Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 10, Issue 35, Pages 29407-29416Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b03427
Keywords
nanostructures; electrocatalysts; noble metal free; transition-metal phosphide; water electrolysis; energy conversion
Funding
- Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology at King Fand University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) [NT-2018-MQ]
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Transition-metal phosphides are deemed as potential alternative to platinum for large-scale and sustainable electrocatalytic hydrogen production from water. In this study, facile preparation of interconnected hollow cobalt monophosphide (CoP) supported on carbon nanotubes is demonstrated and evaluated as a low-cost electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction. Hexamethylenetetramine is used as a structure-directing agent to guide the formation of interconnected cobalt oxide, which further grows into interconnected hollow CoP. Interconnected and hollow microstructural artifacts impart benign attributes, such as enhanced specific and electrochemically active surface area, low intrinsic charge transfer resistance, high interfacial charge transfer kinetics, and improved mass transport, to the electrocatalyst. As a result, the as-prepared electrode exhibits remarkable electrocatalytic performance, low onset (18 mV) and overpotential (eta(10) = 73 my); small Tafel slope (54.6 mV dec(-1)); and high turnover frequency (0.58 s(-1) at eta = 73 mV). In addition, the electrode shows excellent electrochemical stability.
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