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Ternary NiCoP nanosheet arrays: An excellent bifunctional catalyst for alkaline overall water splitting

Li, Yingjie, Zhang, Haichuan, Jiang, Ming, Kuang, Yun, Sun, Xiaoming, Duan, Xue·2016·Nano Research
DOI 10.1007/s12274-016-1112-z
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Exploring bifunctional catalysts for the hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions (HER and OER) with high efficiency, low cost, and easy integration is extremely crucial for future renewable energy systems. Herein, ternary NiCoP nanosheet arrays (NSAs) were fabricated on 3D Ni foam by a facile hydrothermal method followed by phosphorization. These arrays serve as bifunctional alkaline catalysts, exhibiting excellent electrocatalytic performance and good working stability for both the HER and OER. The overpotentials of the NiCoP NSA electrode required to drive a current density of 50 mA/cm 2 for the HER and OER are as low as 133 and 308 mV, respectively, which is ascribed to excellent intrinsic electrocatalytic activity, fast electron transport, and a unique superaerophobic structure. When NiCoP was integrated as both anodic and cathodic material, the electrolyzer required a potential as low as ~1.77 V to drive a current density of 50 mA/cm 2 for overall water splitting, which is much smaller than a reported electrolyzer using the same kind of phosphide-based material and is even better than the combination of Pt/C and Ir/C, the best known noble metal-based electrodes. Combining satisfactory working stability and high activity, this NiCoP electrode paves the way for exploring overall water splitting catalysts.

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Authors
Li, Y., Zhang, H., Jiang, M., Kuang, Y., Sun, X., & Duan, X.
Venue
Nano Research
Publisher
Tsinghua University Press
Published
2016-06-01
Volume
9
Issue
8
Pages
2251-2259
ISSN
  • 1998-0000 (ISSN-L)
  • 1998-0124
DOI
10.1007/s12274-016-1112-z
OpenAlex
W2411874537
Cited by
376
References
16
FWCI
15.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (unspecified)

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