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Haishun Jiang, Siyu Zhao, Wenyao Li, Tobias P. Neville, Isil Akpinar, Paul R. Shearing, Dan J.L. Brett, Guanjie He. Realizing optimal hydrogen evolution reaction properties via tuning phosphorous and transition metal interactions. Green Energy&Environment, 2020, 5(4): 506-512. doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2020.07.009
Citation: Haishun Jiang, Siyu Zhao, Wenyao Li, Tobias P. Neville, Isil Akpinar, Paul R. Shearing, Dan J.L. Brett, Guanjie He. Realizing optimal hydrogen evolution reaction properties via tuning phosphorous and transition metal interactions. Green Energy&Environment, 2020, 5(4): 506-512. doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2020.07.009
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Realizing optimal hydrogen evolution reaction properties via tuning phosphorous and transition metal interactions

doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2020.07.009
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    School of Materials Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, 201620, China

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    Electrochemical Innovation Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 7JE, United Kingdom

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    School of Chemistry, University of Lincoln, Joseph Banks Laboratories, Green Lane, Lincoln, LN6 7DL, United Kingdom

  • d.

    Faculty of Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Aksaray University, Aksaray, 68100, Turkey

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  • Corresponding author: E-mail address: liwenyao314@gmail.com (Wenyao Li); E-mail address: d.brett@ucl.ac.uk (Dan J.L. Brett); E-mail address: g.he@ucl.ac.uk (Guanjie He)
  • Received date 22 June 2020, Accepted date 13 July 2020, RevRecd date 12 July 2020, Available online 16 July 2020, Publish date 31 October 2020,
    Abstract
  • Hydrogen is one of the most attractive renewables for future energy application, therefore it is vital to develop cost-effective and highly-efficient electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) to promote the generation of hydrogen from mild methods. In this work, Co–Mo phosphide nanosheets with the adjustable ratio of Co and Mo were fabricated on carbon cloth by a facile hydrothermal-annealing method. Owing to the unique nanostructures, abundant active surfaces and small resistance were achieved. Excellent electrocatalytic performances are obtained, such as the small overpotential of ∼67.3 mV to realize a current density of 10 mA cm−2 and a Tafel slope of 69.9 mV dec−1. Rapid recovery of the current response under multistep chronoamperometry is realized and excellent stability retained after the CV test for 2000 cycles. The change of electronic states of different elements was carefully studied which suggested the optimal electrochemical performance can be realized by tuning phosphorous and metal interactions.

     

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