Roberts, Emily J. and Read, Carlos G. and Lewis, Nathan S. and Brutchey, Richard L. (2018) Phase Directing Ability of an Ionic Liquid Solvent for the Synthesis of HER-Active Ni_2P Nanocrystals. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1 (5). pp. 1823-1827. ISSN 2574-0962. doi:10.1021/acsaem.8b00213. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180503-144511877
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Abstract
An ionic liquid (IL) solvent was used to synthesize small, phase-pure nickel phosphide (Ni_2P) nanocrystals. In contrast, under analogous reaction conditions, substitution of the IL for the common high-boiling organic solvent 1-octadecene (ODE) results in phase-impure nanocrystals. The 5 nm Ni_2P nanocrystals prepared in IL were electrocatalytically active toward the hydrogen evolution reaction. The synthesis in IL was also extended to alloyed Ni_(2–x)Co_xP nanocrystals, where 0.5 ≤ x ≤ 1.5.
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Alternate Title: | Phase Directing Ability of an Ionic Liquid Solvent for the Synthesis of HER-Active Ni2P Nanocrystals | |||||||||
Additional Information: | © 2018 American Chemical Society. Received: February 13, 2018; Accepted: May 3, 2018; Published: May 3, 2018. R.L.B. acknowledges NSF for supporting the synthetic chemistry under CMMI-1728649. N.S.L. acknowledges NSF for supporting the electrochemical characterization work under the NSF CCI Solar Fuels Program CHE-1305124. C.G.R. acknowledges the Resnick Sustainability Institute for a postdoctral fellowship. The authors declare no competing financial interest. | |||||||||
Group: | CCI Solar Fuels, Resnick Sustainability Institute | |||||||||
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Subject Keywords: | ionic liquid, nickel phosphide, nanocrystal, electrocatalyst, hydrogen evolution reaction | |||||||||
Issue or Number: | 5 | |||||||||
DOI: | 10.1021/acsaem.8b00213 | |||||||||
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Official Citation: | Phase Directing Ability of an Ionic Liquid Solvent for the Synthesis of HER-Active Ni2P Nanocrystals. Emily J. Roberts, Carlos G. Read, Nathan S. Lewis, and Richard L. Brutchey. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2018 1 (5), 1823-1827. DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.8b00213 | |||||||||
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Deposited By: | George Porter | |||||||||
Deposited On: | 03 May 2018 22:26 | |||||||||
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