Nanostructured Co2P Electrocatalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction and Direct Comparison with Morphologically Equivalent CoP
Abstract
Metal phosphides have emerged as promising Earth-abundant alternatives to platinum for catalyzing the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in acidic aqueous solutions. Here, Co 2 P nanoparticles having a hollow, multifaceted, crystalline morphology have been evaluated as HER electrocatalysts at a mass loading of 1 mg cm –2 on Ti foil substrates. The Co 2 P/Ti electrodes required low overpotentials of −95 and −109 mV to produce operationally relevant cathodic current densities of −10 and −20 mA cm –2, respectively. These values establish Co 2 P nanoparticles as highly active Earth-abundant HER catalyst materials. Importantly, the Co 2 P nanoparticles are morphologically equivalent to previously reported CoP nanoparticle HER catalysts, allowing a direct side-by-side evaluation of their HER activities. Such comparisons of different metal phosphide HER catalysts with the same constituent elements and morphologies are important for identifying the key materials characteristics that lead to high activity.
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Pan et al. and Callejas et al. reported that HER activity was greatly improved by increasing the atomic percentage of P for the same metal phosphides.
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- Authors
- Callejas, J. F., Read, C. G., Popczun, E. J., McEnaney, J. M., & Schaak, R. E.
- Affiliations
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Schaak, Raymond E.
- Venue
- Chemistry of Materials
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2015-05-05
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 3769-3774
- ISSN
- 0897-4756 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-5002
- OpenAlex
- W2328165701
- Cited by
- 509
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 37 · 2021: 60 · 2020: 48 · 2019: 66 · 2018: 73 · 2017: 64 · 2016: 56 · 2015: 9
- FWCI
- 19.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Chemistry of Materials (publishedVersion)
- 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 › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Hydrogen Storage and Materials
- Keywords
- cobalt phosphide, hydrogen evolution reaction, electrocatalysts, metal phosphides, platinum replacement, acidic aqueous solutions, overpotential
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