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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Boosted Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis Using Biomass-Derived Mesoporous Carbon Nanosponges.

Sankar Sekar, Sutha Sadhasivam, Atsaya Shanmugam, Saravanan Sekar, Youngmin Lee, Sejoon Lee

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Sankar SekarDivision of System Semiconductor, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-9554-2328
Sutha SadhasivamDepartment of Chemistry, CMS College of Engineering, Ernapuram, Namakkal 637003, Tamil Nadu, India.
Atsaya ShanmugamDivision of System Semiconductor, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea.
Saravanan SekarDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Trichy 621112, Tamil Nadu, India.
Youngmin LeeDivision of System Semiconductor, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-8685-3033
Sejoon LeeDivision of System Semiconductor, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-4548-7436

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National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea RS-2023-NR076644
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Abstract

Carbon-based metal-free catalysts, particularly those such as biomass-derived mesoporous activated carbon (AC) nanostructures, hold great promises for cost-effective and sustainable electrocatalysis for enhancing hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance in green energy technology. Neem and ginkgo leaves are rich in bioactive compounds and self-doping heteroatoms with naturally porous structures and act as a low-cost, sustainable biomass precursors for high-performance HER catalysts. In this study, mesoporous AC nanoflakes and nanosponges were synthesized using biomass precursors of neem and ginkgo leaves through a KOH activation process. Notably, AC nanosponges derived from ginkgo leaves exhibited outstanding physicochemical characteristics, including a sponge-like porous morphology with a large specific surface area of 1025 m

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BiomassCarbonHydrogenNanostructuresCatalysisElectrochemical TechniquesPlant LeavesPorosityCarbonHydrogenactivated carbonbiomasselectrocatalystsginkgo leaveshydrogen evolution reactionneem leaves

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PMID40943422
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