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ArticleScientific reports2019

Investigating the Integrity of Graphene towards the Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER).

Alejandro García-Miranda Ferrari, Dale A C Brownson, Craig E Banks

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Alejandro García-Miranda FerrariFaculty of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD, UK.
Dale A C BrownsonFaculty of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD, UK.
Craig E BanksFaculty of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD, UK. c.banks@mmu.ac.uk.

Funding

EPRSC EP/N001877/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mono-, few-, and multilayer graphene is explored towards the electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER). Careful physicochemical characterisation is undertaken during electrochemical perturbation revealing that the integrity of graphene is structurally compromised. Electrochemical perturbation, in the form of electrochemical potential scanning (linear sweep voltammetry), as induced when exploring the HER using monolayer graphene, creates defects upon the basal plane surface that increases the coverage of edge plane sites/defects resulting in an increase in the electrochemical reversibility of the HER process. This process of improved HER performance occurs up to a threshold, where substantial break-up of the basal sheet occurs, after which the electrochemical response decreases; this is due to the destruction of the sheet integrity and lack of electrical conductive pathways. Importantly, the severity of these changes is structurally dependent on the graphene variant utilised. This work indicates that multilayer graphene has more potential as an electrochemical platform for the HER, rather than that of mono- and few-layer graphene. There is huge potential for this knowledge to be usefully exploited within the energy sector and beyond.

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PMID31685906
PMCPMC6828781

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