Issue 4, 2018

Construction of hierarchical Ni–Co–P hollow nanobricks with oriented nanosheets for efficient overall water splitting

Abstract

Complex nano-architectures with ordered two-dimensional (2D) building blocks are a class of promising electrocatalysts for different electrochemical technologies. In this work, a novel template-engaged strategy followed by sequential etching and phosphorization treatments is demonstrated to fabricate open and hierarchical Ni–Co–P hollow nanobricks (HNBs) via the assembly of oriented 2D nanosheets. Benefiting from the unique nano-architectures with large electrolyte-accessible surface and abundant mass diffusion pathways, the as-prepared Ni–Co–P HNBs exhibit high electrocatalytic activity, which affords the current density of 10 mA cm−2 at low overpotentials of 270 mV and 107 mV for oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions respectively, and excellent stability in an alkaline medium. Remarkably, when used as both the anode and cathode, a low cell voltage of 1.62 V is required to reach the current density of 10 mA cm−2, making the Ni–Co–P HNBs an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting.

Graphical abstract: Construction of hierarchical Ni–Co–P hollow nanobricks with oriented nanosheets for efficient overall water splitting

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 jan 2018
Accepted
12 mar 2018
First published
12 mar 2018

Energy Environ. Sci., 2018,11, 872-880

Construction of hierarchical Ni–Co–P hollow nanobricks with oriented nanosheets for efficient overall water splitting

E. Hu, Y. Feng, J. Nai, D. Zhao, Y. Hu and X. W. (. Lou, Energy Environ. Sci., 2018, 11, 872 DOI: 10.1039/C8EE00076J

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