Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Carbon doping switching on the hydrogen adsorption activity of NiO for hydrogen evolution reaction

  • Tianyi Kou,
  • Mingpeng Chen,
  • Feng Wu,
  • Tyler J. Smart,
  • Shanwen Wang,
  • Yishang Wu,
  • Ying Zhang,
  • Shengtong Li,
  • Supriya Lall,
  • Zhonghua Zhang,
  • Yi-Sheng Liu,
  • Jinghua Guo,
  • Gongming Wang,
  • Yuan Ping,
  • Yat Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14462-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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While H2 evolution from water may serve as a renewable source of fuel, there are a limited number of catalysts that are stable and active in alkaline media. Here, authors find carbon doping of NiO to increase the number of favorable sites for H2 evolution and boost electrocatalytic performances.