The development of efficient and robust catalysts that are composed of Earth-abundant elements is critical for the conversion of sunlight to fuels.  Recent research in our lab has led to the discovery of catalysts based on metal phosphides for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), including Ni2P, FeP, and CoP. We have been extending this work on HER catalyst discovery to other metal phosphide and metal alloy systems, including cobalt-molybdenum alloy nanoparticles. We have also begun to study Earth-abundant materials for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). This presentation will describe our latest results on the discovery and characterization of electrochemically-active catalysts for the HER and OER.

Electrocatalytic materials composed of Earth-abundant elements for the hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions

251st National Meeting (2016)

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