Synthesis of FeP2/C nanohybrids and their performance for hydrogen evolution reaction

Jun Jiang; Chunde Wang; Jiajia Zhang; Wenliang Wang; Xiaoli Zhou; Bicai Pan; Kaibin Tang; Jian Zuo; Qing Yang

doi:10.1039/C4TA04758C

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Synthesis of FeP₂/C nanohybrids and their performance for hydrogen evolution reaction†

Jun Jiang,^abcd Chunde Wang,^abcd Jiajia Zhang,^ade Wenliang Wang,^abcd Xiaoli Zhou,^abcd Bicai Pan,^ae Kaibin Tang,^ab Jian Zuo^a and Qing Yang*^abcd

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^a Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei 230026, Anhui, P. R. China
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^b Department of Chemistry, USTC, Hefei 230026, Anhui, P. R. China

^c Laboratory of Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion, USTC, Hefei 230026, Anhui, P. R. China

^d Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, USTC, Hefei 230026, Anhui, P. R. China

^e Department of Physics, USTC, Hefei 230026, Anhui, P. R. China

Abstract

Phosphorous-rich FeP₂/C nanohybrids are synthesized via the pyrolysis of ferrocene (Fe(C₅H₅)₂) and red phosphorus in an evacuated and sealed quartz tube at 500 °C. The nanohybrids contain orthorhombic FeP₂ with conical carbon tubes. Based on the calculated electroactive surface area, the performance of the FeP₂/C nanohybrids as a novel non-noble metal electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in 0.50 M H₂SO₄ is investigated. These nanohybrids show good catalytic activity and stability in the acidic medium and might serve as a promising new class of non-noble metal catalysts for practical HER.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TA04758C
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 11 Sep 2014
Accepted: 10 Nov 2014
First published: 10 Nov 2014

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J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015,3, 499-503

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Synthesis of FeP₂/C nanohybrids and their performance for hydrogen evolution reaction

J. Jiang, C. Wang, J. Zhang, W. Wang, X. Zhou, B. Pan, K. Tang, J. Zuo and Q. Yang, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 499 DOI: 10.1039/C4TA04758C

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