Abstract
Exploring low-cost,high-performance,and stable electrocatalysts toward the oxygen evolution reaction(OER)is highly desired but remains challenging.Transition metal hydroxide has been wildly utilized as a promising candidate,but practical implementation is impeded by insufficient catalytic activity,easy agglomeration,and poor conductivity.Here,we report that both phosphorization and combination with MXnene can improve the catalysts'intrinsic activity and conductivity.Besides,MXene also prevents the agglomeration of the nanoparticles,resulting in the enhanced exposure of active sites.Experimental char-acterizing and density functional theory simulations revealed that P species can attract electrons to pro-mote the formation of high-valence states of adjacent metal atoms,and coupling MXene support can effectively modulate the electronic structure and optimize the d-band center,which boosts the OER per-formance.Consequently,the optimized NiFeCoP/Mxene catalyst exhibits a low overpotential of 240 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2,a small Tafel slope of 55 mV dec-1,and superior long-term stability of 40 h in 1 M KOH electrolyte,which is superior to other counterparts.
基金项目
National Natural Science Foun-dation of China(NSFC51771132)
NETL
NSTL
维普
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