Issue 6, 2016

Hydrogen evolution catalyzed by cobalt-promoted molybdenum phosphide nanoparticles

Abstract

Co-promoted molybdenum phosphide nanoparticles have been successfully prepared and explored for the first time as a cost-effective electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The as-developed catalyst demonstrates excellent HER activity with a small Tafel slope of 50 mV dec−1 which is among the best records reported for MoP-based catalysts. The addition of Co not only reduces the particle size of the MoP-based catalyst and promotes the charge transfer, but also enhances the intrinsic activity of each active site, paving the way for optimizing the HER performances of ternary or multiple transition metal phosphide catalysts.

Graphical abstract: Hydrogen evolution catalyzed by cobalt-promoted molybdenum phosphide nanoparticles

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 Sep 2015
Accepted
26 Oct 2015
First published
30 Oct 2015

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2016,6, 1952-1956

Hydrogen evolution catalyzed by cobalt-promoted molybdenum phosphide nanoparticles

D. Wang, D. Zhang, C. Tang, P. Zhou, Z. Wu and B. Fang, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2016, 6, 1952 DOI: 10.1039/C5CY01457C

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