Electronic Redistribution: Construction and Modulation of Interface Engineering on CoP for Enhancing Overall Water Splitting

Modulating and constructing interface engineering is an efficient strategy to enhance catalytic activity for water splitting. Herein, a hybrid nanoarray structure of V-CoP@a-CeO2, where a represents amorphous, integrated into carbon cloth is fabricated for water splitting. The synergy effect between V and CeO2 can increase the electron density of Co atoms at active sites, further optimizing the Gibbs free energy of H* adsorption energy (Delta G(H*)). Besides, V-CoP@a-CeO2 possesses lower water adsorption/dissociation energies, enabling accelerated reaction kinetics in alkaline media. As expected, the V-CoP@a-CeO2 exhibits superior performance toward the hydrogen evolution reaction and the oxygen evolution reaction. More importantly, a two-electrode electrolyzer combined with an electrocatalyst of V-CoP@ a-CeO2 only demands that voltages of electrolytic cell are 1.56 and 1.71 V to achieve the current densities of 10 and 100 mA cm(-2), respectively. This work provides guidance for the design or optimization of materials for water electrolysis and beyond.