JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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2021
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Zhuoran Hou,Di Yang,Yuntao Xin,Haoyu Huang,Xin Hu,Yuyang Guo,Siduo Wu,Liwen Hu
In order to solve the crisis of energy depletion and protect the beautiful natural environment, the development of efficient, cost-effective and stable hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalyst has attracted great attention, but it is still an urgent challenge to fabricate an abundant and low cost electrocatalyst. In this article, a novel HER catalyst with heterogeneous structure interfaces was in situ synthesized by multi-step electrodeposition method, and the mechanism of the enhancement of its electrocatalytic activity was elucidated by the combination of density functional theory (DFT) calculation and multi-characterizations. The initial overpotential is only 83 mV and the Tafel slope is only 58.5 mV/dec, which is better than most of other reported CoP-based electrocatalyst. At the meantime, DFT calculations show that the incorporation of MoO 3 and rGO leads to electron redistribution among different components, which ensures efficient adsorption and activation of H 2 O molecules and hydrogen atoms. Therefore, this work will contribute to the understanding of the mechanisms associated with heterojunctions and provide guidance for the rational design of a hybrid catalyst.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2021
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IF 8.128
Yingying Jiao,Yike Li,Jianshe Wang,Zhanhang He,Zhongjun Li
Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) is a promising photocatalyst for water hydrogen evolution. Nonetheless, fast recombination of photogenerated electron-hole pairs and the slow kinetics of hydrogen production result in the unsatisfactory efficiency of solar hydrogen production. we address this issue by anchoring the cobalt phosphide (CoP) cocatalyst onto the one-dimensional boron doped g-C 3 N 4 nanotube (B-CNNT) to construct B- N -Co surface bonding states in the B-CNNT/CoP photocatalyst. Spectroscopic measurement and density functional theory (DFT) calculations demonstrated that the B- N -Co bonds optimize the local electronic distribution of bonded Co and adjacent P atoms, strengthen the electrons’ delocalization capacity of Co atoms for high electrical conductivity and accelerate the photogenerated carrier transfer between B-CNNT and CoP, which lead to the enhanced photocatalytic activity of the B-CNNT/CoP photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution. B-CNNT/CoP-2.45% achieved a remarkable photocatalytic hydrogen production rate of 784 μmol g -1 h −1 with an apparent quantum efficiency of 5.32% at 420 nm, which is significantly higher than demonstrated by CNNT/CoP-2.45% (153 μmol g -1 h −1 ). Our findings provide insights into as well as establish theoretical and practical grounds for the development of low-cost, high-performance photocatalytic materials for hydrogen evolution.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2019
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IF 4.084
Shuai Liu,Anning Jiang,Zegao Wang,Mengxia Lin,Dan Xia,Qiang Li,Mingdong Dong
Exploiting high-efficient and stable non-precious metal-based electrocatalysts toward hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is of enormous significance to address the shortage of global power source, but there remain major challenges. Here we present a facile and controllable strategy to synthesize a strongly coupled ultrasmall-cobalt phosphide/nitrogen-doped graphitic carbon (u-CoP@NC) hybrid structure via phosphorization from a porous coordination polymer (PCP) precursor. The PCP-derived u-CoP@NC exhibits remarkable activity and stability for HER, achieving a current density of 10 mA cm −2 with a low overpotential of 131 mV in acidic media and 111 mV in basic media. The corresponding Tafel slopes present in acidic and basic media are 62.7 and 70.3 mV dec −1 , respectively. Results reveal that the enhanced electrocatalytic performance of u-CoP@NC originates from the strongly coupled u-CoP nanoparticles and graphitic carbon layer, and the perfect dispersity of the active sites. This research opens up new avenues for designing earth-abundant metal-based electrocatalysts with high capability for water splitting applications.
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Carbon Letters
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2022
·Vol. 33
·期 1
·203-213
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Wang Qinghua,Wang Wei,Huang Junlin,Yin Hong,Zhu Yucan,Wang Haitao,Zhou Minjie,He Binhong,Hou Zhaohui,Xu Wenyuan
Transition-metal phosphides (TMPs), a promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), are limited in application because of its serious volume effect in the cycle. In this work, a simple electrospinning strategy was proposed to restrict the grain size of CoP nanocrystals by nano-confined effect of carbon nanofibers with ligands. The addition of ligands not only could realize the uniform dispersion of CoP nanocrystals, but also strengthen the bond between the metals and carbon nanofibers. As a result, the CoP/CNF composite exhibits excellent lithium storage performance, and its reversible specific capacity could reach 1016.4 mAh g −1 after 200 cycles at a current density of 200 mA g −1 . The research is anticipated to provide a new idea for the preparation of anode materials for lithium ion batteries.
