1. Volume 3, Issue 1, Pages 122-133 (July 2017)
In Situ Electrochemical Production of Ultrathin Nickel Nanosheets for Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysis 
Chengyi Hu, Qiuyu Ma, Sung-Fu Hung, Zhe-Ning Chen, Daohui Ou, Bin Ren, Hao Ming Chen, Gang Fu, Nanfeng Zheng 
Chem 
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3. Figure 1 Structural and Compositional Characterizations of Ni-BDT NSs
(A–C) SEM image (A), TEM image (B), and EDS and elemental mapping images (C) of Ni-BDT.
(D) Raman spectra of BDT and Ni-BDT. Inset: chemical structure of BDT.
(E and F) Ni K-edge XANES (E) and EXAFS (F) spectra of Ni-BDT and Ni(OH)2.
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4. Figure 2
In Situ Electrochemical Activation and HER Performance of Ni-BDT NSs
(A) Chronopotentiometry at a constant cathodic current density of 20 mA cm−2 of Ni-BDT. Inset: linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) of Ni-BDT at the first and thousandth cycles.
(B) LSV of Ni(OH)2, Ni-BDT, Ni-BDT-A, and Pt/C on a carbon cloth electrode in 1 M KOH (iR corrected).
(C) Tafel plots of the polarization curves in (B).
(D) Double-layer capacitance of Ni(OH)2, Ni-BDT, and Ni-BDT-A.
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5. Figure 3
Structural and Compositional Characterizations of Ni-BDT NSs after Electrochemical Activation
(A–C) SEM image (A), TEM image (B), and EDS and elemental mapping images (C) of Ni-BDT-A.
(D) XPS spectra of the Ni 2p3/2 region of Ni-BDT, Ni-BDT-A, and Ni-BDT-A sputtered by Ar ions.
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6. Figure 4
Identification of the HER Active Site by Electrochemical In Situ XAS
(A and B) XANES (A) and EXAFS (B) spectra of Ni foil and Ni-BDT before and after electrochemical activation.
(C) Schematic illustration of the synthesis of Ni-BDT and in situ electrochemical production of Ni NSs with Sadδ−.
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