C (Dec 2022)

Plasma Electrochemical Synthesis of Graphene-Phosphorene Composite and Its Catalytic Activity towards Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

  • Valeriy K. Kochergin,
  • Natal’ya S. Komarova,
  • Alexander S. Kotkin,
  • Roman A. Manzhos,
  • Vladimir P. Vasiliev,
  • Alexander G. Krivenko

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/c8040079
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 4
p. 79

Abstract

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For the first time, graphene-phosphorene structures were synthesized using the plasma-assisted electrochemical method. The catalytic activity of the composite obtained in the electrolytic plasma mode and its mixtures with few-layer graphene structures toward the hydrogen evolution reaction was studied. A substantial increase in the catalytic activity of the phosphorene structures towards the hydrogen evolution reaction was realized by mixing them with few-layer graphene structures. The catalyst demonstrates excellent activity towards the hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline media with a low overpotential of 940 mV at a current density of 10 mA·cm−2 and a small Tafel slope of 130 mV dec−1.

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