Nickel foam and stainless steel mesh as electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution reaction and overall water splitting in alkaline media

• Published in: RSC advances Vol. 9; no. 54; pp. 31563 - 31571
• Main Authors: Hu, Xiaoyan, Tian, Xuemei, Lin, Ying-Wu, Wang, Zhonghua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 07.10.2019; The Royal Society of Chemistry
• Subjects: anodes; Catalysts; catalytic activity; cathodes; Chemistry; Conductivity; Copper; Current density; electric potential difference; Electrocatalysts; electrochemistry; foams; Hydrogen evolution reactions; hydrogen production; Metal foams; nickel; nickel oxide; Nickel oxides; Oxygen evolution reactions; oxygen production; Parking facilities; platinum; Stability; Stainless steel; Stainless steels; Substrates; Water splitting

In this work, several commonly used conductive substrates as electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) under alkaline conditions were studied, including nickel foam (Ni foam), copper foam (Cu foam), nickel mesh (Ni mesh) and stainless steel mesh (SS m...