화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.70, 211-225, February, 2019
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2018.10.018  Export Citation
Activated Cu/Cu2O foam with Ni nanoparticles for electrocatalytic activity enhancement of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in acidic media
Nastaran Farahbakhsh, and Sohrab Sanjabi†
  • Nanomaterials Group, Department of Materials Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 14115-143, Tehran, Iran
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This paper presents the hydrogen evolution reaction of Cu/Cu2O foam by Ni nanoparticles, deposited by electrodeposition and electroless plating. The structure and morphology of Cu/Cu2O foam and deposited Ni nanoparticles were studied by FE-SEM and XRD. The foam with Ni nanoparticles had a high specific surface area measured by BET. The synthesized Cu/Cu2O foam/Ni electrode presented high electrocatalytic activity for HER, with low overpotential of -290 mV vs. Ag/AgCl and Tafel slope of 50 mV decade-1. The stability study of the developed electrodes showed a high stability in short-term.
Keywords:Cu/Cu2O foam;Ni nanoparticles;Electrocatalyst;Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER)
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