Issue 13, 2021

Engineering multinary heterointerfaces in two-dimensional cobalt molybdenum phosphide hybrid nanosheets for efficient electrocatalytic water splitting

Abstract

Heterointerface engineering produces a marked effect for regulating the surface and interfacial properties of a catalyst. However, effective manipulation of the quantity and quality of heterointerfaces in two-dimensional (2D) lateral nanoscale is still an extremely urgent but daunting task. Herein, cobalt molybdenum phosphide hybrid nanosheets (Co–Mo–P NSs) are tactfully constructed via a successive phosphidation strategy. The as-created multinary heterointerfaces and their synergistic effects can optimize the hydrogen adsorption/desorption energy (ΔGH*), as evidenced by density functional theory calculations, and improve the reaction kinetics. Moreover, the unique ultrathin nanosheet can maximize the exposure of interior atoms and heterointerfaces as reaction sites for catalysis, thus co-facilitating intrinsic catalytic activities. As an encouraging result, the optimized Co–Mo–P NSs exhibit considerable hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance, particularly with a 5.5 and 3.0 times higher turnover frequency than bare MoP and CoP, respectively. Moreover, it also exhibits superior oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity (η10 = 261.9 mV) and profound full water decomposition behavior. This research proposes a facile strategy to controllably construct multinary heterointerfaces within 2D transition metal phosphide nanosheets, which might provide new insights into designing other advanced electrocatalysts.

Graphical abstract: Engineering multinary heterointerfaces in two-dimensional cobalt molybdenum phosphide hybrid nanosheets for efficient electrocatalytic water splitting

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Mar 2021
Accepted
19 May 2021
First published
20 May 2021

Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2021,5, 3458-3466

Engineering multinary heterointerfaces in two-dimensional cobalt molybdenum phosphide hybrid nanosheets for efficient electrocatalytic water splitting

Y. Teng, J. Gao, J. Li, H. Chen, X. Wang and D. Kuang, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2021, 5, 3458 DOI: 10.1039/D1SE00425E

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