Easily-prepared dinickel phosphide (Ni2P) nanoparticles as an efficient and robust electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution

Ligang Feng; Heron Vrubel; Michaël Bensimon; Xile Hu

doi:10.1039/C4CP00482E

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Easily-prepared dinickel phosphide (Ni₂P) nanoparticles as an efficient and robust electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution†

Ligang Feng,^a Heron Vrubel,^a Michaël Bensimon^b and Xile Hu*^a

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^a Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), ISIC-LSCI, BCH 3305, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
E-mail: xile.hu@epfl.ch
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^b General Environmental Laboratory, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland

Abstract

Polydispersed dinickel phosphide (Ni₂P) nanoparticles were synthesized by a simple and scalable solid-state reaction. These nanoparticles are an excellent and robust catalyst for the electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction, operating in both acidic and basic solutions.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CP00482E
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 31 Jan 2014
Accepted: 07 Feb 2014
First published: 07 Feb 2014

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Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014,16, 5917-5921

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Easily-prepared dinickel phosphide (Ni₂P) nanoparticles as an efficient and robust electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution

L. Feng, H. Vrubel, M. Bensimon and X. Hu, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16, 5917 DOI: 10.1039/C4CP00482E

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