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Composition dependent electrocatalytic activity of Ni(OH)2-graphene hybrid catalyst deposited by one-step vacuum kinetic spray technique

Research Authors
A. G. Abd-Elrahim, Mohaned M. M. Mohammed, Doo-Man Chun
Research Abstract

and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) were deposited on Ni foam from low cost and abundant micro-sized particles of Ni(OH)2 and graphite powders using modified vaccum spray technique. The deposited thin films exhibited a mixed morphology of nanosheets and nanoflakes. We investigated the effect of increasing Ni(OH)2 content on the electrocatalytic activity toward the OER and the HER in 1 M KOH. We found that the hybrid catalyst with low Ni(OH)2 content (20 wt.%) revealed a high OER electrocatalytic activity that delivers 50 mA·cm-2 at an overpotential of 330 mV with a low Tafel slope of 78 mV·dec-1. Meanwhile, catalysts with higher Ni(OH)2 content (80 wt.%) exhibited superior HER activity that delivered 20 mA·cm-2 at an overpotential of 154 mV and a low Tafel slope of 92 mV·dec-1. The long term stability for both working electrodes was verified up to 25 hours

Research Department
Research Journal
Materials Chemistry and Physics
Research Publisher
Elsevier
Research Rank
1
Research Vol
Volume 244, 1 April 2020
Research Website
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.122675
Research Year
2020
Research Pages
122675