Catalytic properties and stability of nickel–tin powder alloys in the process of electrochemical hydrogen evolution from alkali solution
https://doi.org/10.29235/1561-8331-2023-59-3-183-192
Abstract
Ni–Sn powder alloys with a nickel content from 24.4 to 78.5 at.% and from 30.6 to 55.1 at.%, respectively, were synthesized chemically and electrochemically for the use as catalysts for the hydrogen electrochemical reduction (HER) in alkali solution. It was established that the catalytically active surface area of chemically synthesized powders was larger in comparison with electrochemically obtained ones. Ni24.4Sn75.6 powder alloy has the largest surface area. It was found that catalytic properties of chemically synthesized powders increased in the row Ni24.4Sn75.6 < Ni78.5Sn21.5 < Ni. Electrochem ically obtained alloys are inefficient as HER catalysts. It was found that Ni24.4Sn75.6 alloy is characterized by the greater re tention of catalytically active surface area during exploitation in alkali solution in comparison with Ni and Ni78.5Sn21.5 alloy.
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Supporting agencies: This work was financially supported by the Belarusian republican foundation for fundamental research (grants no. X20MH-004, X23MH-002).
About the Authors
O. N. Vrublevskaya
Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University
Belarus
Belarus
Vrublevskaya Olga N. – Ph. D. (Chemistry), Associate Professor, Vice Director for Scientific Work
14, Leningradskaya Str., 220006, Minsk
N. Yu. Kareva
Belarusian State University
Belarus
Belarus
Kareva Natalia Yu. – Student
14, Leningradskaya Str., 220050, Minsk
A. D. Kalesnik
Belarusian State University
Belarus
Belarus
Kalesnik Anastasiya D. – Student
4, Leningradskaya Str., 220050, Minsk
A. A. Kudaka
Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University
Belarus
Belarus
Kudaka Anton A. – Researcher
14, Leningradskaya Str., 220006, Minsk
B. Bolormaa
Institute of Physics and Technology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Mongolia
Mongolia
Burentogtokh Bolormaa – Researcher at the Materials Science Department
54B, Peace Ave., 13330, Ulaanbaatar
G. Sevjidsuren
Institute of Physics and Technology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Mongolia
Mongolia
Galsan Sevjidsuren – Ph. D. (Physics). Chair of the Materials Science Department
54B, Peace Ave., 13330, Ulaanbaatar
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