Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Nickel-molybdenum nitride nanoplate electrocatalysts for concurrent electrolytic hydrogen and formate productions

  • Yan Li,
  • Xinfa Wei,
  • Lisong Chen,
  • Jianlin Shi,
  • Mingyuan He

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13375-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Hydrogen production by electrocatalytic water splitting is limited by the sluggish evolution kinetics of low value-oxygen. Here, authors show concurrent electrolytic productions of H2 and glycerol oxidation to formate by utilizing Ni-Mo-N/CFC electro-catalyst as both anodic and cathodic catalysts.