Boron‐Dependency of Molybdenum Boride Electrocatalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Hyounmyung Park, Andrew Encinas, Jan P. Scheifers, Yuemei Zhang, Boniface P. T. Fokwa
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Published: Apr 10, 2017
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201611756
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Abstract Molybdenum‐based materials have been considered as alternative catalysts to noble metals, such as platinum, for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). We have synthesized four binary bulk molybdenum borides Mo 2 B, α‐MoB, β‐MoB, and MoB 2 by arc‐melting. All four phases were tested for their electrocatalytic activity (linear sweep voltammetry) and stability (cyclic voltammetry) with respect to the HER in acidic conditions. Three of these phases were studied for their HER activity and by X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) for the first time; MoB 2 and β‐MoB show excellent activity in the same range as the recently reported α‐MoB and β‐Mo 2 C phases, while the molybdenum richest phase Mo 2 B show significantly lower HER activity, indicating a strong boron‐dependency of these borides for the HER. In addition, MoB 2 and β‐MoB show long‐term cycle stability in acidic solution.
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