Abstract
The hollow materials with open structure can accelerate the mass transfer and bubble release rate, which have attracted tremendous attention for electrocatalytic water splitting. In this work, a unique tri-metal phosphide open nanotube structure [FeCoNiP@carbon quantum dots, FCNP@CQDs] is firstly fabricated by a selected etching and phosphating process with a MIL-88A@CQDs (MIL stands for Material of Institute Lavoisier) as the precursor. Benefiting from their open structure, FCNP@CQDs exhibit excellent catalytic performance. In alkaline seawater solution, a low overpotential of 268 mV is required to reach 20 mA cm−2 current density for oxygen evolution reaction, while the η20 of hydrogen evolution reaction is 150 mV. The FCNP@CQDs//FCNP@CQDs electrolyzer requires a voltage of 1.61 V to reach 10 mA cm−2. The integrated strategy of CQDs-doping and construction of hollow open structures may open a new and relatively unexplored path for fabricating high-performance seawater splitting catalysis.
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