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Jia Liang1, Yingchao Yang, Jing Zhang
1Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA. jlou@rice.edu.
Abstract:
In this communication, nickel diselenide (NiSe2) nanoparticles are synthesized by a facile and low-cost hydrothermal method. The synthesis method can be extended to other metal diselenides as well. The electrode made of NiSe2 exhibits superior electrocatalytic activity in the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). A low Tafel slope of 31.1 mV per decade is achieved for NiSe2, which is comparable to that of platinum (∼30 mV per decade). Moreover, the catalytic activity of NiSe2 is very stable and no obvious degradation is found even after 1000 cyclic voltammetric sweeps.
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