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An ultra low-platinum-loaded sulfate-intercalated nickel hydroxide for efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution and
Xiufeng Yi1, Jinghui Ni1, Yi Wei1
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China. chaohan@csu.edu.cn.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|July 15, 2026
Abstract:
A Pt-loaded sulfate-intercalated α-Ni(OH)2 catalyst was developed for efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution with ultra low Pt usage. The optimized catalyst exhibited a 12.1 mV overpotential at 10 mA cm-2, superior stability over 150 h, accelerated hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) kinetics, and excellent performance in urea-assisted water electrolysis.
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