Tungsten Carbide–Nitride on Graphene Nanoplatelets as a Durable Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalyst

Wei Fu Chen; Jonathan M. Schneider; Kotaro Sasaki; Chiu Hui Wang; Jacob Schneider; Shilpa Iyer; Shweta Iyer; Yimei Zhu; James Muckerman; Etsuko Fujita

doi:10.1002/cssc.201402454

Tungsten Carbide–Nitride on Graphene Nanoplatelets as a Durable Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalyst

Wei Fu Chen, Jonathan M. Schneider, Kotaro Sasaki, Chiu Hui Wang, Jacob Schneider, Shilpa Iyer, Shweta Iyer, Yimei Zhu, James Muckerman, Etsuko Fujita

Brookhaven National Laboratory

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Abstract

Alternatives to platinum-based catalysts are required to sustainably produce hydrogen from water at low overpotentials. Progress has been made in utilizing tungsten carbide-based catalysts, however, their performance is currently limited by the density and reactivity of active sites, and insufficient stability in acidic electrolytes. We report highly active graphene nanoplatelet-supported tungsten carbide–nitride nanocomposites prepared via an in situ solid-state approach. This nanocomposite catalyzes the hydrogen evolution reaction with very low overpotential and is stable operating for at least 300 h in harsh acidic conditions. The synthetic approach offers a great advantage in terms of structural control and kinetics improvement.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2414-2418
Number of pages	5
Journal	ChemSusChem
Volume	7
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201402454
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Keywords

carbides
electrochemistry
graphene
hydrogen evolution
nitrides

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Environmental Chemistry
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Materials Science(all)
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Chen, W. F., Schneider, J. M., Sasaki, K., Wang, C. H., Schneider, J., Iyer, S., ... Fujita, E. (2014). Tungsten Carbide–Nitride on Graphene Nanoplatelets as a Durable Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalyst. ChemSusChem, 7(9), 2414-2418. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201402454

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