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Electrodeposited nickel phosphide supported by copper foam for proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer

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The development of high-performance and low-cost electrodes is essential for hydrogen production using a proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer (PEMWE). Herein, we report an electrochemical method for the fabrication of a Ni-P based cathode for a PEMWE single cell. A porous copper foam (CF) is fabricated on carbon paper (CP) by two-step electrodeposition to obtain a large number of active sites for Ni-P formation. The high conductivity of the Cu metallic support is expected to reduce the charge transfer resistance. After the Ni-P electrodeposition on CF, an anodic leaching process is conducted for the selective dissolution of the excess Ni metal formed during the electro-deposition, thus enabling the modification of the electronic structure of the catalyst. The electrode optimized in half-cell tests is used as the cathode for a PEMWE single cell. The PEMWE cells exhibit a current density of 0.67 A/cm2 at 2.0 Vcell which is higher than or comparable to the performance previously reported in the literature.

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This research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government MSIT (2019M3E6A1103818) and by the Chung-Ang University Research Scholarship Grant in 2019.

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    Kyurim Yeon, Junhyeong Kim, Hyunki Kim, Wenwu Guo, Gyeong Ho Han, Seokjin Hong & Sang Hyun Ahn

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Yeon, K., Kim, J., Kim, H. et al. Electrodeposited nickel phosphide supported by copper foam for proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 37, 1379–1386 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-020-0587-1

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