An efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for water splitting based on cobalt phosphide.

Nanotechnology

Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, People's Republic of China. College of Chemistry and Analytical & Testing Center Sichuan University Chengdu 610064, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.

Published: June 2016

The development of highly efficient electrocatalysts for water splitting is critical for various renewable-energy technologies. In this letter, we demonstrate a cobalt phosphide nanowire array grown on a Ti mesh (CoP/TM) behaving as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for water splitting. The CoP/TM electrode delivers 10 mA cm(-2) at an overpotential of 72 mV for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and 310 mV for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in 1.0 M KOH. Furthermore, its corresponding two-electrode alkaline electrolyzer displays 10 mA cm(-2) at 1.64 V.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/27/23/23LT01DOI Listing

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