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Porous NiCu Nanoarrays Decorated by Hydr(oxy)oxides As Highly Active Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

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The design of non-precious metals catalyst as electrode for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is in crucial demand. A porous NiCu/hydr(oxy)oxides nanoarrays electrode (p-NiCu(OxHy)) was prepared with electrochemical dealloying followed by anodization method. The p-NiCu(OxHy) exhibits excellent HER performance in 0.1 M KOH solution at room temperature, which only require 92 mV to obtain the current density of 10 mA cm–2 and the Tafel slope is 66 mV dec–1. Such catalytic activity is attributed to the porous nanoarrays structure and the decoration of NiCu corresponding hydr(oxy)oxides. Overall, this study provides a superior strategy to fabricate HER catalyst material.

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This work was supported by the Science and Technology Project of Southwest Petroleum University (2021JBGS03), the Local Science and Technology Development Fund Projects Guided by the Central Government of China (2021ZYD0060), and the Opening Project of Oil and Gas Field Applied Chemistry Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province (YQKF202011).

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    Gaoli Lan, Zihao Liang, Hongliang Yi, Xiaoqi Zhu, Hui Zhang, Xin Chen & Xingbo Ge

  2. Yibin Grace Group Co., Ltd., Nanan, 644000, Yibin City, Sichuan, China

    Min Deng & Min He

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Lan, G., Liang, Z., Deng, M. et al. Porous NiCu Nanoarrays Decorated by Hydr(oxy)oxides As Highly Active Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Russ. J. Phys. Chem. 96, 3119–3125 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036024423030123

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