Issue 14, 2015

Metal–organic framework-derived nickel phosphides as efficient electrocatalysts toward sustainable hydrogen generation from water splitting

Abstract

Developing robust earth-abundant electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is an ongoing scientific challenge. The cheap and active metal phosphides have emerged as new candidates for electrochemical HER. Herein, we report on the scalable synthesis of nickel phosphides (Ni2P and Ni12P5) via directly phosphatizing a Ni-based metal–organic framework (MOF) for the first time. The MOF-derived Ni2P nanoparticles exhibited high-performance for electrochemical HER, as manifested by a low overpotential and a large cathodic current density.

Graphical abstract: Metal–organic framework-derived nickel phosphides as efficient electrocatalysts toward sustainable hydrogen generation from water splitting

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Des 2014
Accepted
05 Jan 2015
First published
06 Jan 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 10290-10295

Metal–organic framework-derived nickel phosphides as efficient electrocatalysts toward sustainable hydrogen generation from water splitting

T. Tian, L. Ai and J. Jiang, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 10290 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA15680C

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