Puzzle-inspired carbon dots coupled with cobalt phosphide for constructing a highly-effective overall water splitting interface

• Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 257 - 26
• Main Authors: Zhang, Long-Cheng, Chen, Hao, Hou, Guo-Rong, Zhang, Long-Zhen, Li, Qiu-Lin, Wu, Yuan-Ke, Xu, Maowen, Bao, Shu-Juan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 19.12.2019
• Subjects: Bamboo; Bombyx mori; Carbon dots; carbon quantum dots; catalytic activity; chemical reactions; cobalt; electrochemistry; free radicals; Phosphides; Silk; Thin walls; Water splitting

Inspired by the structure of puzzles, bombyx mori silk-derived carbon dots (CDs) with abundant negative groups, as jigsaw pieces, were combined with nano-CoP to create a highly effective electrocatalytic interface. The hollow cavity and thin wall of the bamboo-like CDs/CoP nanoarray is beneficial to...