Ternary alloy nanocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction

Soumen Saha, Sonalika Vaidya, Kandalam V. Ramanujachary, Samuel E. Lofland, Ashok K. Ganguli

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Abstract

Cu-Fe-Ni ternary alloys (size ∼5-80 nm) with varying compositions viz. CuFeNi (A1), CuFe2Ni (A2) and CuFeNi2 (A3) were successfully synthesized using microemulsion. It is to be noted that synthesis of nanocrystalline ternary alloys with precise composition is a big challenge which can be overcome by choosing an appropriate microemulsion system. High electrocatalytic activity towards HER in alkaline medium was achieved by the formation of alloys of metals with low and high binding energies. A high value of current density (228 mA cm2) at an overpotential of 545 mV was obtained for CuFeNi (A1), which is significantly high as compared to the previously reported Ni59Cu41 alloy catalyst.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)433-436
Number of pages4
JournalBulletin of Materials Science
Volume39
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2016

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanics of Materials

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