Morphology-controllable synthesis of cobalt telluride branched nanostructures on carbon fiber paper as electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction

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Abstract

Cobalt telluride branched nanostructures on carbon fiber paper (CFP) with two different morphologies were synthesized via solution-based conversion reaction. Both the CoTe2 with nanodendrite and CoTe with nanosheet morphologies on the CoTe2 nanotube (CoTe2 NDs/CoTe2 NTs and CoTe NSs/CoTe2 NTs) supported by CFP exhibit high activities toward hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Particularly, the CoTe NSs/CoTe2 NTs only require an overpotential of 230.0 mV to deliver the current density of 100 mA cm-2 in acid solution. After cycling for 5000 cycles or 20 h continual electrolysis, only a small performance loss is observed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2910-2916
Number of pages7
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume8
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Feb 2016

Keywords

  • branched nanowire
  • carbon fiber paper
  • cobalt telluride
  • core-shell
  • electrocatalyst
  • hydrogen evolution reaction

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