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Linjie Zhang1, Yanmei Yang1, Muhammad Asad Ziaee1
1State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Fuzhou , Fujian 350002 , PR China.
Abstract:
The exploration of highly efficient non-noble metal electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) under alkaline conditions is highly imperative but still remains a great challenge. In this work, the nanohybrid of carbon quantum dots and molybdenum phosphide nanoparticle (CQDs/MoP) has been firstly demonstrated as an efficient alkaline HER electrocatalyst. The CQDs/MoP nanohybrid is readily prepared through a charge-directed self-assembly of CQDs with phosphomolybdic acid (H3PMo12O40) at the molecular level, followed by facile phosphatizing at 700 °C. The introduction of CQDs greatly helps to alleviate the agglomeration and surface oxidation of MoP nanoparticles and ensures each MoP nanoparticle to be electronically addressed, thus significantly enhancing the intrinsic catalytic activity of MoP. The optimized CQDs/MoP exhibits high-efficiency synergistic catalysis toward HER in 1 M KOH electrolyte with a low onset potential of -0.08 V and a small Tafel slope of 56 mV dec-1 as well as high durability with negligible current loss for at least 24 h.
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