3 years ago
New and Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Production from Water Splitting: Inexpensive, Robust Metallic Glassy Ribbons Based on Iron and Cobalt
Wei Jiang, Qingzhuo Hu, Bo Zhang, Jili Wu, Fabao Zhang
Efficient, stable electrocatalysts are required to promote the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) to obtain hydrogen as a clean, sustainable fuel via water splitting. In the present work, ribbons of the metallic glass Fe40Co40P13C7 were produced using a conventional melt-spinning technique and assessed as electrocatalysts for HER. In 0.5 M H2SO4, these ribbons generated an overpotential of 118 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm–2. This overpotential remained essentially constant over 20 h under these conditions. On the basis of the excellent properties, these glassy ribbons represent a new type of highly active, robust HER catalyst suitable for practical applications.
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b09222
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b09222
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