Surface phosphorsulfurization of NiCo2O4 nanoneedles supported on carbon cloth with enhanced electrocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution
By Liu, Yanru; Du, Yunmei; Gao, Wen-Kun; Dong, Bin; Han, Yi; Wang, Lei
Published in Electrochimica Acta
2018
Abstract
The suitable hydrogen-binding free energy (?GH*) of active sites for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is the key for enhancing the electrocatalytic performances of transition metal based electrocatalysts. Usually metal/nonmetal elemental doping and unique nanostructure can be used to adjust the MH bonding energy for accelerating both generation and departure of H2. Herein, a simple in-situ phosphorsulfurization method has been used to synthesized nickel cobalt phosphosulphide (NiCoP|S/CC) nanoneedles grown on the surface of carbon cloth (CC) at low temperature as electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in both acid (0.5 M H2SO4) and alkaline (1.0 M KOH) electrolyte solution. Typically, NiCo2O4/CC with nanoneedles structure is used as precursor. And NaH2PO2 and H2S is used as phosphorus and sulfur source, respectively. Compared with single metal phosphophides, the enhanced electrocatalytic performance of NiCoP|S/CC for HER can be attributed to the formation of new specie phosphosulphide and synergistic effect between phosphosulphide and carbon support CC. This work provide a new method with adjusting ?GH* of active sites for preparing the excellent electrocatalysts for water splitting.
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