Issue 58, 2015
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Chemical Communications

High catalytic activity for water oxidation based on nanostructured nickel phosphide precursors†

Ali Han,a   Huanlin Chen,a   Zijun Sun,a   Jun Xua  and  Pingwu Du*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui Province, P. R. China
E-mail: dupingwu@ustc.edu.cn
Fax: +86-551-63606207

Abstract

For the first time, noble-metal-free nickel phosphide (Ni2P) was used as an excellent catalyst precursor for water oxidation catalysis. The lowest onset potential was observed at ∼1.54 V (vs. RHE) and a Tafel slope of 60 mV dec−1 was obtained in alkaline solution (pH = 13.6).

Graphical abstract: High catalytic activity for water oxidation based on nanostructured nickel phosphide precursors

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC02626A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 Mar 2015
Accepted
09 Jun 2015
First published
09 Jun 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 11626-11629

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High catalytic activity for water oxidation based on nanostructured nickel phosphide precursors

A. Han, H. Chen, Z. Sun, J. Xu and P. Du, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 11626 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC02626A

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