Colloidally-synthesized cobalt molybdenum nanoparticles as active and stable electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction under alkaline conditions

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 3077-3081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua M. McEnaney ◽  
Taylor L. Soucy ◽  
James M. Hodges ◽  
Juan F. Callejas ◽  
Jared S. Mondschein ◽  
...  

Colloidal nanoparticles of a cobalt–molybdenum alloy were synthesized and found to be active electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline aqueous solutions.

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (44) ◽  
pp. 23323-23329
Author(s):  
Jing Hu ◽  
Siwei Li ◽  
Yuzhi Li ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Yunchen Du ◽  
...  

Crystalline–amorphous Ni–Ni(OH)2 core–shell assembled nanosheets exhibit outstanding electrocatalytic activity and stability for hydrogen evolution under alkaline conditions.


2008 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 1350-1358 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. V. Kuznetsov ◽  
A. A. Kalinkina ◽  
T. V. Pshenichkina ◽  
V. V. Balabaev

Catalysts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 307
Author(s):  
Russell W. Cross ◽  
Nelson Y. Dzade

Nickel phosphide (Ni2P) is a promising material for the electrocatalytic generation of hydrogen from water. Here, we present a chemical picture of the fundamental mechanism of Volmer–Tafel steps in hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity under alkaline conditions at the (0001) and (10 1 ¯ 0) surfaces of Ni2P using dispersion-corrected density functional theory calculations. Two terminations of each surface (Ni3P2- and Ni3P-terminated (0001); and Ni2P- and NiP-terminated (10 1 ¯ 0)), which have been shown to coexist in Ni2P samples depending on the experimental conditions, were studied. Water adsorption on the different terminations of the Ni2P (0001) and (10 1 ¯ 0) surfaces is shown to be exothermic (binding energy in the range of 0.33−0.68 eV) and characterized by negligible charge transfer to/from the catalyst surface (0.01−0.04 e−). High activation energy barriers (0.86−1.53 eV) were predicted for the dissociation of water on each termination of the Ni2P (0001) and (10 1 ¯ 0) surfaces, indicating sluggish kinetics for the initial Volmer step in the hydrogen evolution reaction over a Ni2P catalyst. Based on the predicted Gibbs free energy of hydrogen adsorption (ΔGH*) at different surface sites, we found that the presence of Ni3-hollow sites on the (0001) surface and bridge Ni-Ni sites on the (10 1 ¯ 0) surface bind the H atom too strongly. To achieve facile kinetics for both the Volmer and Heyrovsky–Tafel steps, modification of the surface structure and tuning of the electronic properties through transition metal doping is recommended as an important strategy.


2017 ◽  
Vol 164 (6) ◽  
pp. C294-C299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flávio V. V. de Sousa ◽  
Pedro R. P. Viana ◽  
Bernard Tribollet ◽  
Oswaldo E. Barcia ◽  
Oscar R. Mattos

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. V. Shvalagin ◽  
G. Ya. Grodzyuk ◽  
G. V. Korzhak ◽  
N. S. Andriushyna ◽  
S. Ya. Kuchmy ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederik Søndergaard-Pedersen ◽  
Harish Lakhotiya ◽  
Martin Bondesgaard ◽  
Munkhshur Myekhlai ◽  
Tania M. Benedetti ◽  
...  

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