Cobalt nickel boride as an active electrocatalyst for water splitting. Issue 24 (31st May 2017)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Cobalt nickel boride as an active electrocatalyst for water splitting. Issue 24 (31st May 2017)
- Main Title:
- Cobalt nickel boride as an active electrocatalyst for water splitting
- Authors:
- Xu, Ning
Cao, Guoxuan
Chen, Zhengjun
Kang, Qing
Dai, Hongbin
Wang, Ping - Abstract:
- Abstract : The Co–Ni–B@Ni foam catalyst prepared by a simple electroless plating method exhibits high and stable electrocatalytic activity towards the water splitting. Abstract : Electrochemically splitting water to produce clean hydrogen fuel requires high-performance electrocatalysts. Here, we report that ternary transition metal boride Co–Ni–B is an active candidate catalyst for water splitting. The Co–Ni–B nanoparticles were deposited on Ni foam (NF) by a facile electroless plating method. After being properly calcined under an Ar atmosphere, the Co–Ni–B@NF catalyst exhibits a low overpotential along with high stability in alkaline solutions for the oxygen evolution reaction, which is among the best reported levels for non-precious metal catalysts. Furthermore, the properly annealed Co–Ni–B@NF catalyst also shows good activity towards the hydrogen evolution reaction. The potential of Co–Ni–B@NF as a bifunctional catalyst for the overall water splitting was demonstrated, with 10 mA cm −2 achieved at 1.72 V. The favorable combination of high catalytic activity, facile preparation and low cost makes Co–Ni–B@NF a very promising bifunctional catalyst for electrochemical water splitting.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of materials chemistry. Volume 5:Issue 24(2017)
- Journal:
- Journal of materials chemistry
- Issue:
- Volume 5:Issue 24(2017)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 5, Issue 24 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 5
- Issue:
- 24
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0005-0024-0000
- Page Start:
- 12379
- Page End:
- 12384
- Publication Date:
- 2017-05-31
- Subjects:
- Materials -- Research -- Periodicals
Chemistry, Analytic -- Periodicals
Environmental sciences -- Research -- Periodicals
543.0284 - Journal URLs:
- http://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/journalissues/ta ↗
http://www.rsc.org/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1039/c7ta02644g ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2050-7488
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