Modification of TiO 2 nanotubes by graphene - strontium and cobalt molybdate perovskite for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction in acidic medium

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Modification of TiO 2 nanotubes by graphene - strontium and cobalt molybdate perovskite for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction in acidic medium

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Herein, we demonstrate that modification of TiO₂ nanotubes with graphene-strontium and cobalt molybdate perovskite can turn them into active electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). For this purpose, a simple method of hydrothermal synthesis of perovskites was developed directly on the TiO₂ nanotubes substrate. Moreover, the obtained hybrids were also decorated with graphene oxide (GO) during one-step hydrothermal synthesis. The obtained materials were characterized by scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray analysis, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction analysis. Catalytic properties were verified by electrochemical methods (linear voltammetry, chronopotentiometry). The obtained hybrids were characterized by much better catalytic properties towards hydrogen evolution reaction compared to TiO₂ and slightly worse than platinum. The optimized hybrid catalyst (decorated by GO) can drive a cathodic current density of 10 mA cm⁻² at an overpotential of 121 mV for HER with a small Tafel slope of 90 mV dec⁻¹ in 0.2 M H₂SO₄.

hybrid materials

electrocatalyst

hydrogen evolution reaction

acidic medium

Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a crucial reaction in water splitting. It is still required to synthesize inexpensive HER electrocatalysts in a way that is effective, straightforward, and ecologically benign. Compare to the well-known and expensive platinum catalyst the TiO₂ is widely explored as an alternative catalyst. However, to enhance the electrocatalytic activity of TiO₂ different modifications are needed. In some papers, TiO₂ has been coupled with metals like nickel¹, ruthenium^2,3, gold⁴, cobalt⁵, metal oxides like Co₃O₄⁶, BiVO₄⁷, or metal-organic frameworks⁸. Very promising materials designed with TiO₂ to catalyze the HER are metal sulfides, e.g., MoS₂^9–12_, CoS₂¹³, or WS₂¹⁴. Also, hybrid composites with polymers like truxene-based porous organic polymer¹⁵ or poly(aniline)¹⁶, poly(o-phenylenediamine), poly(thiophene), or poly(pyrrole)¹⁷ have proved to be desired candidates to enhance photocatalytic activity of TiO₂. Another way to modify the properties of electrocatalyst is doping with non-metals. As described in many papers sulfur-doping, nitrogen-doping, or carbon-doping reduce bandgap of TiO₂^18–20. Another way to improve properties was described by Pandey et al. where in theoretical predictions a hybrid structure of the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate and (TiO₂)_n nanoclusters (with n = 2 − 12) has been investigated in the pursuit of new catalyst materials for effective HER²¹. Furthermore, hybrids of TiO₂ and carbon materials like graphene oxide^6,22 and multi-wall carbon nanotubes²³. The disadvantage of many solutions is still doping with expensive metals like silver, platinum²². Therefore, it is important to find new solutions but without expensive metals and easy to preparation.

In this paper, a novel hybrid materials of CoMoO₄, SrMoO₄, or their composition SrMoO₄ and CoMoO₄ deposited on TiO₂ nanotubes surface and supported with graphene oxide (GO) were achieved by hydrothermal method. Here, uniform TiO₂ nanotubes were used as support to growth CoMoO₄ or SrMoO₄. The morphology was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD). These hybrids were subjected as active catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction in acidic medium. Compared with pristine TiO₂ and commercial Pt, the optimal hybrid could attain a current density 10 mA cm⁻² at a low overpotential of 121 mV with a Tafel slope of 90 mV dec⁻¹. In addition, the hybrid displayed better cycling stability and durability.

Physicochemical characterization

The morphology of the as-prepared samples was characterized by scanning electron microscopy. As shown in Fig. 1a, on the surface of sample TiO₂/CoMoO₄ the TiO₂ nanotubes are not visible (pure TiO₂ nanotubes are presented in Figure S1) because during the hydrothermal process the CoMoO₄ particles densely covered TiO₂ surface.

