Facile synthesis of Ni5P4 nanosheets/nanoparticles for highly active and durable hydrogen evolution |
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Authors: | Anyin Chen Liang Fu Wenjun Xiang Wei Wei Dan Liu Changlu Liu |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University of Arts and Science, Dazhou, 635000, Sichuan, PR China;2. Key Laboratory of Exploitation and Study of Distinctive Plants in Education Department of Sichuan Province, Sichuan University of Arts and Science, Dazhou, 635000, Sichuan, PR China;3. Institute of Chinese Medicinal Materials, Dazhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Dazhou, 635000, Sichuan, PR China |
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Abstract: | It is essential to search highly active, steady and cheap non-noble electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). At present, nickel phosphides are extensively used in electrochemical hydrogen evolution due to its excellent stability and activity. Hence, we report a facile, effective and feasible strategy to synthesis of Ni5P4 nanosheets/nanoparticles structure on carbon cloth, which was fabricated by electroless nickel plating on carbon cloth followed via straightforward thermal phosphidation treatment with NaH2PO2 as phosphorus source. The as-prepared CC@Ni–P electrocatalyst exhibits HER activity with low overpotentials (93 mV vs. RHE) to attain current density 10 mA/cm2 as well as small Tafel slope (58.2 mV/dec), which outperforms most nickel phosphides electrocatalysts. The excellent HER performance can be ascribed to the large electrochemically active surface area, and phosphorus-rich Ni5P4 phase can supply further bridges sites of Ni and P. Significantly, as-prepared CC@Ni–P catalyst electrode exhibits no apparent HER activity decay after continuous stability test. Beyond that, the approach can be readily used to fabricate large size (5 × 5 cm) nickel phosphide electrocatalyst with excellent HER performance, which may be conducive to the proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolyser applications in future. This work opens an effective way to construct excellent performance transition-metal phosphides for HER. |
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Keywords: | Electroless nickel plating Phosphidation treatment Nickel phosphide Nanosheets/nanoparticles structure Hydrogen evolution reaction |
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