Volume 52, Issue 33 pp. 8546-8550
Communication

Nickel/Nickel(II) Oxide Nanoparticles Anchored onto Cobalt(IV) Diselenide Nanobelts for the Electrochemical Production of Hydrogen

Yun-Fei Xu

Yun-Fei Xu

Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026 (P. R. China) http://staff.ustc.edu.cn/∼yulab

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Dr. Min-Rui Gao

Dr. Min-Rui Gao

Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026 (P. R. China) http://staff.ustc.edu.cn/∼yulab

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Ya-Rong Zheng

Ya-Rong Zheng

Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026 (P. R. China) http://staff.ustc.edu.cn/∼yulab

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Dr. Jun Jiang

Dr. Jun Jiang

Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026 (P. R. China) http://staff.ustc.edu.cn/∼yulab

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Prof. Dr. Shu-Hong Yu

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Shu-Hong Yu

Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026 (P. R. China) http://staff.ustc.edu.cn/∼yulab

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First published: 10 July 2013
Citations: 382

S. H. Yu acknowledges the funding support from the National Basic Research Program of China (grant number 2010CB934700), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant numbers 91022032, 91227103, and 21061160492), the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (grant number 2012BAD32B05-4), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (grant number KJZD-EW-M01-1), and the Principal Investigator Award by the National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory at the University of Science and Technology of China.

Graphical Abstract

Not noble but effective: A novel Ni/NiO/CoSe2 hybrid material has been synthesized as an efficient catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER; see picture). This new catalyst has a cathodic onset potential at −0.03 V, a Tafel slope of 39 mV per decade, and represents currently the best Pt-free electrocatalyst for the HER in acidic medium.

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