Intriguingly, each CoMoO₄ microspheres (Fig. 1b) is actually a three dimensionally (3D) interconnected porous structure and is assembled from numerous nanospheres. For TiO₂/CoMoO₄ sample the diameter of CoMoO₄ particles ranges from 1 to 2 µm. It can be observed that the particles agglomerate. The surface of TiO₂/SrMoO₄ sample (Fig. 1c) clearly demonstrated that the product considered of a large amount of spherical structures covered TiO₂ surface and shows the similar morphology to TiO₂/CoMoO₄ sample. The diameters of SrMoO₄ spheres are about 2 µm. A higher-magnification SEM image (Fig. 1d) reveals that an individual sphere is composed of tens of similar nanosheets. These nanosheets are connected with each other to form a sphere with random orientation. Figures 1e and 1f illustrate the SEM images for TiO₂/SrMoO₄/CoMoO₄ sample with different magnifications. Figure 1f shows the high magnification from which it can be seen that particles deposited on the TiO₂ surface do not possess a uniform size and shape. The mean diameters of 3D microspheres are greater and fluctuate between 2−4 µm. These nanosheets are connected with each other to form nanosheets-based microstructures with random orientation. Furthermore, the surface of some of the crystals is very smooth. In addition, the energy dispersive X-ray analysis also confirms the SrMoO₄ and CoMoO₄ structure (Figure S2).

The morphologies and microstructures of the hybrid materials include of TiO_2, SrMoO₄ CoMoO_4, and GO are present in Fig. 2. These images confirm that applying hydrothermal technology can prepare in one sample three-dimensional (3D) structures with different morphology. Figure 2a for TiO₂/SrMoO₄/GO sample indicates the SrMoO₄ are randomly distributed on the TiO₂ surface. Figure 2b displays that the as-prepared sample TiO₂/CoMoO₄ has microstructure with CoMoO₄ agglomerated on the surface. It can also be found that these microspheres are consisted of a large number of nanosheets.

The surface morphology of CoMoO₄ with GO is comparable to sample without GO. The agglomeration of particles impacts on their size distribution and the average diameter is 1 µm. For sample TiO₂/SrMoO₄/CoMoO₄/GO (Fig. 2c) addition of GO caused to stronger agglomeration of SrMoO₄ and CoMoO₄ to spherical structures. To visualize the distribution of Co, Mo, Sr, Ti, O, S, and C, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy mapping was performed (Figure S3).

The obtained materials were also structurally characterized by XRD. Figures 3 and 4 shows the XRD pattern of TiO₂/SrMoO₄, TiO₂/CoMoO₄, TiO₂/SrMoO₄/CoMoO₄, TiO₂/SrMoO₄/GO, TiO₂/CoMoO₄/GO, TiO₂/SrMoO₄/CoMoO₄/GO. Some of the SrMoO₄ and CoMoO₄ peaks overlap with the intense anatase peaks. However, several characteristic peaks from these compounds can be observed, as indicated by the corresponding symbols in Figs. 3 and 4. However, the low intensity of these peaks proves the low crystallinity of SrMoO₄ and CoMoO₄. Nonetheless, the signature peaks of SrMoO₄ at 33.7, 37.1, 38.5, 48.1, 76.3, 77.4, 82.3, 86.8^24–26 and of CoMoO₄ at 25.4, 32.4, 36.3, 38.5, 40.2, 45.2, 63.0^27–29 are very prominent in all samples^30,31. The remaining crystallite phases were indexed as characteristic peaks of anatase and the titanium (Ti) phase acting as TiO₂ NT support³².

The ornamental GO structure peak was observed at 10.5 plane for only a TiO₂/SrMoO₄/GO hybrid. However, the presence of GO can be better characterized by Raman spectroscopy.

Raman spectra of TiO₂ nanotubes, TiO₂/SrMoO₄/CoMoO_4, and TiO₂/SrMoO₄/CoMoO₄/GO within the frequency range 100–3300 cm⁻¹ are shown in Fig. 5. Several bands characteristic for the pure anatase crystalline form were identified in samples of pristine TiO₂ and the hybrid materials. However, in the case of a material with added carbon, the anatase peaks are not that pronounced. The bands located at 143, 398, 516, and 640 cm^− 1 are attributed to E_g(1), B_1g, A_1g, and E_g(3) active anatase modes, respectively^33,34. The band at around 326 cm^− 1 is attributed to the symmetric stretching of the Co–O–Mo bond³⁵. The peak of around to 300 cm^− 1 corresponds to Sr–O–Mo bond³⁶. The band located at 802 cm^− 1 is associated with asymmetric stretching modes of O–Mo–O bond while the band at 904 cm^− 1 corresponds to the symmetric stretching mode of Mo–O bond³⁷. On analyzing the Raman bands of modified material by GO, two distinct bands, namely, D and G bands, were obtained at 1347 cm^− 1 and 1580 cm^− 1.

