You, Bo Jiang, Nan Sheng, Meili Gul, Sheraz Yano, Junko Sun, Yujie High-Performance Overall Water Splitting Electrocatalysts Derived from Cobalt-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks The design of active, robust, and nonprecious electrocatalysts with both H<sub>2</sub> and O<sub>2</sub> evolution reaction (HER and OER) activities for overall water splitting is highly desirable but remains a grand challenge. Herein, we report a facile two-step method to synthesize porous Co-P/NC nanopolyhedrons composed of CoP<sub><i>x</i></sub> (a mixture of CoP and Co<sub>2</sub>P) nanoparticles embedded in N-doped carbon matrices as electrocatalysts for overall water splitting. The Co-P/NC catalysts were prepared by direct carbonization of Co-based zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-67) followed by phosphidation. Benefiting from the large specific surface area, controllable pore texture, and high nitrogen content of ZIF (a subclass of metal–organic frameworks), the optimal Co-P/NC showed high specific surface area of 183 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>–1</sup> and large mesopores, and exhibited remarkable catalytic performance for both HER and OER in 1.0 M KOH, affording a current density of 10 mA cm<sup>–2</sup> at low overpotentials of −154 mV for HER and 319 mV for OER, respectively. Furthermore, a Co-P/NC-based alkaline electrolyzer approached 165 mA cm<sup>–2</sup> at 2.0 V, superior to that of Pt/IrO<sub>2</sub> couple, along with strong stability. Various characterization techniques including X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) revealed that the superior activity and strong stability of Co-P/NC originated from its 3D interconnected mesoporosity with high specific surface area, high conductivity, and synergistic effect of CoP<sub><i>x</i></sub> encapsulated within N-doped carbon matrices. surface area;Various characterization techniques;stability;matrice;XAS;ZIF;O 2 evolution reaction;CoPx;Water Splitting Electrocatalysts Derived;1.0 M KOH;electrocatalyst;water splitting;cm;mA;HER;mV;Co 2P nanoparticles;OER;framework 2015-11-24
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10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02877.s001