Issue 65, 2015
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Chemical Communications

Robust and highly active copper-based electrocatalyst for hydrogen production at low overpotential in neutral water†

Xiang Liu,a   Shengsheng Cui,a   Zijun Suna  and  Pingwu Du*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui Province, P. R. China
E-mail: dupingwu@ustc.edu.cn
Fax: +86-551-63606207

Abstract

We report here a Cu(0)-based catalyst free of noble metals for the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction in neutral water with an onset overpotential of only 70 mV. This is the lowest reported value among Cu(0)-based catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction in neutral water.

Graphical abstract: Robust and highly active copper-based electrocatalyst for hydrogen production at low overpotential in neutral water

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC04965B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Jun 2015
Accepted
06 Jul 2015
First published
06 Jul 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 12954-12957

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Robust and highly active copper-based electrocatalyst for hydrogen production at low overpotential in neutral water

X. Liu, S. Cui, Z. Sun and P. Du, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 12954 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC04965B

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