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Owing to its low cost, high conductivity, and chemical stability, Molybdenum phosphide (MoP) has great potential for electrochemically catalyzing the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Unfortunately, the development of high-activity MoP still remains a grand challenge in alkali-electrolyzers due to its sluggish water reduction kinetics. Here, we demonstrate a novel strategy for regulating the HER kinetics of the MoP nanowire cathode through partially substituting P atoms with Se dopants. In alkaline solutions, the Se-doped MoP (Se-MoP) nanowire cathode exhibits excellent HER performance with a greatly-decreased overpotential of ∼61 mV at 10 mA cm and a Tafel slope of ∼63 mV dec, outperforming currently reported MoP-based electrocatalysts. Experimental and theoretical investigations reveal that Se doping not only facilitates the water dissociation on MoP, but also optimize the hydrogen adsorption free energy, eventually speeding up the sluggish alkaline HER kinetics. Therefore, this work paves a new path for designing MoP-based electrocatalyst with high HER performance in alkaline electrolyzers.
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Langmuir
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India.
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Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Istinye University, Istanbul, 34003, Türkiye, Turkey.
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The Grainger College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
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Electrophysiology Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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