Exploring the efficient bifunctional catalysts and binder-free electrode materials for both oxygen evolution reaction(OER)and hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)is receiving continuous interest.Herein,we report the fabri...Exploring the efficient bifunctional catalysts and binder-free electrode materials for both oxygen evolution reaction(OER)and hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)is receiving continuous interest.Herein,we report the fabrication of hierarchical copper phosphide nanoarrays(Cu_(3)P)on three-dimensional(3D)nickel foam(NF)through a template-directed synthetic strategy as electrocatalysts for overall water splitting.Specifically,the Cu_(3)P/NF electrode demonstrates a remarkably low overpotential of~331 m V to approach the current density of 50 m A cm^(-2)in the OER,and an overpotential of~115 m V to achieve-10 m A cm^(-2)current density in the HER.Meanwhile the Cu_(3)P/NF catalyst could hold a great stability for both reactions in alkaline condition,reflected in 37 h for OER and 24 h for HER of consistent galvanostatic electrolysis.As revealed by TEM,STEM and XPS characterizations,the high catalytic OER activity can be ascribed to the 3D open structure of Cu_(3)P/NF and the abundant Cu O active sites in hierarchical Cu O/Cu_(3)P/NF structure after in-situ activation.Furthermore,the overall water splitting is conducted in a two-electrode cell,which requires only a cell voltage of 1.63 V to approach 10 m A cm^(-2)with a good stability of 20 h.This protocol of Cu_(3)P/NF electrode affords a general strategy to construct hierarchically structured metal phosphides for clean energy-related application.展开更多
基金financially supported by the Taishan Scholar Project of Shandong Province and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.18CX06065A,No.20CX06022A)the Postdoctoral Research Program of Qingdao,China(No.ZX20190140)。
文摘Exploring the efficient bifunctional catalysts and binder-free electrode materials for both oxygen evolution reaction(OER)and hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)is receiving continuous interest.Herein,we report the fabrication of hierarchical copper phosphide nanoarrays(Cu_(3)P)on three-dimensional(3D)nickel foam(NF)through a template-directed synthetic strategy as electrocatalysts for overall water splitting.Specifically,the Cu_(3)P/NF electrode demonstrates a remarkably low overpotential of~331 m V to approach the current density of 50 m A cm^(-2)in the OER,and an overpotential of~115 m V to achieve-10 m A cm^(-2)current density in the HER.Meanwhile the Cu_(3)P/NF catalyst could hold a great stability for both reactions in alkaline condition,reflected in 37 h for OER and 24 h for HER of consistent galvanostatic electrolysis.As revealed by TEM,STEM and XPS characterizations,the high catalytic OER activity can be ascribed to the 3D open structure of Cu_(3)P/NF and the abundant Cu O active sites in hierarchical Cu O/Cu_(3)P/NF structure after in-situ activation.Furthermore,the overall water splitting is conducted in a two-electrode cell,which requires only a cell voltage of 1.63 V to approach 10 m A cm^(-2)with a good stability of 20 h.This protocol of Cu_(3)P/NF electrode affords a general strategy to construct hierarchically structured metal phosphides for clean energy-related application.
