Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry ›› 2020, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (7): 733-745.DOI: 10.11944/j.issn.1000-0518.2020.07.200058

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Progress in Iron, Cobalt and Nickel-Based Metal Phosphide Nano-catalysts for Hydrogen Production under Alkaline Conditions

MENG Yang, YANG Chan, PENG Juan*   

  1. State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Coal Utilization and Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Ningxia University,Yinchuan 750021,China
  • Received:2020-03-03 Published:2020-07-01 Online:2020-07-07
  • Contact: PENG Juan, associate professor; Tel:0951-2062004; E-mail:pengjuan@nxu.edu.cn; Research interests:electrocatalysis
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21765016)

Abstract: Transition metal phosphides (TMPs) have been widely recognized as favorable electrocatalytic materials for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) due to their high conductivity and good stability. In this review, we highlight the progress on the synthesis and characterization of Ni, Co and Fe based phosphides nanomaterials, as well as the HER activities of TMPs in alkaline solutions. The TMPs show low overpotential at a specific current density and have good stability, indicating that more phosphorus-rich phases exhibit higher HER activities within certain limits, which provides a direction for our future research.

Key words: transition metal phosphides, hydrogen evolution reaction, electrocatalysis, nanomaterials, alkaline media