| Synthesis and Characterization of FeP/Pt Nanocomposite as an Electrocatalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) |
| Paper ID : 1643-ICNS |
| Authors |
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Seyed Heydar Moravej1, Elham Akbarzadeh1, Davood Taherinia *2 1Sharif University of Technology 2Department of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran |
| Abstract |
| Transition metal phosphides have drawn considerable attention as potential catalaysts for electrochemical evolution of hydrogen and oxygen. In this work, we present the synthesis and characterization of of FeP/Pt nanocomposite as a novel electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The nanocomposite was prepared by a hydrothermal approach followed by a solid-state phosphidation at 300 °C. SEM and elemental mapping revealed that the synthesized FeP/Pt consists of coral-like FeP structures uniformly covered with Pt nanoparticles. The HER activity of the electrocatalyst was examined by linear sweep voltammetry. The FeP/Pt-modified glassy carbon electrode exhibited an overpotential of 326 mV (at a current density of −10 mA/cm2) and a Tafel slope of 128.3 mV/decade in acidic medium, while an overpotential of 390 mV (at a current density of −10 mA/cm2) and a Tafel slope of 157.1 mV/decade were obtained in alkaline medium |
| Keywords |
| Electrocatalyst, Hydrogen evolution reaction, Nanocomposite, Linear sweep voltammetry, Tafel plot |
| Status: Abstract Accepted (Poster Presentation) |
