期刊
SCIENCE BULLETIN
卷 63, 期 20, 页码 1358-1363出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2018.09.016
关键词
Wet-chemistry synthesis; Bimetallic transition metal carbide; Iron; Cobalt; Hydrogenation evolution reaction
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [91645115, 21473003, 21673273, 21473229, 21821004, 91545121]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2013CB933100]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2015M580011, 2016M590216]
Constructing and understanding the doping effect of secondary metal in transition metal carbide (TMC) catalysts is pivotal for the design of low-cost hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts. In this work, we developed a wet-chemistry strategy for synthesizing Co-modified Fe5C2 nanoparticles ((Fe1-xCox)(5)C-2 NPs) as highly active HER electrocatalysts in basic solution. The structure of (Fe1-xCox)(5)C-2 NPs was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectra (EXAFS) and scanning/transmission electron microscopy (S/TEM), indicating that the isomorphous substitution of cobalt in the lattice of Fe5C2. (Fe0.75Co0.25)(5)C-2 exhibited the best HER activity (174 mV for j = - 10 mA/cm(2)). Computational calculation results indicate that Co provides the most active site for HER. X-ray adsorption spectra (XAS) studies further suggested that the electron transfer in Fe-C bonds are enhanced by the substitution of Co, which modulates the hydrogen adsorption on the adjacent electronic-enriched carbon, and therefore promotes HER activity. Our results affirm the design of low-cost bimetallic TMCs based HER catalysts. (C) 2018 Science China Press. Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science China Press. All rights reserved.
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