Transition metal-phosphide catalyst and preparation method and application thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of electrocatalysis, in particular to a transition metal-phosphide catalyst and a preparation method and application thereof.
Background
Since the 21 st century, the oil resources on the earth have been gradually exhausted and the environmental pollution has become serious, so that it is a necessary trend to develop a new clean energy. Hydrogen energy is emerging as a low-carbon energy source and a zero-carbon energy source, and the combustion product is water, so that the method is pollution-free and can be recycled. One of the methods for producing hydrogen is to electrolyze water, which can be decomposed into hydrogen and oxygen under the action of electricity, but the hydrolysis process requires a large amount of electric energy, and the electrocatalyst with the best service performance at present is a precious metal represented by platinum, but the storage capacity is limited and the price is high, so that a cheap and efficient electrocatalyst needs to be developed. The transition metal phosphide has a good development prospect in the field of hydrogen production, and is cheap, good in conductivity and stable in chemical property. The catalyst is used for electrolyzing water, so that not only can the performance of hydrogen evolution and water electrolysis be effectively improved, but also the cost can be saved. With the increasing requirement on the catalytic performance of electrocatalysts, the improvement of the catalytic performance of transition metal phosphide is a technical problem which needs to be solved urgently in the field.
At present, the document "Terry metal nanoparticles as a high purity effective electrochemical catalyst for water reduction to hydrogen over a wide range of pH from 0to 14" discloses the preparation of cobalt-nickel phosphide nanosheets CoNiP @ NF on Nickel Foam (NF) in a hydrogen evolution reaction of 10mA cm-2The overpotential at 1M KOH of (1) is 155 mV; the document "Sulfur-doped cobalt dioxide forming a preliminary metal as a biofunctional electrochemical analysis for an alkalinewater electrolysis" discloses the preparation of S-loaded Co on a Carbon Cloth (CC)2P catalyst, 10mA cm in oxygen evolution reaction-2The overpotential at 1MKOH was 290mV, respectively. The transition metal phosphide has not high enough catalytic performance for hydrogen evolution reaction and hydrogen evolution reaction, and cannot simultaneously have good catalytic performance for oxygen evolution reaction and hydrogen evolution reaction.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present invention provides a transition metal-phosphide catalyst, and a preparation method and an application thereof, wherein the catalyst has a high specific surface area and a high number of active sites, thereby improving the electrocatalytic performance.
The specific technical scheme is as follows:
the invention provides a transition metal-phosphide catalyst, which has a chemical formula of Mx-N1-xP;
The transition metal-phosphide catalyst is of a chestnut-shaped structure;
the transition metal-phosphide catalyst has a specific surface area of 69.1 to 92.3m2A,/g, preferably 92.3m2/g;
Wherein M and N are both metal, and x is 0-1, more preferably 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 or 1.
The metal in the invention is one or more of Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Mo, W, Cr, Ti, Nb, Mn, Pd, Pt, Ir, Ru, Rh, Ag, Au, Os and Zr.
In the invention, the transition metal-phosphide catalyst has high specific surface area, increases the active sites of the catalytic material, and shows excellent catalytic activity when applied to the hydrogen evolution reaction.
The invention also provides a preparation method of the transition metal-phosphide catalyst, which comprises the following steps:
step 1: dissolving a first metal salt and a second metal salt in water, and adding ammonium fluoride, urea and a phosphorus-containing compound to obtain a mixed solution;
step 2: and adding carbon paper into the mixed solution for hydrothermal reaction, drying and calcining to obtain the transition metal-phosphide catalyst.
In the invention, ammonium fluoride and urea can play a role in regulating the morphology of the transition metal-phosphide catalyst, the ammonium fluoride is used as a complexing agent and is a stabilizer of the whole hydrothermal reaction, which is beneficial to crystallization of a product, and the urea is used as a mineralizer and provides an alkali source for the whole reaction.
Taking the transition metal-phosphide catalyst CoP as an example:
(1)Co2++xF-→CoFx(x-2)-
(2)H2NCONH2+H2O→2NH3+CO2
(3)NH3·H2O→NH4++OH-
(4)Co2++ X → I-X. Co2+(X=COO-,COH)
(5)CoFx(x-2)-+ X-Co2++xF-
(6) I-X-Co2++2OH-→ I-X. Co (OH)2
The transition metal-phosphide catalyst CoP is synthesized in one step by directly annealing the precursors containing the phosphorus compound and the cobalt.
