figure 8 of the specification.
10mg of the control sample 1 used as a hydrogen evolution reaction catalyst was dispersed in 4mL of ethanol, and 60. mu.L of 5 wt% Nafion solution was added thereto and subjected to ultrasonication for 30 min. Taking 16 mu L, dripping and coating on a glassy carbon electrode with the diameter of 3mm for 8 times, and naturally drying. A standard hydrogen electrode is used as a reference electrode, a carbon rod is used as a counter electrode to form a three-electrode electrochemical system, electrochemical performance test is carried out in a 1mol/L KOH solution under the condition of introducing Ar gas, and the performance of HER is shown in figure 9.
Example 2:
1. weigh 1g of PdCl2Added to 33mL of deionized water due to PdCl2The solubility in water is low, a small amount of 250 mu L concentrated hydrochloric acid solution needs to be added, the mixture is fully stirred for 30min and subjected to ultrasonic treatment for 10min to ensure that PdCl is obtained2Fully dissolving. Then weighing Vulcan XC 72 treated by nitric acid, dispersing in the solution, carrying out ultrasonic treatment for 60min,
heating while stirring to evaporate the solvent slowly to form uniform and smooth slurry, and vacuum drying at 60 deg.C.
Grinding, placing in a clean porcelain boat, placing in a tube furnace, introducing 5% H2/Ar as carrier gas, and introducing air
And (3) discharging air in the tube within 30min, so that the tube is completely in a hydrogen-argon atmosphere, carrying out heat treatment at 300 ℃ for 2 hours to obtain a target product Pd/C, wherein the morphology figure is shown in the attached drawing 10 of the specification, the phase representation of XRD is shown in the attached drawing 1 of the specification, the valence state of Pd is shown in the attached drawing 11 of the specification, and the Pd in the Pd/C prepared by the method mainly has two valence states of 0 valence and 2 valence.
2. 10mg of the control sample 2 used as a hydrogen evolution reaction catalyst was dispersed in 4mL of ethanol, and 60. mu.L of 5 wt% Nafion solution was added thereto and subjected to ultrasonication for 30 min. Taking 16 mu L, dripping and coating on a glassy carbon electrode with the diameter of 3mm for 8 times, and naturally drying. A standard hydrogen electrode is used as a reference electrode, a carbon rod is used as a counter electrode to form a three-electrode electrochemical system, electrochemical performance test is carried out in a 1mol/L KOH solution under the condition of introducing Ar gas, and the performance of HER is shown in figure 12.
Example 3:
1. preparing an aqueous solution of potassium tetrachloroplatinate. A potassium tetrachloroplatinate solution having a concentration of 1g/100mL was prepared in a 100mL volumetric flask and prepared for use.
2. Preparing 2.5mol/L sodium hydroxide glycol solution. Sonication and heating during formulation accelerated dissolution.
3. 50mg of ECP carrier was dispersed in 30mL of ethylene glycol and sonicated for 30 min. Stirring and dropwise adding 2.15mL of potassium tetrachloroplatinate solution, and continuously stirring for 4h at normal temperature. A solution of sodium hydroxide in ethylene glycol was added to adjust the pH to greater than 13. And heating and refluxing the mixed solution at 130 ℃ for 3h, and using nitrogen for protection in the reaction process.
4. After the solution had cooled to room temperature, it was filtered off with suction and washed with a large amount of deionized water. Vacuum drying at 80 deg.C for 8h to obtain target product Pt/ECP, wherein the morphology is shown in figure 13, the XRD phase representation is shown in figure 14, the valence distribution of Pt/is shown in figure 15, and Pt/mainly exists in 0-valent and 2-valent forms.
5. 10mg of the control sample 2 used as a hydrogen evolution reaction catalyst was dispersed in 4mL of ethanol, and 60. mu.L of 5 wt% Nafion solution was added thereto and subjected to ultrasonication for 30 min. Taking 16 mu L, dripping and coating on a glassy carbon electrode with the diameter of 3mm for 8 times, and naturally drying. A standard hydrogen electrode is used as a reference electrode, a carbon rod is used as a counter electrode to form a three-electrode electrochemical system, electrochemical performance test is carried out in a 1.0M KOH solution under the condition of introducing Ar gas, and the performance of HER is shown in figure 16.
