Zhang Nan, Amorim Isilda, Liu Lifeng
Clean Energy Cluster, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), 4715-330 Braga, Portugal.
School of Materials, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518100, People's Republic of China.
Nanotechnology. 2022 Aug 5;33(43). doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac8060.
Transition metal phosphides (TMPs) have recently emerged as an important class of functional materials and been demonstrated to be outstanding supercapacitor electrode materials and catalysts for electrochemical water splitting. While extensive investigations have been devoted to monometallic TMPs, multimetallic TMPs have lately proved to show enhanced electrochemical performance compared to their monometallic counterparts, thanks to the synergistic effect between different transition metal species. This topical review summarizes recent advance in the synthesis of new multimetallic TMP nanostructures, with particular focus on their applications in supercapacitors and electrochemical water splitting. Both experimental reports and theoretical understanding of the synergy between transition metal species are comprehensively reviewed, and perspectives of future research on TMP-based materials for these specific applications are outlined.
过渡金属磷化物（TMPs）最近已成为一类重要的功能材料，并已被证明是出色的超级电容器电极材料和电化学水分解催化剂。虽然已经对单金属TMPs进行了广泛研究，但最近证明，由于不同过渡金属物种之间的协同效应，多金属TMPs与其单金属对应物相比显示出增强的电化学性能。本专题综述总结了新型多金属TMP纳米结构合成的最新进展，特别关注其在超级电容器和电化学水分解中的应用。对过渡金属物种之间协同作用的实验报告和理论理解都进行了全面综述，并概述了针对这些特定应用的基于TMP的材料未来研究的前景。
