Bottom-up Synthesis of Porous NiMo Alloy for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Bottom-up synthesis of porous NiMo alloy reduced by NiMoO4 nanofibers was systematically investigated to fabricate non-noble metal porous electrodes for hydrogen production. The different annealing temperatures of NiMoO4 nanofibers under hydrogen atmosphere reveal that the 950 °C annealing temperatu...

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Main Authors: Kailong Hu, Samuel Jeong, Mitsuru Wakisaka, Jun-ichi Fujita, Yoshikazu Ito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-01-01
Series:Metals
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/8/2/83
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Summary:Bottom-up synthesis of porous NiMo alloy reduced by NiMoO4 nanofibers was systematically investigated to fabricate non-noble metal porous electrodes for hydrogen production. The different annealing temperatures of NiMoO4 nanofibers under hydrogen atmosphere reveal that the 950 °C annealing temperature is key for producing bicontinuous porous NiMo alloy without oxide phases. The porous NiMo alloy acts as a cathode in electrical water splitting, which demonstrates not only almost identical catalytic activity with commercial Pt/C in 1.0 M KOH solution, but also superb stability for 12 days at an electrode potential of −200 mV vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE).
ISSN:2075-4701