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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 5, Issue 37, Pages 19656-19663Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c7ta04905f
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- Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan [MOST 103-2221-E-007-119-MY2]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21501002]
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The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) received a great deal of research attention in the past few years because of its prime role in electrocatalytic water splitting, rechargeable metal-air batteries, and fuel cells. To be competitively applicable at large scales, the electrocatalytic water-splitting system needs electrocatalysts that are cost effective, highly efficient, and highly durable. A novel metal-organic-framework (MOF)-derived and SiO2-protected phosphorization approach was developed to prepare hollow nanocubes composed of well-dispersed Ni5P4/Fe3P in N-doped carbon as cost-effective OER electrocatalysts, which are highly efficient and durable at high current density operations. Because of their unique structural and compositional features, the N-doped C/Ni5P4/Fe3P hollow nanocubes not only achieved excellent electrocatalytic efficiencies (eta(10) - 252 mV and eta(250) - 385 mV), but also outstanding electrocatalytic activities with an ultralow Tafel slope of 24.0 mV dec(-1), the lowest ever reported to the best of our knowledge. More importantly, the N-doped C/Ni5P4/Fe3P hollow nanocubes exhibited eminent long-term stability, both electrocatalytically and mechanically, even at a high current density of 250 mA cm(-2). These outstanding performances make the developed N-doped C/Ni5P4/Fe3P hollow nanocubes a promising candidate to replace commercial noble metal oxide-based OER electrocatalysts for large-scale applications.
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