Nature Communications (May 2017)

Efficient hydrogen production on MoNi4 electrocatalysts with fast water dissociation kinetics

  • Jian Zhang,
  • Tao Wang,
  • Pan Liu,
  • Zhongquan Liao,
  • Shaohua Liu,
  • Xiaodong Zhuang,
  • Mingwei Chen,
  • Ehrenfried Zschech,
  • Xinliang Feng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15437
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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In water-alkali electrolyzers, sluggish water dissociation kinetics on platinum-free electrocatalysts result in poor hydrogen-production activities. Here the authors report a MoNi4electrocatalyst which reduces the kinetic energy barrier of water dissociation, leading to improved hydrogen-production performance.