Non-noble metal-based hydrogenation catalysts have limited practical applications because they exhibit low activity, require harsh reaction conditions, and are unstable in air. To overcome these limitations, herein we propose the alloying of non-noble metal nanoparticles with phosphorus as a promising strategy for developing smart that both excellent activity air stability. We synthesized novel...

Transition metal phosphides are a group of compounds with interesting chemical/physical properties and potential applications in various fields, such as electronics, magnetism, photonics, catalysis, and so on1–4. In particular, metal phosphides (e.g. MoP, Ni2P, WP, Fe2P and Co2P) have been used as catalysts and extensively studied for hydrotreating reactions5–8. Among these phosphides, MoP, Ni2...

The direct catalytic conversion of methane (CH4) to higher hydrocarbons has attracted considerable attention in recent years because the increasing supply natural gas. Efficient and selective value-added products, however, remains a major challenge. Recent studies have shown that incorporation phosphorus atoms transition metals improves their selectivity resistance coke formation for many react...

Green hydrogen energy has captivated researchers and is regarded as a feasible option for future energy-related aspirations. The emerging awareness of renewable energy-driven generation carbon dioxide reduction calls the use unconventional schematic tools in fabrication nanocatalyst systems. Transition metal phosphides are state-of-art, cost-effective, noble-metal-free materials that have been ...

The development of low-cost, robust and efficient non-noble metal electrocatalysts is still a pursuit for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Herein, self-standing electrocatalyst, Ni2P/CoP nanosheet, was fabricated directly on three-dimensional Ni foams by two facile steps, which illustrated both high activity stability HER in different electrolytes. Benefiting from porous structures nanosh...

The stable silica sieve-based HBeta-SBA-15 catalyst-carrier was successfully prepared by a hydrothermal synthesis method, and then Ni2P/HBeta-SBA-15 new hydrodeoxygenation catalyst loaded the equal volume impregnation method. It characterized X-ray diffraction (XRD), N2 adsorption-desorption, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission (TEM), pyrolysis-infrared (Py-IR) methods. results sho...

Targeting heterostructures with modulated electronic structures and efficient charge carrier separation mobility is an effective strategy to improve photocatalytic performance. In this study, we report the synthesis of 2D/3D hybrid comprising P-doped graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) nanosheets (ca. 50–60 nm in lateral size) small-sized Ni2P nanoparticles 10–12 diameter) demonstrate their promi...