Example 4:
CeO2preparation of catalyst support
1. 30mL of water was poured into a beaker three-neck flask, the magnetic stirring device was turned on, the flask was heated to 90 ℃ with an oil bath, and 1g of sodium carboxymethylcellulose was added to the flask. After the sodium carboxymethylcellulose is completely dissolved, the temperature is adjusted to 65 ℃.
2. 20mL of absolute ethanol was added to the above solution, and after the ethanol was sufficiently dissolved, 1g F127 was added thereto and stirred until the solution was completely dissolved, and the temperature was adjusted to 40 ℃.
3. 434mg of Ce (NO) are taken3) The 3.6H 2O powder was dissolved in about 10mL of dilute nitric acid solution prepared from 1mL of concentrated nitric acid and 9mL of deionized water, the concentration of dilute nitric acid was about 1.5mol/L, the solution was added dropwise to the flask after complete dissolution, the temperature was adjusted to 50 ℃ after stirring for 2H, and the mixture was stirred overnight.
4. And (3) stirring the solution, putting the solution into a vacuum oven, and keeping the vacuum environment at the drying temperature of 60 ℃ for 10-12 h.
5. Taking out and putting into a crucible, and adding 99.999 percent of high-purity N2Under the protection, the CeO is obtained after the temperature is raised to 900 ℃ at the temperature raising rate of 5 ℃/min, the CeO is roasted for 1 hour and naturally cooled2a/C catalyst carrier. After the solution was cooled to room temperature, it was filtered with suction and washed with a large amount of deionized water. Vacuum drying at 80 deg.C for 8 hr to obtain target product.
6. Preparing an aqueous solution of potassium tetrachloroplatinate. A potassium tetrachloroplatinate solution having a concentration of 1g/100mL was prepared in a 100mL volumetric flask and prepared for use.
7. Preparing 2.5mol/L sodium hydroxide glycol solution. Sonication and heating during formulation accelerated dissolution.
8. 50mg of ECP carrier was dispersed in 30mL of ethylene glycol and sonicated for 30min is the same as the formula (I). Stirring and dropwise adding 2.15mL of potassium tetrachloroplatinate solution, and continuously stirring for 4h at normal temperature. A solution of sodium hydroxide in ethylene glycol was added to adjust the pH to greater than 13. And heating and refluxing the mixed solution at 130 ℃ for 3h, and using nitrogen for protection in the reaction process. Preparing to obtain Pt/CeO2The morphology of the/C is shown in the specification attached figure 17, the XRD phase is characterized in the specification attached figure 14, the valence distribution of Ce is shown in the specification attached figure 18, wherein V2 corresponds to a 3d 5/2 peak of Ce3+, U2 corresponds to a 3d 3/2 peak of Ce3+, the rest V1, V3 and V4 correspond to a 3d 5/2 peak of Ce4+, U1, U3 and U4 correspond to a 3d 3/2 peak of Ce4+, the valence distribution of Pt/is shown in the specification attached figure 19, and the valence of Pt/is 2.
Taking Pt/CeO2The catalyst/C is used for hydrogen evolution reaction, 10mg is dispersed in 4mL of ethanol, 60 mu L of Nafion solution with the concentration of 5 wt% is added, and the mixture is subjected to ultrasonic treatment for 30 min. Taking 16 mu L, dripping and coating on a glassy carbon electrode with the diameter of 3mm for 8 times, and naturally drying. A standard hydrogen electrode is used as a reference electrode, a carbon rod is used as a counter electrode to form a three-electrode electrochemical system, electrochemical performance test is carried out in a 1.0M KOH solution under the condition of introducing Ar, and the performance of HER is shown in figure 20.
Finally, it should be noted that the above-mentioned description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make various similar representations without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.