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Electrodeposited Ternary Fe-Mo-P as an Efficient Electrode Material for Bifunctional Water Splitting in Neutral pH

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Designing novel and cost-effective material for electrochemical water splitting in neutral pH are highly essential for the hydrogen production and useful fuel cell construction. Synthesis of the bifunctional and earth-abundant efficient catalyst systems for the same remains one of the biggest challenges to the science community. Herein, we report the electrodeposition of ternary Fe-Mo-P onto the surface of carbon cloth material to form a stable and highly active bifunctional catalyst towards electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at pH 7. A set of catalysts were prepared by varying the relative atomic ratio of the elements and the best catalytic activity was observed with 60 atomic % Fe in the electroplating bath which rivals that of Pt/C in the overall electrochemical water splitting. The best catalyst also shows 24-h stability in the overall electrochemical splitting of water which indicates the potential of this class of materials.

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This research was supported by the Research Authority of Ariel University, Israel, and the Israel Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Recourses (grant number: 216-11-015).

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  1. Department of Chemical Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel Research Park, 40700, Ariel, Israel

    Abheek Datta, Ramesh Kumar Singh, Hanan Teller & Alex Schechter

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, Ariel University, Ariel Research Park, 40700, Ariel, Israel

    Shmuel Rozenfeld & Rivka Cahan

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Datta, A., Singh, R.K., Teller, H. et al. Electrodeposited Ternary Fe-Mo-P as an Efficient Electrode Material for Bifunctional Water Splitting in Neutral pH. Electrocatalysis 9, 682–688 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12678-018-0476-0

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