A correlation of the hydrogen evolution reaction activity to the number of defects formed by the decomposition of doped phosphorus species in carbon nanotubes

AI Jie; LIU Zi-wu; SUN Mao-mao; LIU Ling; WANG Quan-de

doi:10.1016/S1872-5805(21)60052-5

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AI Jie, LIU Zi-wu, SUN Mao-mao, LIU Ling, WANG Quan-de. A correlation of the hydrogen evolution reaction activity to the number of defects formed by the decomposition of doped phosphorus species in carbon nanotubes. New Carbon Mater., 2022, 37(4): 773-780. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(21)60052-5

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AI Jie, LIU Zi-wu, SUN Mao-mao, LIU Ling, WANG Quan-de. A correlation of the hydrogen evolution reaction activity to the number of defects formed by the decomposition of doped phosphorus species in carbon nanotubes. New Carbon Mater., 2022, 37(4): 773-780. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(21)60052-5

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AI Jie, LIU Zi-wu, SUN Mao-mao, LIU Ling, WANG Quan-de. A correlation of the hydrogen evolution reaction activity to the number of defects formed by the decomposition of doped phosphorus species in carbon nanotubes. New Carbon Mater., 2022, 37(4): 773-780. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(21)60052-5

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A correlation of the hydrogen evolution reaction activity to the number of defects formed by the decomposition of doped phosphorus species in carbon nanotubes

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(21)60052-5

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Coal-based Greenhouse Gas Control and Utilization, Jiangsu Province, School of Chemical Engineering and Jiangsu Province Engineering Laboratory of High Efficient Energy Storage Technology and Equipments, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221008, China

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Corresponding author: LIU Zi-wu. E-mail: lzwmsy@cumt.edu.cn; WANG Quan-de. E-mail: 306088995@qq.com
Received Date: 2020-09-11
Rev Recd Date: 2020-11-27

Available Online: 2021-03-16

Publish Date: 2022-07-20

Abstract

Abstract

Phosphorus-doped carbon materials are one of the novel carbon catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) that have attracted considerable attention in recent years. However, the role of C―P species played in the HER activity is still not clear. Phosphorus-doped carbon nanotubes were prepared by chemical vapor deposition and annealed at 900, 1000 and 1200 °C to remove all or part of the phosporus, resulting in four samples with different amounts of substitutional-, pyridine- and pyrrole-like P species. The correlations between the HER activity and the contents of the three species were investigated. Results showed that the content of substitutional P decreased with annealing temperature and none was retained at 1200 °C. The HER activity increased with annealing temperature and the sample annealed at 1200 °C had the highest HER activity in an acid medium with an overpotential of 0.266 V at a current density of 10 mA cm⁻². Density functional theory calculations showed that the pentagon- and nine-membered ring defects formed by the elimination of substitutional P mainly contributed to the HER activity.
- Phosphorus-doped carbon nanotube,
- C―P species,
- Defect,
- Hydrogen evolution reaction,
- Water splitting

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