• 文献标题:   Synthesis of Cobalt Phosphide Nanoparticles Supported on Pristine Graphene by Dynamically Self-Assembled Graphene Quantum Dots for Hydrogen Evolution
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG XY, YUAN WY, YU YA, LI CM
  • 作者关键词:   cobalt phosphide, dynamic selfassembly, graphene quantum dot, hydrogen evolution, pristine graphene
  • 出版物名称:   CHEMSUSCHEM
  • ISSN:   1864-5631 EI 1864-564X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Southwest Univ
  • 被引频次:   19
  • DOI:   10.1002/cssc.201601761
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

A highly active, durable, and low-cost hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalyst is desirable for energy storage through water splitting but its fabrication presents great challenges. Herein, mediated by dynamically self-assembled graphene quantum dots (GQDs), small, uniform, high-density, and well-dispersed CoP nanoparticles were grown in situ on pristine graphene for the first time. This hybrid nanostructure was then employed as HER electrocatalyst, showing an onset potential of 7 mV, an overpotential of 91.3 mV to achieve 10 mAcm(-2), a Tafel slope of 42.6 mVdec(-1), and an exchange current density of 0.1225 mAcm(-2), all of which compare favorably to those of most reported non-noble-metal catalysts. The developed catalyst also exhibits excellent durability with negligible current loss after 2000 cyclic voltammetry cycles (+0.01 to -0.17 V vs. RHE) or 34h of chronoamperometric measurement at an overpotential of 91.3 mV. This work not only develops a new strategy for the fabrication of high- performance and inexpensive electrocatalysts for HER but also provides scientific insight into the mechanism of the dynamically self-assembled GQDsmediated synthesis process.