With the imminent exhaustion of fossil fuels and increasing global energy demands, great effort has been made to design and develop functional materials for exploiting clean renewable energy sources and developing more efficient energy storage systems. Cobalt phosphide is a rapidly rising star on the horizon of highly efficient catalysts with numerous research activities worldwide. In this review, we summarize recent research progress made in cobalt phosphide-based materials as efficient catalysts for hydrogen production and fuel cells, and as electrode materials for batteries. The impacts of phosphorus content on the electrocatalytic activity and other significant structural designs of cobalt phosphides for improving the performance are discussed. Finally, current challenges and future directions for cobalt phosphide-based materials are discussed.

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用于能源相关应用的磷化钴基材料的最新进展

随着化石燃料的日益枯竭和全球能源需求的增加，人们已经在设计和开发功能性材料上进行了巨大的努力，这些材料用于开发清洁的可再生能源并开发更有效的能量存储系统。磷化钴是在全球范围内开展大量研究活动的高效催化剂领域中迅速崛起的新星。在这篇综述中，我们总结了基于磷化钴的材料作为制氢和燃料电池的有效催化剂以及作为电池的电极材料的最新研究进展。讨论了磷含量对电催化活性的影响以及磷化钴用于改善性能的其他重要结构设计。最后，讨论了磷化钴基材料的当前挑战和未来方向。