S-Doped MoP Nanoporous Layer Toward High-Efficiency Hydrogen Evolution in pH-Universal Electrolyte

Liang, Kun; Pakhira, Srimanta; Yang, Zhenzhong; Nijamudheen, A.; Ju, Licheng; Wang, Maoyu; Aguirre-Velez, Carlos I.; Sterbinsky, George E.; Du, Yingge; Feng, Zhenxing; Mendoza-Cortes, Jose L.; Yang, Yang

doi:10.1021/acscatal.8b04291

Title: S-Doped MoP Nanoporous Layer Toward High-Efficiency Hydrogen Evolution in pH-Universal Electrolyte

Journal Article · 17 December 2018 · ACS Catalysis

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b04291 · OSTI ID:1493917

Liang, Kun ^[1]; Pakhira, Srimanta ^[2]; Yang, Zhenzhong ^[3];

^[4]; Ju, Licheng ^[1]; Wang, Maoyu ^[5]; Aguirre-Velez, Carlos I. ^[4]; Sterbinsky, George E. ^[6];

^[3];

^[5]; Mendoza-Cortes, Jose L. ^[4];

^[1]

Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (United States)
Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Madhya Pradesh (India); Florida A&M Univ. and Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Florida A&M Univ. and Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

In this paper, we report a non-precious metal catalyst for high-efficiency hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). A self-organized S-doped MoP nanoporous layer (S-MoP NPL) is achieved through a facile electrochemical anodic process and a two-step chemical vapor deposition treatment, which was directly used as a binder-free catalyst for HER in pH-universal electrolytes. S-MoP NPL exhibits HER behavior with a low overpotential of 86 mV at 10 mA cm^-1 and low Tafel slope of 34 mV dec^-1 in acidic solution. Moreover, S-MoP NPL also shows high HER activity in basic and neutral electrolytes. Density functional theory (DFT) computations were carried out to support our experiment. The calculations show that the H₂ formation (via Volmer–Heyrovsky mechanism) from the reaction of a metal (Mo) absorbed hydride with a solvated proton is favored over S-MoP than MoS₂. Both experimental and computational studies demonstrate that the extraordinary HER activity and stability performance displayed by a MoP catalyst can be enhanced by S-doping, opening up a promising paradigm for the conscious design of high-performance non-precious metal catalyst for hydrogen generation.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: University of Central Florida; Florida State University; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1493917

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1494911

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA--139297; 149193

Journal Information:: ACS Catalysis, Journal Name: ACS Catalysis Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 9; ISSN 2155-5435

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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