Nickel and nickel-based electrocatalysts have been thoroughly investigated because of nickel's excellent stability in alkaline media . However, it has been shown that the catalytic activity of Ni largely depends on its morphology and active surface area . Therefore, multiple design strategies have been developed to increase the mediocre activity of clean Ni. Alloying Pt with Ni gives rise to two effects that increase the overall activity of the material. The first is the -ligand effect‖, referring to the change in electronic properties of both metals . The other is the -lattice strain effect,‖ which represents the change in Pt-Pt interatomic distance, resulting in a shift of the Pt d-band center . A large number of non-PGM (PGMplatinum group metal) Ni alloys, such as binary and tertiary Ni-Mo alloys , NiCu , Raney Ni and NiCo , exhibit high activity.