Investigating high-efficiency electrocatalysts toward
hydrogen
evolution reaction under wide pH conditions is a pivotal task for
large-scale hydrogen generation. Herein, a straightforward reduction
method is developed for the synthesis of amorphous Ru coupled with
defect-abundant B-doped FeP4/Fe2P porous nanospheres
(Ru/B-p-FeP4/Fe2P) at an ambient
environment. The porous structure and abundant defects expose rich
active sites and favor mass and electron transfer in the electrochemical
reaction process. In addition, the introduced Ru also favors boosting
the reaction kinetics. Thus, the designed Ru/B-p-FeP4/Fe2P catalyst possesses low overpotentials of
44, 55, 92, and 72 mV to drive 10 mA cm–2 in acidic,
alkaline, neutral, and alkaline seawater electrolytes. This work provides
a rapid approach to synthesizing pH universal metal phosphide catalysts
at room temperature.