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ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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2023
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Zhenpu Shi,Juhong Xu,Yujiao Wang,Yudong Pang,Wanli Zhao,Hongyun Yue,Zongxian Yang,Shu-Ting Yang,Yanhong Yin
Lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) shuttling effect is the main problem to be solved for cathode materials of lithium–sulfur batteries. The adsorption and catalytic conversion of LiPSs by host materials have become the main focus of cathode materials. In this work, transition metal phosphides are combined with three-dimensional carbon nanosheets to form an efficient and stable sulfur host material. The designed composite material is effective in solving the problems of slow reaction kinetics of Li–S batteries and LiPSs shuttling. Here, through the supramolecular self-assembly process of melamine and phytic acid, combined with soluble salt template technology, N- and P-codoped three-dimensional hierarchical porous carbon materials with uniformly dispersed CoP nanoparticles were efficiently synthesized. The catalytic effect of CoP nanoparticles improves the reaction kinetics effectively of LiPS conversion. The strong polarity of CoP nanoparticles is beneficial to the adsorption of polysulfide ions. Moreover, the high specific area provides more LiPS adsorption sites, and the doping of N and P heteroatoms further increases the active sites of the composites. The experimental results and theoretical calculations show that the introduction of CoP promotes the conversion of LiPSs and accelerates the nucleation rate of Li2S, thereby improving the electrochemical performance of the composite as a sulfur host for lithium–sulfur batteries.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2023
·Vol. 11
·期 43
·23270-23277
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IF 11.9
Xiaoyun Zhang,Shifan Zhu,Yixue Xu,Yuqiao Wang
The tip effect of the high curvature tip top can cause electromagnetic effects to improve the catalytic performance. Doping of transition metals (Cr, Fe and Mo) into CoP array nanocones alters the tip curvature of CoP to strengthen the tip effect with increasing curvature. The stronger tip effect of Fe-CoP improves OH− concentration, accelerates surface charge transfer and enhances the electric field for a higher catalytic efficiency. Fast charge transfer and high electronic conductivity are attributed to transition metal doping, which can be confirmed by theoretical simulations and experiments. The optimized d-band centre of Fe-CoP adjusts the appropriate adsorption strength of the reaction intermediates. Fe doping endows CoP with a higher curvature cone structure and optimizes electronic structure for high catalytic activity and reaction kinetics. Tip cone as special sites tuned by transition metal doping provides a strategy for efficient non-noble metal catalysis.
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JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2023
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Jihan Li,Jihui Zhang,Weiliang Liu,Mei Li,Jinshui Yao,Yuanhao Wang,Manman Ren
Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) have attracted wide attention in the field of rechargeable batteries due to their high theoretical energy density. However, the severe “shuttle effect” of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) and the slow conversion kinetics are key factors restricting the commercial application of LSBs. To address these issues, we designed and prepared a coral-like composite of CoP-modified polyaniline-derived carbon chain skeleton (CoP/C) as the sulfur host for LSBs. The carbon chains can provide multidirectional channels for the transport of Li + and electron; and the uniformly scattered CoP can adsorb the LiPSs through chemical adsorption and simultaneously promote their conversion, thus the “shuttle effect” can be effectively alleviated. Meanwhile, the effect of the amount of aniline monomer on the electrochemical performance of sulfur cathode were studied. After sulfur loading, the CoP/C-300/S (with aniline monomer addition of 300 μL) exhibits the best electrochemical performance. At 1 C, after 500 cycles, it still maintains a reversible specific capacity of 478 mA h g −1 , with a decay rate of 0.074% per cycle, indicating its excellent cycling stability. This work provides a new approach for the application of CoP material in advanced LSBs.
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2023
·Vol. 47
·期 20
·9887-9893
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IF 3.3
Yao Tang,Zijun Zou,Xingen Wu,Pengfei Zuo,Lei Wang,Guiwen Huang,Jia Zhu,Shengliang Zhong
Designing highly efficient non-precious metal electrocatalysts to facilitate overall water decomposition is critical and highly desirable, but still challenging. In this study, we synthesized ZIF-67@POM nanomaterials by doping H3PMo12O40 in ZIF-67. The molybdenum-doped carbon matrix can effectively reduce CoP agglomeration, which is conducive to improving the specific surface area and active sites of the catalyst. The doping of Mo also optimizes the electronic structure of Mo-CoP-100 and improves its electrocatalytic activity. Compared with CoP derived from pristine ZIF-67, the optimal Mo-CoP-100 exhibits significantly enhanced oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalytic activity with an almost constant overpotential of 290 mV to maintain a stable current density of 10 mA cm−2 in alkaline media for at least 100 h. Furthermore, compared with traditional precious metal-free OER electrocatalysts, the Mo-CoP catalysts prepared in this work have high specific surface area, rich surface-active sites, good cycling stability and high diffusion efficiency.
