Transition metal phosphides (TMPs) have exhibited decent performance in an oxygen evolution reaction (OER), which is a kinetic bottleneck in many energy storages and conversion systems. Most reported catalysts are composed of three or fewer metallic components. The inherent complexity of multicomponent TMPs with more than four metallic components hinders their investigation in rationally designing the structure and, more importantly, comprehending the component-activity correlation. Through hydrothermal growth and subsequent phosphor-ization, we reported a facile strategy for combining TMPs with tunable elemental compositions (Ni, Fe, Mn, Co, Cu) on a two-dimensional ti-tanium carbide (MXene) flake. The obtained TMPs/MXene hybrid nanostructures demonstrate homogeneously distributed elements. They ex-hibit high electrical conductivity and strong interfacial interaction, resulting in an accelerated reaction kinetics and long-term stability. The res-ults of different component catalysts' OER performance show that NiFeMnCoP/MXene is the most active catalyst, with a low overpotential of 240 mV at 10 mA·cm?2, a small Tafel slope of 41.43 mV·dec?1, and a robust long-term electrochemical stability. According to the electrocata-lytic mechanism investigation, the enhanced NiFeMnCoP/MXene OER performance is due to the strong synergistic effect of the multi-ele-mental composition. Our work, therefore, provides a scalable synthesis route for multi-elemental TMPs and a valuable guideline for efficient MXene-supported catalysts design.

Lihua Liu;Ning Li;Jingrui Han;Kaili Yao;Hongyan Liang

College of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Shanghai Jianqiao University, Shanghai 201306, China;School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China;Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Qinghai Minzu University, Qinghai 810007, China;Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Low and Medium Grade Energy, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China

矿物冶金与材料学报

[1]Lihua Liu;Ning Li;Jingrui Han;Kaili Yao;Hongyan Liang-.Multicomponent transition metal phosphide for oxygen evolution)[J].矿物冶金与材料学报,2022(03):503-512

NiFeMnCoP

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