Nitrogen treatment generates tunable nanohybridization of Ni5P4 nanosheets with nickel hydr(oxy)oxides for efficient hydrogen production in alkaline, seawater and acidic media

A Simple and Scalable Approach To Remarkably Boost the Overall Water Splitting Activity of Stainless Steel Electrocatalysts

“…Highly efficient electrolytic processes such as hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions are in high demand for the production of clean energy such as hydrogen fuel. 1−7 Compared to the mature hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in the acidic medium, 8−10 oxygen evolution reactions (OER) have intrinsic advantages in alkaline media (4OH – → 2H 2 O + O 2 + 4e – ) in terms of easy production of oxygen molecules evolving from the electrocatalysts 11−14 and straightforward assembly of the overall alkaline electrolytic device. 15,16 However, the sluggishness in the reaction kinetics 17,18 usually leads to the unsatisfactory catalytic activity of the electrocatalysts during the overall water splitting process.…”

Electronic Structure Tuning of 2D Metal (Hydr)oxides Nanosheets for Electrocatalysis

“…Amorphization has been demonstrated to be an effective alternative to optimize electrocatalysts. [153][154][155][156] For 2D metal (hydr)oxides electrocatalysts, extensive efforts have been dedicated to create amorphous structure. For instance, Tang et al have developed partially amorphous NiFe LDH nanosheets for robust OER electrocatalysis (233 mV@30 mA cm −2 ) and urea oxidation electrocatalysis (1.362 V@30 mA cm −2 ).…”

Molybdenum Sulfide Nanosheets Coupled with Ni2P Hollow Microspheres as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Generation over a Wide pH Range Mediated by a 3D/2D Interface

“…So, MoS 2 is usually combined with another component to stabilize the structure and optimize its catalytic activity. Transition metal phosphides also have been reported good performance for HER . Among them, Ni 2 P has received widespread attention due to the excellent electrical conductivity ability and electron‐regulating ability which facilitate the electron transfer and hydrogen reduction .…”

“…Transition metal phosphides also have been reported good performance for HER. [27,28] Among them, Ni 2 P has received widespread attention due to the excellent electrical conductivity ability and electron-regulating ability which facilitate the electron transfer and hydrogen reduction. [29] In order to further improve the HER performance of Ni 2 P, a series of studies on Ni 2 P nanostructures were expanded (e. g., nanoparticles [30] and nanowires [31] ).…”