Nanoflower-like metallic conductive MoO2 as a high-performance non-precious metal electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (40) ◽  
pp. 20080-20085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanshuo Jin ◽  
Pei Kang Shen

The nanoflower-like MoO2 has been synthesized and the material shows high stability and activity toward hydrogen evolution with an onset potential of almost 0V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE).

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (38) ◽  
pp. 14577-14585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoliang Huang ◽  
Liqin Chen ◽  
Chuanhe Liu ◽  
Xinshun Liu ◽  
Senxuan Fang ◽  
...  

Hierarchical MoS2 with a rich in-plane edge nanostructure is synthesized and exhibits surging HER activity with a low onset potential and Tafel slope.


RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 930-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yapeng Cheng ◽  
Meiling Fan ◽  
Weiran Lin ◽  
Zhiwei Zhang ◽  
Haining Zhang

Design and synthesis of efficient electrocatalysts with low usage of precious metal and of high stability are essential for hydrogen evolution reaction in their practical applications.


Author(s):  
Xi Yin ◽  
Ling Lin ◽  
Hoon T. Chung ◽  
Ulises Martinez ◽  
Andrew M. Baker ◽  
...  

Finding a low-cost and stable electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) as a replacement for scarce and expensive precious metal catalysts has attracted significant interest from chemical and materials research communities. Here, we demonstrate an organic catalyst based on 2,2’-dipyridylamine (dpa) molecules adsorbed on carbon surface, which shows remarkable hydrogen evolution activity and performance durability in strongly acidic polymer electrolytes without involving any metal. The HER onset potential at dpa adsorbed on carbon has been found to be less than 50 mV in sulfuric acid and in a Nafion-based membrane electrode assembly (MEA). At the same time, this catalyst has shown no performance loss in a 60-hour durability test. The HER reaction mechanisms and the low onset overpotential in this system are revealed based on electrochemical study. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations suggest that the pyridyl-N functions as the active site for H adsorption with a free energy of -0.13 eV, in agreement with the unusually low onset overpotential for an organic molecular catalyst.<br>


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Yin ◽  
Ling Lin ◽  
Hoon T. Chung ◽  
Ulises Martinez ◽  
Andrew M. Baker ◽  
...  

Finding a low-cost and stable electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) as a replacement for scarce and expensive precious metal catalysts has attracted significant interest from chemical and materials research communities. Here, we demonstrate an organic catalyst based on 2,2’-dipyridylamine (dpa) molecules adsorbed on carbon surface, which shows remarkable hydrogen evolution activity and performance durability in strongly acidic polymer electrolytes without involving any metal. The HER onset potential at dpa adsorbed on carbon has been found to be less than 50 mV in sulfuric acid and in a Nafion-based membrane electrode assembly (MEA). At the same time, this catalyst has shown no performance loss in a 60-hour durability test. The HER reaction mechanisms and the low onset overpotential in this system are revealed based on electrochemical study. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations suggest that the pyridyl-N functions as the active site for H adsorption with a free energy of -0.13 eV, in agreement with the unusually low onset overpotential for an organic molecular catalyst.<br>


CrystEngComm ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian Zhang ◽  
Shuihua Tang ◽  
Lieha Shen ◽  
Weixiang Yang ◽  
Zhen Tang ◽  
...  

Developing cost-effective and high-performance electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are imperative thanks to rapid increase of fuel-cell driven vehicles. Tungsten (W) possesses advantages of optimized hydrogen adsorption energy and...


RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 12470-12475
Author(s):  
Xinmei Liu ◽  
Chen Liang ◽  
Wenlong Yang ◽  
Chunyang Yang ◽  
Jiaqi Lin ◽  
...  

An effective approach to achieve the low cost and high stability of electro-catalysts for HER.


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