The D band is corresponding to disorder carbon while the G band is attributed to sp² hybridized carbon^38,39. This confirmed that the graphene component is maintained during the hydrothermal process. Moreover, the second order of zone boundary phonons or 2D band which is related to the stacking nature of graphene layers was observed at 2706 cm^− 1 for GO⁴⁰.

Electrocatalytic Activities For Hydrogen Evolution

The catalytic activity of obtained hybrids for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) was measured in 0.2 M H₂SO₄ using three-electrode configuration with a scan rate of 5 mV s⁻¹. For comparison, bare TiO₂ nanotubes and Pt were also tested. Figures 6a and 6b give the HER polarization curves of commercial Pt disc, pure TiO₂ nanotubes, and the obtained hybrids without and with the addition of carbon.

According to linear sweep voltammograms (LSVs) in Figs. 6a and 6b, the overpotential values for all electrodes at j_HER=10 mA cm⁻² are summarized in Table 1. The obtained values indicate that a small amount of carbon has a large share in the HER performance of the obtained hybrids. It is worth noting that the η value of TiO₂/SrMoO₄/CoMoO₄/GO is only 29 mV larger than that of pure Pt and comparable to or smaller than those of various transition metal-based electrocatalyst (Table S1).

Table 1

The HER parameters and Tafel slopes for the obtained catalysts.
Electrode	Overpotential (mV vs. RHE) to achieve a current density of -10 mA cm^− 2	Onset potential (mV vs. RHE)	b (mV dec^− 1)
Pt	92	-75	38
TiO₂	does not achieve	-	330
TiO₂/SrMoO₄	313	-275	152
TiO₂/CoMoO₄	242	-219	168
TiO₂/SrMoO₄/CoMoO₄	167	-209	91
TiO₂/SrMoO₄/GO	146	-96	62
TiO₂/CoMoO₄/GO	184	-121	75
TiO₂/SrMoO₄/CoMoO₄/GO	121	-60	90

Figure 7 presents the Tafel plots. At high overpotentials the HER on the electrodes is kinetically controlled, which can be given by the Tafel Eq. 4¹:

$$\eta =a+blog j$$

where η (V) means overpotential, a (V) is the cathodic intercept related to the exchange current density, b (V dec^− 1) means the cathodic Tafel slope, and j (A cm^− 2) means catalytic current density. Tafel slope values calculated from the linear portion of potential vs. logarithmic value of current density deliver useful kinetic metrics of the catalyst³⁰. The Tafel slope values were 38, 330, 152, 168, 91, 62, 75, and 90 for Pt, TiO₂ nanotubes, TiO₂/SrMoO₄, TiO₂/CoMoO₄, TiO₂/SrMoO₄/CoMoO₄, TiO₂/SrMoO₄/GO, TiO₂/CoMoO₄/GO, TiO₂/SrMoO₄/CoMoO₄/GO, respectively. Concerning as-synthesized electrocatalysts, TiO₂/SrMoO₄/GO showed the lowest Tafel slope value. In this case, the positive effect of the presence of carbon in all hybrids was also observed. The data of Tafel plots along are also tabulated in Table 1.

To examine the long-term stability of obtained electrodes, chronopotentiometric tests were also performed at the fixed current density of 10 mA cm⁻² (Figs. 8a and 8b). As can be seen, almost all electrodes show good stability of overpotential with a polarization current of -10 mA cm⁻². However, in the case of pure TiO₂ nanotubes the overpotential had shifted from 842 mV to 541 mV by the end of 200 min. In other cases, the overpotential oscillates between 261 and 140 mV.

