Paris Diderot Univ;
Univ Sharjah;
U Arab Emirates;
Qatar Univ;
POB 2713;
UMR CNRS 7086;
Doha;
ITODYS;
Ctr Adv Mat;
Qatar;
Functionalized Nanomat Synth Lab;
Sharjah 27272;
15 Rue Jean de Baif;
France;
Sorbonne Paris;
Paris;
There is an ever growing demand for renewable sources of energy to replace conventional fossil fuels. One of the alternatives is usage of hydrogen production by electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Toward this end, we have successfully prepared a novel, robust electrocatalyst for HER containing Au nanoparticles dispersed on a natural bentonite using a simple one-pot reduction process. It is one of the most effective ways to minimize Au nanoparticle production cost, stability and usage.