Issue 21, 2019

Microwave-assisted synthesis of black phosphorus quantum dots: efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction

Abstract

A simple and efficient approach to produce high quality black phosphorus quantum dots (BPQDs) in a common organic solvent using a microwave technique is developed in this work. This novel approach produces a stable dispersion of crystalline BPQDs with an average lateral size of 2.95 nm and thickness of 3.59 nm. We demonstrated that the as-prepared BPQDs can be an efficient electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Our BPQDs without any supporting catalyst exhibited an impressive electrocatalytic activity for OER with an overpotential of 450 mV at 10 mA cm−2, whilst the traditional CoOx electrocatalyst showed an overpotential of 480 mV. By integrating our BPQDs with CoOx, we achieved an outstanding electrocatalytic OER performance with an overpotential of 360 mV at 10 mA cm−2, a low Tafel slope of 58.5 mV dec−1 and excellent stability, which was even comparable to the commercial IrO2 and RuO2 systems. This work introduces a promising protocol to prepare scalable BPQDs for real-world applications including electrocatalysis.

Graphical abstract: Microwave-assisted synthesis of black phosphorus quantum dots: efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 3 2019
Accepted
10 5 2019
First published
10 5 2019

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019,7, 12974-12978

Microwave-assisted synthesis of black phosphorus quantum dots: efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction

M. Batmunkh, M. Myekhlai, A. S. R. Bati, S. Sahlos, A. D. Slattery, Tania M. Benedetti, V. R. Gonçales, C. T. Gibson, J. J. Gooding, R. D. Tilley and J. G. Shapter, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 12974 DOI: 10.1039/C9TA02513H

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