Efficient and Durable 3D Self‐Supported Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon‐Coupled Nickel/Cobalt Phosphide Electrodes: Stoichiometric Ratio Regulated Phase‐ and Morphology‐Dependent Overall Water Splitting Performance

• Published in: Advanced functional materials Vol. 29; no. 44
• Main Authors: Cao, Bo, Cheng, Yan, Hu, Minghao, Jing, Peng, Ma, Zhixue, Liu, Baocang, Gao, Rui, Zhang, Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2019
• Subjects: 3D self‐supported electrodes; Carbon; Current density; Durability; Electrodes; Electronic structure; Hydrogen evolution reactions; Materials science; Metal foams; Morphology; Nanoparticles; Nanorods; Nickel; nickel/cobalt phosphides; Nitrogen; nitrogen‐doped carbon; overall water splitting; Oxygen evolution reactions; Phosphides; Structural design; Water splitting

The construction of a novel 3D self‐supported integrated NixCo2−xP@NC (0 < x < 2) nanowall array (NA) on Ni foam (NF) electrode constituting highly dispersed NixCo2−xP nanoparticles, nanorods, nanocapsules, and nanodendrites embedded in N‐doped carbon (NC) NA grown on NF is reported. Benefitin...