journal article·2021-11Open access

Effects of pre-oxidation conditions on microstructure evolution and hydrogen evolution reaction performance of nano-porous Ag

Zijun Zhao, Wenyu Chen, Wanpeng Li, Xiaodong Liang, Hao Yan, Xu Wang, J.C. Huang, Ming Wu

Abstract

A novel strategy was developed to fabricate nano-porous silver (NPS) with a three-dimensional bi-continuous open porous structure. A high temperature oxidation (HTO) craft and a strong oxidant-assisted low-temperature oxidation method were used to tune the dealloying of AgXCu(1-X) ribbons. The NPS fabricated from the Ag15Cu85 ribbon by the HTO pretreatment exhibited a ligament size of ∼841 nm after 1 h of dealloying. However, the NPS fabricated from the Ag15Cu85 ribbon by the H2O2 craft exhibited a ligament size of ∼61 nm after 1 h of dealloying. In addition, the NPS fabricated by the strong oxidant-assisted dealloying craft exhibited an ultrahomogeneous ligament pore structure and a higher Tafel slope in regard to its hydrogen evolution reaction.
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OpenAlex topics: Nanoporous metals and alloys · Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion · Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions

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