A setaria-shaped Pd/Ni-NC electrocatalyst for high efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

Developing stable, efficient and economical electrocatalytic materials is still challenging for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Hence, we develop a Pd/Ni bimetallic carbon electrocatalyst (Pd/Ni-NC) with outstanding electrocatalytic performance. The catalyst derived from Pd-doped Ni-MOF (Pd/Ni-MOF) has particles and needle-like carbon tubes on its surface and is similar in shape to setaria. Benefiting from the composition and the unique structure, Pd/Ni-NC shows excellent HER catalytic performance with 16 mV at 10 mA cm−2, superior to Pd or Ni single metal-carbon catalyst. Furthermore, it maintains stable catalytic activity under constant current for 25h. These results show the strategy that obtaining Pd and Ni bimetallic MOF by cation exchange and its corresponding bimetallic carbon material with setaria-shaped structure by calcination is powerful for high efficient HER performance.