A Monodisperse Rh 2 P‐Based Electrocatalyst for Highly Efficient and pH‐Universal Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Abstract
The search for Pt‐free electrocatalysts exceeding pH‐universal hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activities when compared to the state‐of‐the‐art commercial Pt/C is highly desirable for the development of renewable energy conversion systems but still remains a huge challenge. Here a colloidal synthesis of monodisperse Rh 2 P nanoparticles with an average size of 2.8 nm and their superior catalytic activities for pH‐universal HER are reported. Significantly, the Rh 2 P catalyst displays remarkable HER performance with overpotentials of 14, 30, and 38 mV to achieve 10 mA cm −2 in 0.5 m H 2 SO 4 , 1.0 m KOH, and 1.0 m phosphate‐buffered saline, respectively, exceeding almost all the documented electrocatalysts, including the commercial 20 wt% Pt/C. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the introduction of P into Rh can weaken the H adsorption strength of Rh 2 P to nearly zero, beneficial for boosting HER performance.
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Rh-based nanomaterials are promising candidates as HER electrocatalysts and can operate under a wide pH environment.
“Recently, Rh-based nanomaterials have also been demonstrated to be promising candidates as HER electrocatalyst, which can operate under a wide pH environments [19–23].”
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- Authors
- Yang, F., Zhao, Y., Du, Y., Chen, Y., Cheng, G., Chen, S., & Luo, W.
- Affiliations
- Wuhan University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Chen, Shengli
- Luo, Wei
- Venue
- Advanced Energy Materials
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-03-24
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 18
- ISSN
- 1614-6832 (ISSN-L)
- 1614-6840
- OpenAlex
- W2791935565
- Cited by
- 209
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 44 · 2018: 9
- FWCI
- 6.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Advanced Energy Materials (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (21571145, 21633008)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Fuel Cells and Related Materials
- Keywords
- hydrogen evolution reaction, monodisperse nanoparticles, colloidal synthesis, pH-universal catalysis, platinum-free catalysts, overpotential, density functional theory
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