The molar ratio of the first metal salt to the second metal salt is x (1-x), wherein x is 0-1;
the ratio of the water, the ammonium fluoride, the urea to the sum of the first metal salt and the second metal salt is 40 mL: 8 mmol: 15 mmol: 4 mmol. If the ratio of the total amount of the first metal salt and the second metal salt is changed, the morphology of the first metal salt and the second metal salt is also changed.
The whole preparation process of the invention has mild reaction conditions and simple operation, the transition metal resources are cheaper and more easily obtained than platinum, and sodium hypophosphite and the like are not used as phosphorus sources in the reaction, so that the harm of the generation of phosphine gas to the environment and human bodies is avoided, and the invention is safer and more environment-friendly.
In step 1 of the invention, the first metal in the first metal salt and the second metal in the second metal salt are both one or more of Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Mo, W, Cr, Ti, Nb, Mn, Pd, Pt, Ir, Ru, Rh, Ag, Au, Os and Zr;
the phosphorus-containing compound is selected from phytic acid, phosphoric acid or hydroxy ethylidene diphosphonic acid;
in step 2 of the invention, the size of the carbon paper is (1 × 1 cm-2 × 3cm), preferably 2 × 3 cm;
the hydrothermal temperature is 120-200 ℃, the time is 6-24h, preferably 120 ℃, 6 h; 120 ℃ for 24 hours; 200 ℃ for 6 h; 200 ℃ for 24 h;
after the hydrothermal reaction, the method further comprises the following steps: washing the carbon paper obtained after the hydrothermal reaction with water and ethanol respectively;
the calcining temperature is 600-800 ℃, the heating rate is 1-5 ℃/min, the heat preservation time is 1-3h, preferably 800 ℃, 5 ℃/min and 3 h; 600 ℃, 1 ℃/min and 1 h; 600 ℃, 5 ℃/min and 1 h; 600 ℃, 1 ℃/min and 1 h.
The invention also provides a working electrode which comprises the transition metal-phosphide catalyst or the transition metal-phosphide catalyst prepared by the preparation method.
The present invention also provides a reaction apparatus comprising: the working electrode, the reference electrode and the counter electrode.
The invention also provides the application of the reaction device in hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution reaction or total hydrolysis reaction.
The hydrogen evolution reaction can be carried out under the full pH condition, and the oxygen evolution reaction and the full hydrolysis reaction can be carried out under the alkaline condition.
According to the technical scheme, the invention has the following advantages:
the invention provides a transition metal-phosphide catalyst which is in a chestnut-shaped structure and has a large specific surface area, so that active sites of a catalytic material are increased, the catalyst can simultaneously show excellent catalytic activity on a hydrogen evolution reaction and an oxygen evolution reaction, and the comprehensive performance is good. The experimental data show that the catalytic performance of the chestnut-shaped cobalt-phosphorus catalyst is improved in the hydrogen evolution reaction and the oxygen evolution reaction.
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FIG. 1 is a scanning electron microscope image of a carbon paper provided in an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a scanning electron microscope image of a chestnut-shaped cobalt phosphorus catalyst CoP provided in example 1 of the present invention;
figure 3 is the bookThe chestnut-shaped cobalt-phosphorus catalyst Cu provided by the embodiment 2 of the invention0.25Co0.75P, scanning electron micrograph;
FIG. 4 shows chestnut-like cobalt-phosphorus catalysts CoP and Cu provided in examples 1 and 2 of the present invention0.25Co3.75An X-ray photoelectron spectrum of P;
FIG. 5 shows chestnut-shaped cobalt-phosphorus catalysts CoP and Cu provided in examples 1, 2, 6 and 7 of the present invention0.25Co0.75P、Cu0.5Co0.5P and Cu0.75Co0.25A linear scanning profile of P evolution of hydrogen in alkaline medium;
FIG. 6 shows chestnut-shaped cobalt-phosphorus catalysts CoP and Cu provided in examples 1, 2, 6 and 7 of the present invention0.25Co0.75P、Cu0.5Co0.5P and Cu0.75Co0.25Linear scan plot of P evolution in alkaline medium.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and understandable, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below, and it should be apparent that the embodiments described below are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Example 1
The invention relates to a preparation method of a chestnut-shaped cobalt-phosphorus catalyst CoP
1. Adding 40mL of water into 4mmol of cobalt acetate to fully dissolve the cobalt acetate to obtain a cobalt acetate solution;
2. adding 8mmol of ammonium fluoride, 15mmol of urea and 4mmol of phosphoric acid into the cobalt acetate solution obtained in the step 1 for full dissolution to obtain a mixed solution;
3. adding 2 x 3cm of carbon paper and the mixed solution obtained in the step 2 into an inner container of a reaction kettle for hydrothermal reaction for 6 hours at 120 ℃, and respectively washing and drying the carbon paper after the reaction by using water and ethanol;
4. and (3) placing the dried product in the step (3) in a high-temperature furnace, heating the product from room temperature to 600 ℃ at the heating rate of 1 ℃/min in the hydrogen atmosphere, and preserving the heat at the temperature for 1 hour to obtain the chestnut-shaped cobalt-phosphorus catalyst CoP.