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Materials Horizons
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2023
·Vol. 10
·期 9
·3761-3772
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Yuanyuan Chen,Tingting Sui,Chaojie Lyu,Kaili Wu,Jiwen Wu,Meifang Huang,Ju Hao,Woon-Ming Lau,Chubin Wan,Dawei Pang,Jinlong Zheng
Interface engineering is a method of enhancing catalytic activity while maintaining a material's surface properties. Thus, we explored the interface effect mechanism via a hierarchical structure of MoP/CoP/Cu3P/CF. Remarkably, the heterostructure MoP/CoP/Cu3P/CF demonstrates an outstanding overpotential of 64.6 mV at 10 mA cm−2 with a Tafel slope of 68.2 mV dec−1 in 1 M KOH. DFT calculations indicate that the MoP/CoP interface in the catalyst exhibited the most favorable H* adsorption characteristics (−0.08 eV) compared to the pure phases of CoP (0.55 eV) and MoP (0.22 eV). This result can be attributed to the apparent modulation of electronic structures within the interface domains. Additionally, the CoCH/Cu(OH)2/CF‖MoP/CoP/Cu3P/CF electrolyzer demonstrates excellent overall water splitting performance, achieving 10 mA cm−2 in 1 M KOH solution with a modest voltage of only 1.53 V. This electronic structure adjustment via interface effects provides a new and efficient approach to prepare high-performance hydrogen production catalysts.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2023
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Xuxu Wang,Wenhui Qu,Ruxiu He,Junling Meng,Fen Yao,Ping Nie,Hairui Wang,Limin Chang,Limin Wang
Cobalt phosphide is a promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to a high theoretical capacity at low potentials when reaction with lithium. While, capacity-decay upon cycling and unsatisfied rate performance limited the practical application in LIBs. Herein, we report the design and synthesis of free-standing electrode composed of CoP/P-C nanofilm and lightweight carbon cloth (denoted as PCC@CoP/P-C) as an anode material for LIBs. The facile and in situ strategy for the synthesis of PCC@CoP/P-C involves phytic acid (PA) complexed with Co 2+ and subsequent annealing treatments. Owing to the unique structural merits of CoP/P-C nanofilm and the lightweight PCC , the PCC@CoP/P-C free-standing electrode exhibits an ultrahigh specific stability capacity and nice cycle stability when direct used as anode for LIBs. This work offers an easy and environment friendly method to boost lithium performance for transition metal phosphides anode materials.
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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
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2025
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Hao Yin,Bingxian Wu,Xueyang Leng,Hong Gao,Jing Yao
Electrolytic water-splitting has the advantages of high efficiency, environmental friendliness, and sustainability. It is becoming a leading approach for producing hydrogen. In order to improve the efficiency of water-splitting, a bifunctional electrocatalyst with high performance is needed. Herein, we present a novel approach to construct a bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water-splitting by compounding Ni(OH)2 and CoP. This combination induced charge optimization, thereby leading to surface reconstruction. The nanocomposite displayed outstanding catalytic performance, benefiting from its more reactive surface area, improved conductivity and enhanced electrocatalytic activity. The resulting Ni(OH)2/CoP electrocatalyst exhibited excellent catalytic performance, with low overpotentials of 266 mV at 50 mA cm−2 for the OER and 71 mV at −10 mA cm−2 for the HER, and required only 1.54 V to reach 10 mA cm−2 in an overall water-splitting device, overtaking most of the recently reported Co- and Ni-based catalysts. This innovative strategy offers new directions for the design of efficient electrocatalysts.
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Nano Research
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2016
·Vol. 10
·期 2
·595-604
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IF 8.893
Cui Liang,Xu Yuanhong,Niu Li,Yang Wenrong,Liu Jingquan
The issues of hydrogen generation and storage have hindered the widespread use and commercialization of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. It is thus highly attractive, but the design and development of highly active non-noble-metal catalysts for on-demand hydrogen release from alkaline NaBH 4 solution under mild conditions remains a key challenge. Herein, we describe the use of CoP nanowire array integrated on a Ti mesh (CoP NA/Ti) as a three-dimensional (3D) monolithic catalyst for efficient hydrolytic dehydrogenation of NaBH 4 in basic solutions. The CoP NA/Ti works as an on/off switch for on-demand hydrogen generation at a rate of 6,500 mL/(min·g) and a low activation energy of 41 kJ/mol. It is highly robust for repeated usage after recycling, without sacrificing catalytic performance. Remarkably, this catalyst also performs efficiently for the hydrolysis of NH 3 BH 3 .
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