Abstract
Transition metal phosphides have been explored as promising active materials for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) applications owing to their unique physical and chemical characteristics. However, they suffer from the drawbacks such as severe agglomeration, and sluggish reaction kinetics. Herein, bimetallic phosphides (Ni2P/ZnP4) embedded in P-doped carbon hierarchical microspheres are demonstrated with robust structural integrity, fast charge transfer, and abundant active sites. As expected, the optimally structured Ni2P/ZnP4 composite exhibits good electrochemical performance as an anode material in SIBs, including high specific capacity, good cycling stability and rate capability. Meanwhile, the Ni2P/ZnP4 composite also exhibits excellent electrocatalytic performance for HER with a small overpotential of 62 mV, a Tafel slope of 53 mV dec−1, as well as excellent stability.
摘要
过渡金属磷化物由于其独特的物理化学特性, 在钠离子电池和电催化析氢反应领域被广泛研究. 然而, 过渡金属磷化物存在严重团聚和动力学迟缓等问题. 本研究将双金属磷化物(Ni2P/ZnP4)嵌入到P掺杂的碳微球中, 得到的纳米材料具有结构稳定、电荷转移快和活性位点丰富等优势. 结果表明, 结构优化的Ni2P/ZnP4复合材料作为钠离子电池负极材料具有良好的电化学性能, 包括高比容量、循环稳定和倍率性能佳等. 同时, Ni2P/ZnP4复合材料也表现出良好的电催化析氢性能, 其过电势为62 mV, Tafel斜率为53 mV dec−1, 且稳定性良好.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51872334, 51874362 and 51572299), the Innovation-Driven Project of Central South University (2017CX001 and 2018CX004), and the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China (2018JJ1036).
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Author contributions Huang L and Cao X contributed equally to this work. Cao X and Huang L performed the experiments and wrote the article; Yang Y participated in the experiments; Chen J and Kong X performed the data analysis; Cao X, Pan A, Liang S, and Cao G proposed the experimental design. All authors contributed to the general discussion.
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Linjun Huang received his BSc degree from the Central South University in 2016. He is currently a postgraduate student at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University. His current research focuses on MOF-based materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion applications.
Xinxin Cao received his BSc degree in materials science and engineering from the Central South University in 2014 and PhD degree in materials physics and chemistry from the Central South University supervised by Prof. Shuquan Liang in 2019. His research focuses on the synthesis and application of nanomaterials and composites for clean energy storage, such as high-power/high-energy lithium ion batteries, and sodium ion batteries.
Anqiang Pan is currently a full professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Central South University. He worked as visiting student at the University of Washington and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Then he worked at Nanyang Technological University as a Research Fellow in 2011. He has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals. His current interest is rechargeable batteries, supercapacitors and catalysts.
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Huang, L., Cao, X., Pan, A. et al. Bimetallic phosphides embedded in hierarchical P-doped carbon for sodium ion battery and hydrogen evolution reaction applications. Sci. China Mater. 62, 1857–1867 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-019-9474-0
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