FIG. 1 is a scanning electron micrograph of the carbon paper of this example. Figure 1 shows that the carbon paper surface is not covered with any substance.
FIG. 2 is a scanning electron micrograph of the chestnut-like CoP catalyst of this example. FIG. 2 shows that the whole carbon paper surface is covered by chestnut-like nanorod arrays.
Example 2
This example is chestnut like cobalt phosphorus catalyst Cu0.25Co0.75Preparation of P
1. Weighing copper nitrate and cobalt acetate with a molar ratio of 0.25:0.75, and adding 40mL of water to fully dissolve the copper nitrate and the cobalt acetate to obtain an aqueous solution of ketone nitrate and the cobalt acetate;
2. adding 8mmol of ammonium fluoride, 15mmol of urea and 4mmol of phosphoric acid into the aqueous solution of the ketone nitrate and the cobalt acetate obtained in the step 1, and fully dissolving to obtain a mixed solution;
3. adding 2 x 3cm of carbon paper and the mixed solution obtained in the step 2 into an inner container of a reaction kettle for hydrothermal reaction for 6 hours at 120 ℃, and respectively washing and drying the carbon paper after the reaction by using water and ethanol;
4. putting the product dried in the step 3 into a high-temperature furnace, heating the product from room temperature to 600 ℃ at the heating rate of 1 ℃/min in the hydrogen atmosphere, preserving the heat for 1 hour at the temperature, and annealing to obtain the chestnut-shaped cobalt-phosphorus catalyst Cu0.25Co0.75P。
FIG. 3 shows the chestnut-shaped Co-P catalyst Cu of this example0.25Co0.75Scanning electron micrograph of P. FIG. 1 shows that the carbon paper surface is still chestnut-shaped nanorod array after copper doping, and is not obviously changed compared with FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 shows CoP of example 1 and Cu of this example0.25Co0.75An X-ray photoelectron spectrum of P. FIG. 4 shows CoP and Cu0.25Co0.75The diffraction peaks of the P samples all matched the orthorhombic CoP structure (JCPDS No. 29-0497). XRD resultsIt is shown that the small amount of Cu atom doping does not damage the crystal structure of CoP.
Example 3
This example is chestnut like cobalt phosphorus catalyst Cu0.5Co0.5Preparation of P
1. Weighing copper nitrate and cobalt acetate with a molar ratio of 0.50:0.50, and adding 40mL of water to fully dissolve the copper nitrate and the cobalt acetate to obtain an aqueous solution of ketone nitrate and the cobalt acetate;
2. adding 8mmol of ammonium fluoride, 15mmol of urea and 4mmol of phosphoric acid into the aqueous solution obtained in the step 1 for full dissolution to obtain a mixed solution;
3. adding 2 x 3cm of carbon paper and the mixed solution obtained in the step 2 into an inner container of a reaction kettle for hydrothermal reaction at 120 ℃ for 24 hours, and respectively washing and drying the carbon paper after the reaction with water and ethanol;
4. and (3) placing the dried product in the step (3) in a high-temperature furnace, heating the product from room temperature to 600 ℃ at the heating rate of 5 ℃/min in the hydrogen atmosphere, preserving the heat at the temperature for 1 hour, and annealing to obtain the chestnut-shaped cobalt-phosphorus catalyst.
