Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5145893 | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2017 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Ionic liquid/carbon nanotubes (IL/CNTs) composite was applied as the precursor to prepare CNTs-supported cobalt phosphide via low-temperature phosphidation. CoP(MBMG)/CNTs, generated from N,N-bis(4-(methoxycarbonyl)benzyl)-N-methyl-d-glucaminium dibromodichlorocobaltate(II) (MBMG)2-CoCl2Br2), exhibits the best catalytic activity toward hydrogen evolution reaction with an onset overpotential of 55Â mV, a Tafel slope of 58Â mVÂ decâ1, 95% Faradaic efficiency (FE), current densities of 10 and 20Â mAÂ cmâ2 at overpotentials of 135 and 160Â mV, and it can maintain the catalytic activity for at least 27Â h. FT-IR, Raman spectroscopy, XPS and XRD were utilized to investigate the phosphidation process. All experimental results confirmed that anion from (MBMG)2-CoCl2Br2 can form CoP and glucaminium-based cation can become amorphous carbon after phosphidation to obtain the high HER activity of CoP(MBMG)/CNTs.
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Authors
Tianhao Li, Daomei Tang, ChangMing Li,