A Review of Phosphide‐Based Materials for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Hydrogen evolution by means of electrocatalytic water‐splitting is pivotal for efficient and economical production of hydrogen, which relies on the development of inexpensive, highly active catalysts. In addition to sulfides, the search for non‐noble metal catalysts has been mainly directed at phosphides due to the superb activity of phosphides for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and their low‐cost considering the abundance of the non‐noble constituents of phosphides. Here, recent research focusing on phosphides is summarized based on their synthetic methodology. A comparative study of the catalytic activity of different phosphides towards HER is then conducted. The catalytic activity is evaluated by…

• NR
  National Research Foundation
• MO
  Ministry of Education - Singapore

  Awards: M4011020 RG8/12, RG8/12, M4011253 RG 7/14