Example 4
This example is chestnut like cobalt phosphorus catalyst Cu0.75Co0.25Preparation of P
1. Weighing copper nitrate and cobalt acetate with a molar ratio of 0.75:0.25, and adding 40mL of water to fully dissolve the copper nitrate and the cobalt acetate to obtain an aqueous solution of ketone nitrate and the cobalt acetate;
2. adding 8mmol of ammonium fluoride, 15mmol of urea and 4mmol of phosphoric acid into the aqueous solution obtained in the step 1 for full dissolution to obtain a mixed solution;
3. adding 2 x 3cm of carbon paper and the mixed solution obtained in the step 2 into a reaction kettle liner for hydrothermal reaction for 6 hours at the temperature of 200 ℃, and respectively washing and drying the carbon paper after the reaction by using water and ethanol;
4. and (3) placing the dried product in the step (3) in a high-temperature furnace, heating the product from room temperature to 600 ℃ at the heating rate of 1 ℃/min in the hydrogen atmosphere, preserving the heat at the temperature for 1 hour, and annealing to obtain the chestnut-shaped cobalt-phosphorus catalyst.
Example 5
This example is chestnut like cobalt phosphorus catalyst Fe0.9Co0.1Preparing P1, weighing ferric nitrate and cobalt chloride with a molar ratio of 0.9:0.1, and adding 40mL of water to fully dissolve to obtain an aqueous solution of nitrone and cobalt acetate;
2. adding 8mmol of ammonium fluoride, 15mmol of urea and 4mmol of phosphoric acid into the aqueous solution obtained in the step 1 for full dissolution to obtain a mixed solution;
3. adding 2 x 3cm of carbon paper and the mixed solution obtained in the step 2 into a reaction kettle liner for hydrothermal reaction at 200 ℃ for 24 hours, and respectively washing and drying the carbon paper after the reaction with water and ethanol;
4. and (3) placing the dried product in the step (3) in a high-temperature furnace, heating the product from room temperature to 800 ℃ at the heating rate of 5 ℃/min in the hydrogen atmosphere, preserving the heat at the temperature for 3 hours, and annealing to obtain the chestnut-shaped cobalt-phosphorus catalyst.
Example 6
In this example, CoP of example 1 and Cu of example 2 were used0.25Co0.75P, example 3Cu0.5Co0.5P and example 4Cu0.75Co0.25P electrochemical test
Electrochemical test method: all electrochemical measurements were performed using a PGSTAT302N potentiostat/galvanostat (MetrohmAutolab, Netherlands). Using a conventional three-electrode test, CoP or Cu0.25Co0.75The P is cut to1 × 1cm and directly used as a working electrode, a graphite plate is used as a counter electrode, and a Reversible Hydrogen Electrode (RHE) is used as a reference electrode. All electrolytes (0.5 MH) prior to HER testing2SO41.0M KOH and 1.0M PBS) were aerated with high purity nitrogen gas for at least 30min to remove dissolved oxygen from the electrolyte. Before OER test, it is necessary to pass O2At least 30min to ensure oxygen saturation of the electrolyte. At 100mV s-1The scan rate of (2) was first 20 Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) scans until the electrodes reached steady state, then 5mVs-1Linear Sweep Voltammetry (LSV) was performed. The stability of the material was tested by CV scanning at a scanning rate of 100mV s-1HER was tested in the range of 0.05V to-0.4V and OER in the range of 1.2V to 2V. All testsiR corrections were made. A double-electrode test method is selected, Cu-CoP/CP is used as a cathode and is also used as an anode, and a full-hydrolysis experiment is carried out in a 1.0M KOH electrolyte.
FIG. 5 shows CoP and Cu0.25Co0.75P、Cu0.5Co0.5P and Cu0.75Co0.25Linear scan plot of P evolution in alkaline medium. FIG. 5 shows the CoP and Cu produced-HER performance of CoP sample under alkaline condition, reaching 10mA cm-2In time of, CoP, Cu0.25Co0.75P、Cu0.5Co0.5P、Cu0.75Co0.25The overpotential of P is 180.1mV, 149.2mV, 129.2mV and 80.2mV respectively, and the HER performance of CuCoP can be obviously improved.
FIG. 6 shows CoP and Cu0.25Co0.75P、Cu0.5Co0.5P and Cu0.75Co0.25Linear scan plot of P evolution in alkaline medium. FIG. 6 shows the OER performance of the prepared CoP and Cu-CoP samples under alkaline conditions, up to 10mA cm-2In time of, CoP, Cu0.25Co0.75P、Cu0.5Co0.5P、Cu0.75Co0.25The overpotential of P is 340.1mV, 279.7mV, 270mV and 250mV respectively, and Cu can be obviously seen-The OER performance of the CoP is obviously improved.
The above-mentioned embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention, and not for limiting the same; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.