Citation: Kun Chen, Keke Mao, Yu Bai, Delong Duan, Shuangming Chen, Chengming Wang, Ning Zhang, Ran Long, Xiaojun Wu, Li Song, Yujie Xiong. Phosphate-induced interfacial electronic engineering in VPO₄-Ni₂P heterostructure for improved electrochemical water oxidation[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2022, 33(1): 452-456. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.05.011 shu

Phosphate-induced interfacial electronic engineering in VPO₄-Ni₂P heterostructure for improved electrochemical water oxidation

Kun Chen ^{a, b, 1} ,
Keke Mao ^{c, 1} ,
Yu Bai ^a ,
Delong Duan ^a ,
Shuangming Chen ^a ,
Chengming Wang ^a ,
Ning Zhang ^{d, *,} ,
Ran Long ^{a, *,} ,
Xiaojun Wu ^a ,
Li Song ^a ,
Yujie Xiong ^{a, b, **,}

a.
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Frontiers Science Center for Planetary Exploration and Emerging Technologies, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, and CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
b.
Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei 230031, China
c.
School of Energy and Environment Science, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan 243032, China
d.
Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

^**

polyu.n.zhang@polyu.edu.hk

longran@ustc.edu.cn

yjxiong@ustc.edu.cn

Received Date: 13 April 2021
Revised Date: 29 April 2021
Accepted Date: 10 May 2021
Available Online: 18 May 2021

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Anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is the key bottleneck for water electrolysis technique owing to its sluggish reaction kinetics. Interfacial engineering on the rationally designed heterostructure can regulate the electronic states efficiently for intrinsic activity improvement. Here, we report a co-phosphorization approach to construct a VPO₄-Ni₂P heterostructure on nickel foam with strongly chemical binding, wherein phosphate acts as electronic modifier for Ni₂P electrocatalyst. Profiting from the interfacial interaction, it is uncovered that electron shifts from Ni₂P to VPO₄ to render valence increment in Ni species. Such an electronic manipulation rationalizes the chemical affinities of various oxygen intermediates in OER pathway, giving a substantially reduced energy barrier. As a result, the advanced VPO₄-Ni₂P heterostructure only requires an overpotential of 289 mV to deliver a high current density of 350 mA/cm² for OER in alkaline electrolyte, together with a Tafel slope as low as 28 mV/dec. This work brings fresh insights into interfacial engineering for advanced electrocatalyst design.
- Heterostructure,
- Interfacial electron transfer,
- Phosphate,
- Oxygen evolution reaction,
- Chemical affinity
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