Journal
ADVANCED MATERIALS
Volume 32, Issue 17, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202000455
Keywords
biomass electrooxidation; electron transfer; heterojunctions; hydrogen evolution; porous nanospindles
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Simultaneous highly efficient production of hydrogen and conversion of biomass into value-added products is meaningful but challenging. Herein, a porous nanospindle composed of carbon-encapsulated MoO2-FeP heterojunction (MoO2-FeP@C) is proposed as a robust bifunctional electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and biomass electrooxidation reaction (BEOR). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis and theoretical calculations confirm the electron transfer from MoO2 to FeP at the interfaces, where electron accumulation on FeP favors the optimization of H2O and H* absorption energies for HER, whereas hole accumulation on MoO2 is responsible for improving the BEOR activity. Thanks to its interfacial electronic structure, MoO2-FeP@C exhibits excellent HER activity with an overpotential of 103 mV at 10 mA cm(-2) and a Tafel slope of 48 mV dec(-1). Meanwhile, when 5-hydroxymethylfurfural is chosen as the biomass for BEOR, the conversion is almost 100%, and 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) is obtained with the selectivity of 98.6%. The electrolyzer employing MoO2-FeP@C for cathodic H-2 and anodic FDCA production requires only a low voltage of 1.486 V at 10 mA cm(-2) and can be powered by a solar cell (output voltage: 1.45 V). Additionally, other BEORs coupled with HER catalyzed by MoO2-FeP@C also have excellent catalytic performance, implying their good versatility.
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