Citation: Yi Zhang, Chundong Wang. Yolk-shell nanostructural Ni₂P/C composites as the high performance electrocatalysts toward urea oxidation[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2021, 32(7): 2222-2228. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.11.040 shu

Yolk-shell nanostructural Ni₂P/C composites as the high performance electrocatalysts toward urea oxidation

Yi Zhang ^{a, b} ,
Chundong Wang ^{a, c, *,}

a.
School of Optical and Electronic Information, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
b.
Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology of Hubei Province, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430073, China
c.
Key Laboratory of Nanodevices and Applications, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China

apcdwang@hust.edu.cn

Received Date: 30 July 2020
Revised Date: 2 October 2020
Accepted Date: 24 November 2020
Available Online: 1 December 2020

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Highly active and low-cost catalytic electrodes for urea oxidation reaction (UOR) are always crucial for exploration of urea fuel cells. Herein, novel york-shell-structural Ni₂P/C nanosphere hybrids (Ni₂P/C-YS) are rationally constructed via a hydrothermal method and subsequent phosphidation treatment under different temperature ranging from 250 ℃ to 450 ℃ for UOR applications. In the in-situ constructed hollow york-shell structure, the coupling of conductive carbon materials and active Ni₂P allows numerous interfaces facilitating the electron transfer and thereby accelerating the catalytic kinetics. The results demonstrate that Ni₂P/C-YS-350 nanocomposite can boost the UOR process with a low potential of 1.366 V vs. RHE at a current density of 50 mA/cm² in alkaline electrolyte and afford the superior durability with negligible potential decay after 23 h. This study presents that the carbon coated Ni₂P hybrid with the optimized crystallinities and hollow york-shell configurations can be a promising candidate for application in urea fuel cells.
- Ni₂P/C,
- Yolk-shell,
- Electrocatalysts,
- Urea oxidation,
- Nanosphere
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