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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 44, Issue 39, Pages 21692-21702Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.06.123
Keywords
Phyllanthus reticulatus fruit; Carbon nanostructures; MoO2/MoO3-x; Supercritical fluid; Hydrogen evolution reaction
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- CSIR, India
- UGC-CSIR, India
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Electrochemical hydrogen evolution by molybdenum dioxide and molybdenum sub-oxides has gathered much attention owing to their excellent stability and high catalytic activity. However, the reduction of higher valent molybdenum oxides to lower valent molybdenum oxides using conventional chemical process is a challenging issue. Here, supercritical fluid (SCF) and hydrothermal assisted direct synthesis of carbon doped lower valent molybdenum oxides i.e., MoO2/MoO3-x using ammonium heptamolybdate tetrahydrate and phyllanthus reticulatus fruit extract is demonstrated. The phyllanthus reticulatus fruit extract was used as natural reducing agent and it facilitated the reduction, nucleation and surface capping of lower valent molybdenum oxides. XFtD and XPS analysis confirmed the phase pure monoclinic MoO2 nanostructures formation with mildly oxidized molybdenum suboxides (MoO3-x) thin layer on the surface. The partial conversion of phyllanthus reticulatus fruit extract to carbon nanostructures that were doped in MoO2/MoO3-x nanostructures was further confirmed using Raman spectroscopic analysis. The carbon doped MoO2/MoO3-x nanostructures prepared by SCF and hydrothermal method exhibited superior electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction with the low overpotential of 160 and 207 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm(-2), respectively. (C) 2019 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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