Coupling Mo 2 C with Nitrogen‐Rich Nanocarbon Leads to Efficient Hydrogen‐Evolution Electrocatalytic Sites
Jilin University · State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry · +1 more institution
Abstract
In our efforts to obtain electrocatalysts with improved activity for water splitting, meticulous design and synthesis of the active sites of the electrocatalysts and deciphering how exactly they catalyze the reaction are vitally necessary. Herein, we report a one-step facile synthesis of a novel precious-metal-free hydrogen-evolution nanoelectrocatalyst, dubbed Mo2 C@NC that is composed of ultrasmall molybdenum carbide (Mo2 C) nanoparticles embedded within nitrogen-rich carbon (NC) nanolayers. The Mo2 C@NC hybrid nanoelectrocatalyst shows remarkable catalytic activity, has great durability, and gives about 100 % Faradaic yield toward the hydrogen-evolution reaction (HER) over a wide pH range (pH 0-14).…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 32.83
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 22
Authors
7- YLYipu Liu
Jilin University, State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry
- GYGuangtao Yu
Jilin University
- GLGuo‐Dong Li
Jilin University, State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry
- YSYuanhui Sun
Jilin University
- TATewodros AsefaCorresponding
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Topics & keywords
- Catalysis
- Carbon fibers
- Materials science
- Dopant
- Water splitting
- Hydrogen
- Nitrogen
- Faraday efficiency