Journal
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
Volume 101, Issue 9, Pages 3749-3754Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jace.15581
Keywords
catalysts; catalysis; cobalt; cobalt compounds; graphene oxide; hydrogen evolution reaction; phosphates
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) [NRF-2016M3A7B4909318]
- Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning, South Korea
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea [2E26081-16-054]
- Ministry of Environment, South Korea [R2-17_2016002250005]
- ISPP at King Saud University [0076]
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Cobalt phosphides (CoPx) are potential candidates for use as high-efficiency hydrogen evolution reaction electrocatalysts that can replace noble metals, such as Pt. Typically, CoPx can be synthesized by phosphidation with Co-based precursors such as oxides or hydroxides. In this study, we propose a new strategy for synthesizing CoPx through the thermal reduction in cobalt phosphate (Co-3(PO4)(2)). A reduced graphene oxide-wrapped CoP/Co2P hybrid microflower was successfully synthesized by a facile coprecipitation method in a Co-3(PO4)(2) matrix, followed by a thermal reduction process. Co-3(PO4)(2) can be transformed to CoP/Co2P by treatment at 700 degrees C for 1hour, maintaining the original particle morphology with the assistance of reduced graphene oxide (rGO). In a 0.5mol/L H2SO4 solution, the rGO-CoP/Co2P microflower catalyzes the hydrogen evolution reaction with an overpotential of 156 mV at a current density of 10mA cm(-2), a Tafel slope of 53.8mV dec(-1), and good stability as observed through long-term CV and chronoamperometry tests.
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