Preparation of N-doped MoP-based core-shell nanorods and their electrocatalytic performance in hydrogen evolution

SUN Quan-feng; HAN Qiao; YANG Zhan-xu

doi:10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60026-4

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SUN Quan-feng, HAN Qiao, YANG Zhan-xu. Preparation of N-doped MoP-based core-shell nanorods and their electrocatalytic performance in hydrogen evolution[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2022, 50(11): 1437-1448. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60026-4

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SUN Quan-feng, HAN Qiao, YANG Zhan-xu. Preparation of N-doped MoP-based core-shell nanorods and their electrocatalytic performance in hydrogen evolution[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2022, 50(11): 1437-1448. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60026-4

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Preparation of N-doped MoP-based core-shell nanorods and their electrocatalytic performance in hydrogen evolution

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60026-4

School of Petrochemical Engineering, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, China

Funds: The project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21671092), Liaoning Province "Xing Liao Talents" Innovation Leading Talent Project (XLYC1802057) and Liaoning Province-Shenyang National Research Center for Materials Science Joint R&D Fund Project (2019010280-JH3/301).

Received Date: 2022-03-25
Accepted Date: 2022-04-22
Rev Recd Date: 2022-04-20

Available Online: 2022-05-12

Publish Date: 2022-11-30

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Abstract

N-doped MoP-based core-shell nanorods (N-MoP/NC-8) were synthesized by in-situ phosphorization of molybdenum trioxide-ethylenediamine organic-inorganic hybrid material (MoO₃/EDA) via a gas-solid reaction; their electrocatalytic performance in hydrogen evolution was investigated. The results indicate that N-MoP/NC-8 is composed of N-doped molybdenum phosphide (MoP) coated by N-doped carbon layer. The introduced electronegative atom can regulate the electronic structure of the active phase, whilst the combination of carbon layer and MoP can inhibit the internal agglomeration of MoP, resulting in large pore volume and surface area. Owing to such a dual effect, the N-MoP/NC-8 catalyst shows excellent performance in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution and great charge transfer ability; the overpotential is 92 mV at 10 mA/cm² current density in 0.5 mol/L H₂SO₄ solution, with a Tafel slope of 68 mV/dec and a durability of above 20 h.
- confined space,
- doping,
- ethylenediamine,
- molybdenum phosphide,
- hydrogen evolution reaction

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