Nitrogen-plasma treated hafnium oxyhydroxide as an efficient acid-stable electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution and oxidation reactions

Xiaofang Yang; Fang Zhao; Yao-Wen Yeh; Rachel S. Selinsky; Zhu Chen; Nan Yao; Christopher G. Tully; Yiguang Ju; Bruce E. Koel

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09162-5

Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Nitrogen-plasma treated hafnium oxyhydroxide as an efficient acid-stable electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution and oxidation reactions

Xiaofang Yang,
Fang Zhao,
Yao-Wen Yeh,
Rachel S. Selinsky,
Zhu Chen,
Nan Yao,
Christopher G. Tully,
Yiguang Ju,
Bruce E. Koel

Affiliations

Xiaofang Yang: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University
Fang Zhao: Department of Physics, Princeton University
Yao-Wen Yeh: Princeton Institute for Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM), Princeton University
Rachel S. Selinsky: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University
Zhu Chen: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University
Nan Yao: Princeton Institute for Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM), Princeton University
Christopher G. Tully: Department of Physics, Princeton University
Yiguang Ju: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
Bruce E. Koel: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09162-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Renewable hydrogen technologies are promising for alternative energy, but are encumbered by the kinetics of electrochemical reactions in harsh conditions. Here, authors report nitrogen-modified hafnium oxyhydroxide for electrocatalysis of hydrogen evolution and oxidation reactions in acidic media.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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