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Investigation of enhanced electro-catalytic HER/OER performances of copper tungsten oxide@reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites in alkaline and acidic media.
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New Journal of Chemistry . 1/21/2022, Vol. 46 Issue 3, p1267-1272. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- In this paper, we investigate the electro-catalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) of synthesized copper tungsten oxide@reduced graphene oxide (CuWO4@rGO) nanocomposites. The prepared CuWO4@rGO nanocomposites show bifunctional electro-chemical performances for the HER and OER via water splitting reactions in alkaline (0.5 M KOH) and acidic (0.5 M H2SO4) media. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) reveal superlative HER and OER performances of the CuWO4@rGO nanocomposites. The onset over-potentials of the CuWO4@rGO nanocomposites were found to be ∼270 and ∼330 mV for the OER in 0.5 M KOH and 0.5 M H2SO4, respectively, while the onset potentials were found to be ∼180 and ∼135 mV for the HER in 0.5 M KOH and 0.5 M H2SO4, respectively. The CuWO4@rGO nanocomposites also showed lower Tafel slopes of ∼110 and ∼315 mV dec−1 for the OER in 0.5 M KOH and 0.5 M H2SO4, respectively, while the Tafel slopes of the CuWO4@rGO nanocomposites were found to be ∼192 and ∼212 mV dec−1 for the HER in 0.5 M KOH and 0.5 M H2SO4, respectively. Hence, the small energy loss of low-cost electro-catalysts during electro-chemical water splitting reactions reveals comparable HER/OER performances with noble electro-catalysts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11440546
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New Journal of Chemistry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154734360
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nj04617a