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Nafion-assisted synthesis of palladium nanonetworks as efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction

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In this work, we synthesized a Pd nanonetwork (PdNN) catalyst by employing Nafion as structure-directing agent. The nanonetwork-like structure is interconnected by Pd particles. Moreover, the morphologies and the sizes of PdNN samples can be tunable by adjusting concentrations of Pd precursor. The as-prepared PdNN catalysts have superior hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance to that of commercial Pd/C. Among them, PdNN-4.5 catalysts exhibit the most excellent hydrogen evolution performance, which contains an overpotential of 59 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and a Tafel slope of only 54 mV dec-1. Besides, a super stability is also displayed for PdNN-4.5 catalysts. The significant improvement in the HER performance of the PdNN-4.5 catalyst may be attributed to the nanonetwork-like structure, the sizes, and the interaction between the Pd catalysts and Nafion. Thus, this work can provide a simple method for synthesizing the highly efficient Pd-based catalyst for HER.

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This research was supported by the National Students’ Platform for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program (No. 201510058037), the National Science Foundation of China (51603147), and Science and Technology Correspondent Project of Tianjin (18JCTPJC61300).

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  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Technology and Process Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

    Yuning Qu, Honghui Shen, Wenjie Yu & Jianguo Yu

  2. School of Environmental Science and Engineering & State Key Lab Separat Membranes & Membrane Proc, Tiangong University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

    Shuya Wen & Dan Wei

  3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

    Jianhong Chen, Young-Uk Kwon & Yongnan Zhao

  4. Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 440-746, Korea

    Young-Uk Kwon

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Qu, Y., Wen, S., Chen, J. et al. Nafion-assisted synthesis of palladium nanonetworks as efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction. Ionics 26, 1347–1356 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-019-03276-y

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