Journal article
Constructing Atomic Heterometallic Sites in Ultrathin Nickel-Incorporated Cobalt Phosphide Nanosheets via a Boron-Assisted Strategy for Highly Efficient Water Splitting
Yufei Zhao, Jinqiang Zhang, Yuhan Xie, Bing Sun, Junjie Jiang, Wen-Jie Jiang, Shibo Xi, Hui Ying Yang, Kang Yan, Shijian Wang, Xin Guo, Peng Li, Zhaojun Han, Xunyu Lu, Hao Liu, Guoxiu Wang
NANO LETTERS | AMER CHEMICAL SOC | Published : 2021
Abstract
Identification of active sites for highly efficient catalysts at the atomic scale for water splitting is still a great challenge. Herein, we fabricate ultrathin nickel-incorporated cobalt phosphide porous nanosheets (Ni-CoP) featuring an atomic heterometallic site (NiCo16-xP6) via a boron-assisted method. The presence of boron induces a release-and-oxidation mechanism, resulting in the gradual exfoliation of hydroxide nanosheets. After a subsequent phosphorization process, the resultant Ni-CoP nanosheets are implanted with unsaturated atomic heterometallic NiCo16-xP6 sites (with Co vacancies) for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The optimized Ni..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council (ARC) through the ARC Discovery Project
Funding Acknowledgements
This project is financially supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC) through the ARC Discovery Project (DP170100436, DP180102297, and DP200101249).