Abstract
A controllable vacuum-diffusion method for gradual phosphidation of carbon coated metallic Co nanoparticles into Co/CoP Janus nanoparticles is reported. Janus Co/CoP nanoparticles, as typical Mott–Schottky electrocatalysts, exhibit excellent hydrogen evolution reaction and oxygen evolution reaction performance in various electrolytes across wide pH range along with high durability. The Mott–Schottky Co/CoP catalyst can work as bifunctional electrode materials for overall water splitting in wide pH range and can achieve a current density of 10 mA cm−2 in neutral electrolyte at only 1.51 V.
Original language | English (US) |
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Journal | Advanced Energy Materials |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 21 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2013CB934102), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21331004, 21301116), the SJTU-UM joint grant, the Shanghai Eastern Scholar Program and the Shanghai Rising-Star Program (16QA1402100).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
Keywords
- heterogeneous catalysis
- Mott–Schottky electrocatalysts
- nanostructures
- phosphide
- water splitting
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- General Materials Science