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Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Synthesis of FeP2/C nanohybrids and their performance for hydrogen evolution reaction†

Jun Jiang,abcd   Chunde Wang,abcd   Jiajia Zhang,ade   Wenliang Wang,abcd   Xiaoli Zhou,abcd   Bicai Pan,ae   Kaibin Tang,ab   Jian Zuoa  and  Qing Yang*abcd  

* Corresponding authors

a Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei 230026, Anhui, P. R. China
E-mail: qyoung@ustc.edu.cn
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b Department of Chemistry, USTC, Hefei 230026, Anhui, P. R. China

c Laboratory of Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion, USTC, Hefei 230026, Anhui, P. R. China

d Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, USTC, Hefei 230026, Anhui, P. R. China

e Department of Physics, USTC, Hefei 230026, Anhui, P. R. China

Abstract

Phosphorous-rich FeP2/C nanohybrids are synthesized via the pyrolysis of ferrocene (Fe(C5H5)2) and red phosphorus in an evacuated and sealed quartz tube at 500 °C. The nanohybrids contain orthorhombic FeP2 with conical carbon tubes. Based on the calculated electroactive surface area, the performance of the FeP2/C nanohybrids as a novel non-noble metal electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in 0.50 M H2SO4 is investigated. These nanohybrids show good catalytic activity and stability in the acidic medium and might serve as a promising new class of non-noble metal catalysts for practical HER.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TA04758C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Sep 2014
Accepted
10 Nov 2014
First published
10 Nov 2014

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015,3, 499-503

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Synthesis of FeP2/C nanohybrids and their performance for hydrogen evolution reaction

J. Jiang, C. Wang, J. Zhang, W. Wang, X. Zhou, B. Pan, K. Tang, J. Zuo and Q. Yang, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 499 DOI: 10.1039/C4TA04758C

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