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Efficient Water Oxidation Using CoMnP Nanoparticles

2016; American Chemical Society; Volume: 138; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/jacs.6b01543

1943-2984

Da Li, Habib Baydoun, Cláudio N. Verani, Stephanie L. Brock,

Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

The development of efficient water oxidation catalysts based on inexpensive and Earth-abundant materials is a prerequisite to enabling water splitting as a feasible source of alternative energy. In this work, we report the synthesis of ternary cobalt manganese phosphide nanoparticles from the solution-phase reaction of manganese and cobalt carbonyl complexes with trioctylphosphine. The CoMnP nanoparticles (ca. 5 nm in diameter) are nearly monodisperse and homogeneous in nature. These CoMnP nanoparticles are capable of catalyzing water oxidation at an overpotential of 0.33 V with a 96% Faradaic efficiency when deposited as an ink with carbon black and Nafion. A slight decrease in activity is observed after 500 cycles, which is ascribed to the etching of P into solution, as well as the oxidation of the surface of the nanoparticles. Manganese-based ternary phosphides represent a promising new system to explore for water oxidation catalysis.