The Birth of Nickel Phosphide Catalysts: Monitoring Phosphorus Insertion into Nickel

Carenco, Sophie; Liu, Zhi; Salmeron, Miquel

doi:10.1002/cctc.201601526

The Birth of Nickel Phosphide Catalysts: Monitoring Phosphorus Insertion into Nickel

Journal Article · Wed Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · ChemCatChem

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201601526· OSTI ID:1401754

^[1]; Liu, Zhi ^[2]; Salmeron, Miquel ^[3]

Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, Collège de France Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris 4 Place Jussieu 75005 Paris France
Division of Condensed Matter Physics and Photon Science, School of Physical Science and Technology ShanghaiTech University Shanghai 200031 China, State key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 China
Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Berkeley California USA, Material Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Berkeley California USA

Abstract

Tri‐ n ‐octylphosphine (TOP) is used widely as a phosphorating agent to yield metal phosphide nanocatalysts, which are receiving intense attention because of their high performance in both electrochemical and hydrotreatment catalytic processes, such as the hydrogen evolution reaction and the hydrodesulfurization reaction. We used in situ ambient‐pressure X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy to investigate the formation of nickel phosphide on the surface of a nickel foil at temperatures close to those employed to form nickel phosphide nanoparticles in the colloidal route. We showed that the onset of phosphorus insertion into nickel occurs at as low as 150 °C, which is much lower than that reported previously (>210 °C). Moreover, the formation of sp ² carbon was observed on the surface as the consequence of TOP alkyl chain decomposition. These findings provide new insights into the surface chemistry of metal phosphide nanoparticles, which are increasingly employed in several fields of catalysis. Our results demonstrate that even below 150 °C, significant phosphorus and carbon incorporation can occur during metal nanoparticle syntheses if TOP is employed as the stabilizing agent.

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OSTI ID:: 1401754

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