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Synergism of electronic modulation and geometric architecture: bimetallic phosphide heterostructure on nickel foam for efficient water splitting

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In the field of efficient and clean energy, significant challenges remain in constructing highly active bifunctional electrodes for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Herein, two high-performance bifunctional electrodes with brush-like and wire-like cobalt/nickel phosphide heterostructure nanoarrays supported on nickel foam are constructed using a surface/interface reconstruction strategy, termed b-CoP/Ni2P/NF, and w-CoP/Ni2P/NF, respectively. The unique morphological configuration and rich heterostructure interface effectively accelerate the transformation of electrons and protons, exposing ultra-high active sites and carrier mobility. As a result, b-CoP/Ni2P/NF, with its stronger proton/electron removal/insertion ability and higher conductivity, demonstrates remarkable electrocatalytic activity and kinetics in OER/HER processes. Moreover, the density functional theory calculations reveal that designing the construction of high-index surface heterojunctions can significantly optimize hydrogen adsorption energy in HER and reduce the intermediate (O* → OOH*) conversion barrier in OER. In practical applications, the b-CoP/Ni2P/NF achieves a very low overpotential and excellent stability in alkaline double-electrode full-cell water-splitting systems.

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This research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIT) (RS-2023–00208574). The theoretical calculation of this work was performed partly at the High-Performance Computing Center at Henan Institute of Science and Technology.

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Chen, K., Cao, YH., Kim, GC. et al. Synergism of electronic modulation and geometric architecture: bimetallic phosphide heterostructure on nickel foam for efficient water splitting. Adv Compos Hybrid Mater 7, 71 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42114-024-00875-w

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