TiO₂ nanotubes preparation

TiO₂ nanotubes were prepared by one-step anodization of titanium film according to a previously optimized procedure⁴². First, the titanium sheets, placed in a mixture of acetone and isopropanol (1:1 ratio), were cleaned using ultrasound for 20 min. Anodization was carried out in a two-electrode system in which both the anode and cathode were titanium sheets. Electrodes were placed in 50 cm³ water:glycol mixture (volume ratio 1:19) about 2 cm separated from each other. The electrolyte contained 0.27 M ammonium fluoride and 1 M phosphoric acid (V). The anodization process was carried out for 2 h at a constant voltage of 40 V. The nanotubes obtained on the titanium foil were washed with a solution of 100 µl HF in 50 cm³ water (to remove inorganic impurities), followed by distilled water. In the last step, the obtained material was calcined at 450˚C for 2 h. As a result, TiO₂ NT were transformed from amorphous to crystalline form.

Synthesis Of Hybrids

The layer of SrMnO₄, CoMoO₄ and SrMoO₄/CoMoO₄, respectively, was deposited on TiO₂ nanotubes by hydrothermal method. Appropriate amounts of each component of the reaction mixture (Fig. 9) were dissolved in 15 mL of deionized water to form a clear solution. Hybrids were made with or without 20 mg of GO added to the reaction mixture.

After that, the as-prepared fresh solution and TiO₂ nanotubes plate were transferred into a Teflon-lined stainless autoclave (30 mL), which was then tightly sealed and left in an oven at 220°C for 7 h. After the autoclave cooled down to room temperature, the TiO₂ nanotube plate with black layer was taken out and washed with deionized water several times to remove unstable products, which was then dried in a vacuum oven at 60°C.

Solid State Physics Techniques

A MIRA3 scanning electron microscope (SEM) (Tescan, Czech Republic) was used to assess the surface. The crystalline phases were characterized by X-ray diffractometer (Philips X”Pert with detector X’Celerator Scientific). Raman spectra were recorded with a Raman spectrometer (Senterra, Bruker Optik) with a green laser (532 nm) used as the excitation source.

Electrochemical Characterization

A three-electrode cell consisting of a working electrode, Pt as a counter electrode and Ag/AgCl (in 3 M KCl) as a reference electrode has been employed. 0.2 M H₂SO₄ solution has been used as electrolyte. All the electrochemical measurements have been performed using potentiostat/galvanostat (BioLogic VSP 2078) at room temperature. Unless otherwise specified, all potentials measured were referenced to the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) using the following equation: E (RHE) = E (Ag/AgCl) + 0.21 + 0.059 pH. Linear sweep voltammograms were obtained with a scan rate of 1 mV s⁻¹. Tafel plots were derived from the corresponding LSV curves. The long-term stability was tested by a chronopotentiometric technique at a -10 mA cm⁻² current density.

An efficient hybrid catalyst in the form of TiO₂ nanotubes with CoMoO₄, SrMoO₄, and graphene oxide on their surface was proposed in this research. The strategy of creating active centers by doping of TiO₂ with carbon and perovskite-type metal oxide in one synthesis step may pave the way toward the synthesis of cheap, efficient, and stable catalysts. As a result, TiO₂/SrMoO₄/CoMoO₄/GO hybrid was proved to be an efficient and durable HER electrocatalyst in acidic medium. The optimized catalyst only required a low overpotential of 120 mV at 10 mA cm⁻² with a Tafel slope of 90 mV dec⁻¹, superior to results of pristine TiO₂. The high HER activity and excellent durability of TiO₂/SrMoO₄/CoMoO₄/GO hybrid make it a promising alternative to commercial Pt-based HER catalyst.

Declaration of competing Interest

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Author contributions statement

M. Szkoda.: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing—original draf, Writing—review & editing, Supervision. A.I.: Methodology, Investigation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing—original draf, Writing—review & editing, Project administration, Funding acquisition. M. Skorupska: Investigation, Formal analysis. M.W.: Investigation, Formal analysis, Technical help. J.P.L.: Conceptualization, Writing—review & editing.

Acknowledgments

The research leading to these results has received funding from the Norway Grants 2014-2021 via the National Centre for Research and Development. This work was carried out as a result of the research project no. NOR/SGS/IL-HYDROGEN/0202/2020-00.

Data availability

The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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