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Published on: February 7, 2017
Uniformly Decorated Molybdenum Carbide/Nitride Nanostructures on Biomass Templates for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Rajinder Kumar1, Zubair Ahmed1, Ritu Rai1
1Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Phase-10, Sector-64, Mohali, Punjab 160062, India.
Abstract:
Natural fibrils derived from biomass were used as a template to synthesize uniformly decorated nanoparticles (10-12 nm) of molybdenum carbide (Mo2C) and molybdenum nitride (Mo2N) supported on carbon. The nanoparticles have been synthesized through the carburization and nitridation of molybdenum on cotton fibrils, using a high-temperature solid-state reaction. The catalyst exhibits an onset potential of 110 mV and an overpotential of 167 mV to derive a cathodic current density of 10 mA cm-2. The electrocatalyst also demonstrates excellent long-term durability of more than 2500 cycles in acidic media with a Tafel slope value of 62 mV dec-1.
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