High Electrocatalytic Response of Ultra-refractory Ternary Alloys of Ta-Hf-C Carbide toward Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Acidic Media

By Valencia, Drochss P.; Yate, Luis; Aperador, Willian; Li, Yanguang; Coy, Emerson
Published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2018

Abstract

Transition metal carbide alloys are promising materials to replace platinum as electrodes in electrocatalysts toward the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Although tantalum hafnium carbides (Ta-Hf-C) have shown outstanding refractory and structural properties, there is no clear role of their electrochemical efficiency. Here we report on the electrochemical activity of such thin films, (Ta2C)(100

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