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Galvanic exchange at layered doubled hydroxide/N-doped graphene as an in-situ method to fabricate powerful electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction

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  • Ensafi, Ali A.
  • Nabiyan, Afshin
  • Jafari-Asl, Mehdi
  • Dinari, Mohammad
  • Farrokhpour, Hossein
  • Rezaei, B.

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Introducing a novel strategy for growing dispersed metal nanoparticles at reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and nitrogen-doped GO (rNGO), this work aimed to design Pt-free electrocatalysts for water splitting. For this purpose, gold nanoparticles were fabricated by the in-situ galvanic exchange of layered double hydroxide (LDH) metals on rGO and rNGO. The significant roles of the galvanic exchange method, LaNi-LDH, and the Au nanoparticles synthesized on the rGO/rNGO-LaNi-LDH surface (Au@rGO/rNGO-LaNi-LDH) were investigated via a variety of methods and certain novel properties such as nitrogen-metal bridge bonds between the metal component of Au@LDH and the nitrogen component of rNGO were established, which indicated the semi-nanorod morphology of the Au@rGO/rNGO-LaNi-LDH thus produced. Electrochemical studies were used to reveal an onset potential of only −80 mV vs. RHE at an exchange current density of about 10 mA cm−2 with a small Tafel slope of 60 mV dec−1 for the hydrogen generation reaction in a 0.5 mol L−1 H2SO4 solution. The isolated island architecture of rNGO/LaNi-LDH and rNGO/Au@LaNi-LDH were found to promise rich and active sites to be exposed, which allow for the effective interaction of the reactants (e.g., protons) with these active sites.

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  • Ensafi, Ali A. & Nabiyan, Afshin & Jafari-Asl, Mehdi & Dinari, Mohammad & Farrokhpour, Hossein & Rezaei, B., 2016. "Galvanic exchange at layered doubled hydroxide/N-doped graphene as an in-situ method to fabricate powerful electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 116(P1), pages 1087-1096.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:116:y:2016:i:p1:p:1087-1096
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.10.048
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