Iron-substituted Co-Ni phosphides immobilized on Ni foam as efficient self-supported 3D hierarchical electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction
Iron-substituted Co-Ni phosphides immobilized on Ni foam as efficient self-supported 3D hierarchical electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction
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固定在泡沫镍上的铁取代钴镍磷化物作为高效自支撑 3D 分层电催化剂用于析氧反应
DOI:
10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.02.053
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
7.2
通讯作者:
Yang En-Cui
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作者:
Zhou Chenmin;Mu Jianshuai;Qi Yu-Feng;Wang Qian;Zhao Xiao-Jun;Yang En-Cui
Electrocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen evolution is significantly impeded by the kinetically sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Thus, the development of highly efficient and durably stable non-noble-metal OER electrocatalyst is necessary and challenging for the large-scale electrocatalytic water splitting. Herein, a series of iron-substituted cobalt-nickel phosphides grown on Ni foam (FeCoNi-P/NFs) were easily prepared though successive hydrothermal and phosphorization treatments. The chemical compositions, crystalline and electronic structures as well as surface morphologies of these resulting electrocatalysts are strongly related with the iron substitution ratio. More interestingly, the FeCoNi-P/NF-2 nanosheet arrays prepared from equivalent molar ratio of iron and cobalt precursors exhibit the best OER performance with a low overpotential of 266 mV to produce a current density of 50 mA cm−2and a low Tafel slope of 61.2 mV dec−1in 1.0 M KOH condition, which is comparable to the reported state-of-the-art OER electrocatalysts. Additionally, the FeCoNi-P/NF-2 nanosheet arrays also show satisfactory long-term durability over 60 h. The superior OER activity of the electrocatalyst is essentially attributed to the heteroatomic substitution and the unique three-dimensional hierarchical morphology, which greatly increase the electrical conductivity, afford more active sites and facilitate the efficient charge transfer ability.