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ACS NANO
卷 16, 期 7, 页码 11049-11058出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c03711
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kinetics energy barrier; scanning electrochemical microscopy; hydrogen evolution reaction; interface; transition metal phosphide; MXene
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [52172176, 51972011]
Heterointerfaces can adjust the adsorption energy and decrease the kinetics energy barrier. The interface between NiCoP and MXene effectively reduces the energy barrier for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) by 16.0-22.1%. In addition, the photothermal effect of MXenes can raise the catalyst temperature for energy savings.
Heterointerfaces can adjust the adsorption energy with intermediates in the transition state for a much decreased kinetics energy barrier (Ea). One typical transition metal phosphide, NiCoP grains (& SIM;5 nm in size), was anchored on a Ti3C2TX MXene monolayer (& SIM;1 nm in thickness) to boost the kinetics toward alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). General electrochemical experiments at different temperatures give a small Ea of 31.4 kJ mol-1, showing a 22.1% decrease compared to its counterpart NiCoP nanoparticles (40.3 kJ mol(-1)). Impressively, the overpotential of NiCoP@MXene dramatically decreases from 71 mV to 4 mV at 10 mA cm-2 when the temperature increases from 25 ? to 65 ?. On a single NiCoP@MXene sheet, scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) tests also give a very close value of Ea = 31.9 kJ mol-1, with a relative error of & SIM;1.6%. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations confirm the interface between NiCoP and MXene can effectively decrease the energy barrier of water dissociation by 16.0%. The three kinds of studies on macro, micro/ nano, and atomic scales disclose the interfaces can reduce the kinetics energy barrier about 16.0-22.1%. Besides, the photothermal effect of MXenes can easily raise the catalyst temperature under vis-NIR light, which has been applied in practical scenarios under sunlight for energy savings.
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