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It is an efficient and green way to obtain hydrogen with the assistance of highly active and low-cost electrocatalysts by using the electrochemical water electrolysis process in the alkaline electrolyte. Herein, MoO3 particles-decorated Co(OH)(2) nanosheet array with a hierarchical nanostructure wrapped Ag nanowires (MoO3-Co(OH)(2)@Ag NWs) electrocatalysts have been constructed via a two-step electrodeposition method. Ag nano wires have functioned as a conductive network to improve electron transportation ability. As-prepared MoO3-Co (OH)(2)@Ag NWs catalysts show good HER performance compared with the original Co(OH)(2) by delivering at a low overpotential of 220 mV at a current density of -100 mA cm(-2), while those for pristine Co(OH)(2) and MoO3 are 290 and 412 mV, respectively. The good durability performance of the MoO3-Co(OH)(2)@Ag NWs catalyst can last for 29 h at a high current density of 100 mA cm(-2) with negligible loss, demonstrating the possible commercial application in electrochemical water splitting. A theoretical study has been carried out to understand the reaction kinetics in the generated heterostructure (MoO3-Co(OH)(2)), which can significantly promote hydrogen evolution reaction process with the reduced adsorption energy of water (Delta G(H2O*)) and decreased Gibbs free energy of adsorbed H* (Delta G(H*)) during the hydrogen evolution reaction process. This work can help us to design high-active catalysts with the heterointerface-dependent mechanism for electro-catalytic water splitting processes.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
ISSN: 1385-8947
Year: 2021
Volume: 429
1 5 . 1 0 0
JCR@2022
ESI Discipline: ENGINEERING;
ESI HC Threshold:87
JCR Journal Grade:1
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WoS CC Cited Count: 29
SCOPUS Cited Count: 29
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 3
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