@article{Li2017, 
author = {Siwei Li and Ce Yang and Zhen Yin and Hanjun Yang and Yifu Chen and Lili Lin and Mengzhu Li and Weizhen Li and Gang Hu and Ding Ma},
title = {Wet-chemistry synthesis of cobalt carbide nanoparticles as highly active and stable electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction},
year = {2017},
journal = {Nano Research},
volume = {10},
number = {4},
pages = {1322-1328},
keywords = {hydrogen evolution reaction, synergetic effect, Co2C nanoparticle, wet-chemistry synthesis},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1007/s12274-017-1425-6},
doi = {10.1007/s12274-017-1425-6},
abstract = {Transition metal carbide (TMC) nanomaterials are promising alternatives to Pt, and are widely used as heterogeneous electrocatalysts for the electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). In this work, a bromide-induced wet-chemistry strategy to synthesize Co2C nanoparticles (NPs) was developed. Such NPs exhibited high electrocatalytic activity (η = 181 mV for j = -10 mA·cm-2) and long-term stability (no obvious performance decrease after 4, 000 cycles) for the HER. This study will pave the way for the design and fabrication of TMC NPs via a wet- chemistry method, and will have significant impacts on broader areas such as nanocatalysis and energy conversion.}
}