CoP-anchored high N-doped carbon@graphene sheet as bifunctional electrocatalyst for efficient overall water splitting |
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Authors: | Guilin Li Lei Li Zhan Lin |
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Affiliation: | Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Clean Transportation Energy Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China |
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Abstract: | Electrocatalytic water splitting, as an ideal technology in renewable energy applications, suffers from high electrical energy consumption due to the slow kinetics of HER and OER reactions. Therefore, it is urgent to design efficient bifunctional catalysts to improve the reaction kinetics. Herein, a self-supported electrode, anchoring CoP nanoparticles on N-doped carbon/graphene (NC-G) and chemically growing on Ni foam as a whole electrode (denoted as NC-G-CoP/NF) displays promising electrocatalytic performance in 1.0 M KOH electrolyte, with a low overpotentials of 68 mV at 10 mA cm?2 for HER and 255 mV at 50 mA cm?2 for OER. This bifunctional electrocatalyst only needs 1.435 V to generate 10 mA cm?2 for overall water splitting. The outstanding electrocatalytic performance is ascribed to the following factors: i) inherent nature of transition metal phosphides, ii) abundant and high dispersion N active sites in NC-G, iii) strong interaction between the NC-G and CoP nanoparticles, and iv) rapid electron transfer between the catalytic centers and Nickle foam. This provides a new perspective to design efficient electrocatalysts for electrocatalytic water splitting. |
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Keywords: | N-doped carbon Cobalt phosphide Electrocatalysis Water splitting Energy conversion |
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