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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2012, Article ID 845673, 9 pages doi:10.1155/2012/845673 Research Article Electrodeposition and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Ni-Mo Catalysts for Hydrogen Production J. Halim,1 R. Abdel-Karim,1 S. El-Raghy,1 M. Nabil,1 and A. Waheed2 1 Department of Metallurgy, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt 2 Department of Metallurgy, Nuclear Research Center, Anshas, Cairo 13759, Egypt Correspondence should be addressed to R. Abdel-Karim, randaabdelkarim@ Received 27 September 2011; Revised 3 December 2011; Accepted 3 December 2011 Academic Editor: Fathallah Karimzadeh Copyright © 2012 J. Halim et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Ni-Mo nanocrystalline deposits (7–43 nm) with a nodular morphology were prepared by electrodeposition using direct current from citrate-ammonia solutions. They exhibited a single Ni-Mo solid solution phase. The size of the nodules increased as electroplating current density increased. The molybdenum content—estimated using EDX analysis—in the deposits decreased from about 31 to 11 wt% as the current density increased from 5 to 80 mA ·cm−2 . The highest microhardness value (285 Hv) corresponded to nanodeposits with 23% Mo. The highest corrosion resistance accompanied by relatively high hardness was detected for electrodeposits containing 15% Mo. Mo content values between 11 and 15% are recommended for obtaining better electrocatalytic activity for HER. 1. Introduction evolution reactions. Nanocrystalline