Samar Mohamed Omar Hassan Syam
Lecturer
Evaluating the water splitting promotion effects of birnessite Mn3+/4+ platelets of α-Mn3O4 coated with Ag@Ag2WO4 nanosphericals
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy • 2024
Publication Information
Authors
Mohamed Mokhtar Mohamed , S.M. Syam, M. Khairy
Keywords
AgW/Mn; Water splitting ;Stability; Characterization;Birnessite
Journal
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Publisher
ELSEVIER
Volume
61
Issue
Not Available
Pages
1028–1042
publication.type
International
Paper Link
Open Link
Supplementary Materials
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Abstract
Developing an accessible and durable catalyst with minimal overpotentials to split water to produce both H2 and O2 is challenging. The hydrothermal-deposition precipitation route was adopted to synthesize α-Ag2WO4 (20–80%) supported on α-Mn3O4 (AgW/Mn). The 60%AgW/Mn catalyst, which is structurally made up of Mn platelets decorated with AgW nanoparticles, confirmed the existence of the MnO2 (200) active sites, surpassing the Ag nanoparticles (54.3%), and the proportion of the birnessite Mn3+/4+ moieties. In comparison to other catalysts, it presented more selectivity for OER in 1.0 M KOH with a low overpotential (0.28 V) at 10 mA cm -2, a Tafel slope of 50.7 mV dec-1, an O2-equivelent amount of 221.5 mmolg- 1, and a TOF of 1.17 s- 1. Similarly, it produced HER at an overpotential of 0.089 V at η10, a Tafel slope of 73.35 mV dec -1, an H2-generated amount of 429.4 mmol g -1, and a TOF of 1.59 s-1.
