The Synergistic Effects of Alloying on the Performance and Stability of Co3Mo and Co7Mo6 for the Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Synthesis
2.2. Materials Characterisation
2.3. Electrochemical Characterisation
2.4. Gas Chromatography Measurements
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Co3Mo | Co7Mo6 | |||
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Co | Mo | Co | Mo | |
at. % Exp. | 73.57 ± 1.79 | 28.5 ± 2.1 | 50.55 ± 0.82 | 49.5 ± 0.82 |
at. % Theory | 75 | 25 | 53.8 | 46.2 |
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Sun, Y.; Ganin, A.Y. The Synergistic Effects of Alloying on the Performance and Stability of Co3Mo and Co7Mo6 for the Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Hydrogen 2020, 1, 11-21. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrogen1010002
Sun Y, Ganin AY. The Synergistic Effects of Alloying on the Performance and Stability of Co3Mo and Co7Mo6 for the Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Hydrogen. 2020; 1(1):11-21. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrogen1010002
Chicago/Turabian StyleSun, Youyi, and Alexey Y. Ganin. 2020. "The Synergistic Effects of Alloying on the Performance and Stability of Co3Mo and Co7Mo6 for the Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction" Hydrogen 1, no. 1: 11-21. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrogen1010002