电催化水分解是一种高效制备清洁氢气能源的有效方法. 开发高效、稳定、廉价、双功能的电催化剂用于水的氧化与还原反应一直以来都是具有挑战的课题. 在这篇论文中，作者报道了一种生长在碳布上高活性的硒化镍微球. 该催化剂通过对同时包含镍和硒元素的亚硒酸镍配合物进行电解制备. 由于前驱分子同时含有两种有效元素，制备得到的硒化镍具有很好的形貌和元素分步均一性. 制备得到的NiSe-EA/CC电极能够双功能催化水的氧化与还原. 在154 mV析氢过电势下能达到10 mA·cm^-2的催化电流. 同时，在250 mV析氧过电势下能达到20 mA·cm^-2电催化电流. 用该电极材料同时作为阴极和阳极制备的全电解水电解池能在1.53 V的电压下实现10 mA·cm^-2的稳定电解电流.

Electrocatalytic water splitting is considered as a promising technology for renewable energy. The development of efficient, stable, cost-effective, and bifunctional catalysts for both water reduction and oxidation has continued to face significant challenges. Herein, we report a robust and highly active nickel selenide (NiSe) spheres grown on carbon cloth (CC) by electrodeposition from a nickel selenite complex which is a single source containing both Ni and Se. A combination of two chemicals containing, separately, Ni and Se is used in traditional preparations of metal selenides, causing possible problems in the uniformity of the products. The as-prepared NiSe-EA/CC electrode exhibited electrocatalytic activities toward both water reduction and oxidation, with overpotentials of 154 mV at 10 mA·cm^-2 and 250 mV at 20 mA·cm^-2, respectively. A water electrolysis cell could realize a current density of 10 mA·cm^-2 at a cell voltage of 1.53 V with excellent stability, when using NiSe-EA/CC electrode as both the anode and the cathode.