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Hydrogen evolution reaction on electrocatalytic materials highly dispersed on carbon powder

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Highly dispersed electrocatalytic materials were obtained by vacuum deposition of catalytic metals on electromechanically suspended graphite powder particles. Graphite electrodes, vacuum-deposited with various metals (Ni, Pt, Au, Pd, Rh) or an alloy (Cu-Al), were bonded with an inorganic polymer, LaPO4. A.c. impedance and steady-state polarization methods were used to investigate the mechanism and kinetics of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in 1m KOH at 25°C for Pt/C, Pd/C and Rh/C electrodes. It was concluded that the HER follows a Volmer-Heyrovsky mechanism.

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  1. Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, JIK 2R1, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

    J. Fournier & H. Ménard

  2. Institut de Recherche d'Hydro-Québec (IREQ), 1800 montée Ste-Julie, J3X 1S, Varennes, Québec, Canada

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Fournier, J., Ménard, H. & Brossard, L. Hydrogen evolution reaction on electrocatalytic materials highly dispersed on carbon powder. J Appl Electrochem 25, 923–932 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00241586

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