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Mo 2 C nanoparticles embedded within bacterial cellulose-derived 3 D N-doped carbon nano fi ber networks for ef fi cient hydrogen evolution
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| Author | Wu, Zhen-Yu Hu, Bi-Cheng Wu, Ping Liang, Hai-Wei Yu, Zhi-Long Zheng, Ya-Rong Li, Zhenyu Yu, Shu-Hong |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | Molybdenum carbide (Mo2C) has been considered as a promising non-noble-metal hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalyst for future clean energy devices. In this work, we report a facile, green, low-cost and scalable method for the synthesis of a Mo2C-based HER electrocatalyst consisting of ultrafine Mo2C nanoparticles embedded within bacterial cellulosederived 3D N-doped carbon nanofiber networks (Mo2C@N-CNFs) using 3D nanostructured biomass as a precursor. The electrocatalyst exhibits remarkable HER activity (an overpotential of 167 mV achieves 10 mA cm−2 and a high exchange current density of 4.73×10−2 mA cm−2) and excellent stability in acidic media as well as high HER activity in neutral and basic media. Further theoretical calculations indicate a strong synergistic effect between Mo2C nanoparticles and N-CNFs in the Mo2C@N-CNF catalyst, which leads to an impressive HER performance. NPG Asia Materials (2016) 8, e288; doi:10.1038/am.2016.87; published online 22 July 2016 |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
