Issue 6, 2018

Co2P quantum dot embedded N, P dual-doped carbon self-supported electrodes with flexible and binder-free properties for efficient hydrogen evolution reactions

Abstract

Transition metal phosphides (TMPs) are considered to be superb catalysts for water splitting. In this work, we introduce an efficient strategy to fabricate dicobalt phosphide (Co2P) quantum dots embedded in N, P dual-doped carbon (Co2P@NPC) on carbon cloth (Co2P@NPC/CC) by in situ carbonization of cobalt ion induced phytic acid (PA) and polyaniline (PANI) macromolecule precursors. As a highly efficient self-supported electrode, it has a low onset overpotential (74 mV at 1 mA cm−2) approaching that of the commercial Pt/C catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in acidic media. Meanwhile, it also shows very low overpotentials of only 116 and 129 mV at 10 mA cm−2 with robust stability in acidic and alkaline media, respectively.

Graphical abstract: Co2P quantum dot embedded N, P dual-doped carbon self-supported electrodes with flexible and binder-free properties for efficient hydrogen evolution reactions

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 nov 2017
Accepted
24 dec 2017
First published
26 dec 2017

Nanoscale, 2018,10, 2902-2907

Co2P quantum dot embedded N, P dual-doped carbon self-supported electrodes with flexible and binder-free properties for efficient hydrogen evolution reactions

C. Zhang, Z. Pu, I. S. Amiinu, Y. Zhao, J. Zhu, Y. Tang and S. Mu, Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 2902 DOI: 10.1039/C7NR08148K

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