Aug 1 2023Reviewed by Skyla Baily A practical method for creating hydrogen is electrochemical water splitting, which uses an electrocatalyst to separate water into its hydrogen and oxygen elements. Catalysts are usually constructed on costly elements like platinum, which makes it challenging to implement this technology on a wider commercial level.
Advanced Materials eBook Compilation of the top interviews, articles, and news in the last year. Download a free copy A method known as element doping was used by the researchers to produce this particular microstructure. The deliberate addition of impurities to a catalyst to increase its activity is known as element doping. In this study, bimetallic nickel-cobalt phosphide with molybdenum was introduced.
The dependability, stability, and performance of the Mo-doped Ni-CoP catalyst were evaluated. After 100 hours, its density remained almost constant, and its structure was well-maintained, due in part to the unusual structure of the nanoneedles, which prevents the catalyst from collapsing as hydrogen builds. Calculations revealed that the phosphide catalyst was likewise extremely efficient.