To solve energy-related environmental problems and the energy crisis, efficient electrochemical materials have been developed as alternative energy storage and conversion systems. Abundant transition metalsa nd their sulfides are attractive electrochemical materials. Herein, we report an efficient phosphorization strategy,w hich improves the overall electrochemical performance of metal sulfides. In detail, CoS hexagonal bipyramids were synthesized through simple calcination combined with in situ sulfurizationo fa cobalt-based metal-organic framework template, and then phosphate ion-functionalized CoS (P-CoS)w as prepared through ap hosphorization reaction.P-CoS exhibited outstandinge lectrochemical activity as both supercapacitor electrode and oxygene volution reaction (OER) catalyst. Supercapacitors based on CoS and P-CoS as the electrodes had high specific capacitances of 304 and 442 Fg À1 ,r espectively, and remaineds table for over 10 000 cycles at 5Ag À1 .F or OER, P-CoS showed ac urrent density of 10 mA cm À2 at an overpotentialo f3 40 mV,w ith as mall Ta fel slope. In conclusion, functionalizing CoS with phosphate ions is ap romising method fore nhancing chemical reactivity and accelerating ion and electront ransfer.