Electrochemically fabricated NiCu alloy catalysts for hydrogen production in alkaline water electrolysis

Sang Hyun Ahn; Hee Young Park; Insoo Choi; Sung Jong Yoo; Seung Jun Hwang; Hyoung Juhn Kim; Eunae Cho; Chang Won Yoon; Hansoo Park; Hyungbin Son; Juan Martin Hernandez; Suk Woo Nam; Tae Hoon Lim; Soo Kil Kim; Jong Hyun Jang

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.07.103

Electrochemically fabricated NiCu alloy catalysts for hydrogen production in alkaline water electrolysis

Sang Hyun Ahn
, Hee Young Park
, Insoo Choi
, Sung Jong Yoo
, Seung Jun Hwang
, Hyoung Juhn Kim
, Eunae Cho
, Chang Won Yoon
, Hansoo Park
, Hyungbin Son
, Juan Martin Hernandez
, Suk Woo Nam
, Tae Hoon Lim
, Soo Kil Kim^*
, Jong Hyun Jang

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

NiCu alloy catalysts for alkaline water electrolysis were prepared by an electrodeposition method varying the alloy composition. When the deposition potential became more positive, the bulk and surface Cu content in NiCu alloys as well as the catalyst particle size gradually increased, which were confirmed by various spectroscopic and electrochemical techniques. The surface coverage of the catalysts was found to be a function of the deposition potential, as well. The catalytic activities of the prepared NiCu alloys to hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) were investigated with cyclic voltammetry in a 6.0 M KOH electrolyte at 298 K, and the mass activities of NiCu alloys were correlated with bulk and surface Cu contents to investigate the Cu alloying effect.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13493-13501
Number of pages	9
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	38
Issue number	31
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.07.103
Publication status	Published - 2013 Oct 17

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Joint Research Project funded by the Korea Research Council of Fundamental Science & Technology (KRCF), Republic of Korea (Seed-10-2), by the “COE (Center of Excellence)” program and Institutional Program (contract number 2E22873-12-020) of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, and by the Korea CCS R&D Center (KCRC) grant funded by the Korea government (Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning) (No. 2013038315 ).

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Keywords

Alkaline water electrolysis
Electrodeposition
Hydrogen evolution reaction
Nickel copper alloy catalyst

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Fuel Technology
Condensed Matter Physics
Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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Ahn, S. H., Park, H. Y., Choi, I., Yoo, S. J., Hwang, S. J., Kim, H. J., Cho, E., Yoon, C. W., Park, H., Son, H., Hernandez, J. M., Nam, S. W., Lim, T. H., Kim, S. K., & Jang, J. H. (2013). Electrochemically fabricated NiCu alloy catalysts for hydrogen production in alkaline water electrolysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 38(31), 13493-13501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.07.103

Ahn, SH, Park, HY, Choi, I, Yoo, SJ, Hwang, SJ, Kim, HJ, Cho, E, Yoon, CW, Park, H, Son, H, Hernandez, JM, Nam, SW, Lim, TH, Kim, SK & Jang, JH 2013, 'Electrochemically fabricated NiCu alloy catalysts for hydrogen production in alkaline water electrolysis', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 38, no. 31, pp. 13493-13501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.07.103

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