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Engineering active Ni-doped Co2P catalyst for efficient electrooxidation coupled with hydrogen evolution

Jiayi Li1,2,§, Xin Mao3,§, Wanbing Gong1( ), Xinyu Wang1, Yawen Jiang1, Ran Long1( ), Aijun Du3, Yujie Xiong1,2( )
National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei 230031, China
School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia

§ Jiayi Li and Xin Mao contributed equally to this work.

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An electro-deposition and subsequent phosphorization approach is developed to fabricate Ni-doped Co2P nanosheets catalyst for efficient electrocatalytic oxidation coupled with hydrogen evolution reaction at an ultralow voltage.

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The thermodynamically favorable electrocatalytic oxidation coupled with hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is considered as a sustainable and promising technique. Nonetheless, it remains a great challenge due to the lack of simple, cheap, and high-efficient electrocatalysts. Here, we successfully develop a simple and scalable electro-deposition and subsequent phosphorization route to fabricate Ni-doped Co2P (Ni-Co2P) nanosheets catalyst using the in-situ released Ni species from defective Ni foam as metal source. Impressively, the as-synthesized Ni-Co2P catalyst exhibits excellent electrochemical 5-hydroxymethylfurfural oxidation reaction (HOR) performance with > 99% 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid yield and > 97% Faradaic efficiency at an ultralow potential of 1.29 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE). Experimental characterization and theoretical calculation reveal that the atomically doped Ni species can enhance the adsorption of reactant and thus lower the reaction energy barriers. By coupling the electrocatalytic HOR with HER, the employed two-electrode system using Ni-Co2P and commercial Ni foam as anode and cathode, respectively, exhibits a low cell voltage of 1.53 V to drive a current density of 10 mA·cm−2, which is 90 mV lower than that of pure water splitting. This work provides a facile and efficient approach for the preparation of high-performance earth-abundant electrocatalysts toward the concurrent production of H2 and value-added chemicals.

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heteroatomic dopingphosphide electrodeselectrocatalytic oxidationhydrogen evolution reactionbiomass conversion

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 5,
May 2023
Pages 6728-6735
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-5329-8
Cite this article:
Li J, Mao X, Gong W, et al. Engineering active Ni-doped Co2P catalyst for efficient electrooxidation coupled with hydrogen evolution. Nano Research, 2023, 16(5): 6728-6735. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-5329-8
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Received: 04 October 2022
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Published: 21 December 2022
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