N-doped reduced graphene oxide supported mixed Ni2PCoP realize efficient overall water electrolysis

Searching active and cost-effective bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting is a vital but challenging task towards clean and sustainable energy sources. Here, mixed metal phosphides of Ni 2 P CoP anchored on N-doped reduced graphene oxide (NiCoP/N-rGO) as efficient and earth-abundant electrocatalysts for water splitting are reported. The large active sites, synergism, and hybridization with N-doped rGO endow NiCoP/N-rGO electrocatalyst with outstanding oxygen evolution reaction activity that is better than benchmark RuO 2 in alkaline electrolyte , as well as active hydrogen evolution reaction in acidic, neutral, and alkaline solution. NiCoP/N-rGO has further been employed as both anode and cathode in a two-electrode alkaline water electrolyzer towards overall water splitting, exhibiting advanced electrochemical performances with a low cell voltage of 1.57 V at a current density of 20 mA cm −2 . Moreover, the overall water splitting in this two-electrode electrolyzer can be driven by a single-cell AA battery (nominal voltage of 1.5 V), making NiCoP/N-rGO as the promising efficient cost-effective catalysts for water electrolysis.