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Multiwalled carbon nanotubes grown over green iron nanocatalyst as electrode for hydrogen-producing electrochemical cell

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In order to develop sustainable and renewable energy sources, novel approaches to design noble metal-free efficient electrocatalysts such as carbon and metal dichalcogenides nanostructures are being investigated for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). In the present work, we successfully synthesize iron nanoparticles (Fe–GT) via facile green approach without using any surfactant and for the first time, green-synthesized iron nanoparticles are utilized as catalysts for production of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). The synthesized MWCNTs (GT) were characterized using SEM, TEM, XRD and Raman spectroscopy techniques. The MWCNTs (GT)-coated conducting carbon paper electrode was applied as non-precious metal electrocatalyst for HER. The MWCNTs (GT) electrode demonstrates improved electrochemical activity towards HER with a smaller value of Tafel slope ~ 105 mV dec− 1 and overpotential (η10) ~ 192 mV, which is quite comparable to other reported metal-free HER catalyst. We also designed an indigenous electrochemical cell and showed the hydrogen production and collection using MWCNTs (GT) as cathode.

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“This manuscript is part of the special issue of selected papers from the 6th edition of biennial International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN-2021)”. Authors thank IIT (BHU) and its Central Instrument Facility, SERB, India (Grant No. ECR/2017/000558 and CRG/2020/002186) and DST, India (Grant No. IFA14-MS25).

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Mishra, S., Jaiswal, S.S. & Mishra, A.K. Multiwalled carbon nanotubes grown over green iron nanocatalyst as electrode for hydrogen-producing electrochemical cell. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 8702–8710 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-06772-y

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