Abstract
The development of highly efficient non-precious-metal-based electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction is imperative for promoting the large-scale application of electrochemical water splitting. Herein, nitrogen/phosphorus co-doped carbon nanorods encapsulated Mo2C nanoparticles (Mo2C@PNC) have been prepared by pre-phosphating treatment in combination of the coordination with polydopamine and the subsequent pyrolysis. The phosphating temperature has a significant effect on the content of phosphorus within the resultant Mo2C@PNC, and the optimal catalyst delivers superior HER activity with the low overpotential of 104 mV at a current density of 10 mA·cm–2 and good stability for 8 h, which has been theoretically demonstrated to originate from the synergistic effect between P doping and Mo2C induced electron redistribution of nitrogen-doped carbon layer.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 55-60 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Chinese Journal of Chemistry |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2023 SIOC, CAS, Shanghai, & WILEY-VCH GmbH.
Funding
This work is financially supported by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 531118010232 and No. 202044011) and the Natural Science Foundation of Changsha (No. KQ2202146 and No. KQ2208259). Y. Su acknowledge the “Young Talent Support Plan” of Xi'an Jiaotong University. Supercomputing facilities were provided by Hefei Advanced Computing Center.
Funders | Funder number |
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National Natural Science Foundation of China | KQ2202146, KQ2208259 |
Xi’an Jiaotong University | |
Central South University | 531118010232, 202044011 |
Keywords
- Electron redistribution
- Hydrogen evolution
- Molybdenum carbide
- N/P co-doped carbon
- Synergistic effect