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A Cyanide-Based Coordination Polymer for Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysis

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Research on H2 production has recently been directed to the development of cost-efficient and robust heterogeneous catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Given the promising catalytic activities of several cobalt-based systems and the robustness of Prussian blue analogues in harsh catalytic processes including water oxidation, a Co–Co Prussian blue analogue was investigated as a HER catalyst for the first time. Co–Co Prussian Blue modified fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) electrode demonstrated a significant HER activity with an onset overpotential of 257 mV, a Tafel slope of 80 mV dec−1, and a turnover frequency of 0.090 s−1 at an overpotential of 250 mV. Comparative XPS, Infrared, and XRD studies performed on pristine and post-catalytic electrodes confirm the stability of the catalyst.

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This work was suppoerted by the Grants from The Science and Technology Council of Turkey, TUBITAK (Project No: 215Z249). E. U. thanks TUBITAK for support (Project No: 1929B011500059).

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey

    Elif Pınar Alsaç, Satya Vijaya Kumar Nune & Ferdi Karadas

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, 53100, Rize, Turkey

    Emine Ulker

  3. UNAM–Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey

    Ferdi Karadas

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Alsaç, E.P., Ulker, E., Nune, S.V.K. et al. A Cyanide-Based Coordination Polymer for Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysis. Catal Lett 148, 531–538 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-017-2271-6

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