Table 2. XPS Elemental Ratios and Oxidation State Ratios before and after Catalytic Stability Tests with N0.25Rh1.75P/C and Rh2P/C.
| Ni0.25Rh1.75P (ideal Rh/Ni/P = 58:9:33) |
Rh2P (ideal Rh/P 67:33) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rh/Ni/P | Rh | Ni | P | Rh/P | Rh | P | |
| (Rh–P):Rh3+ | (Ni–P):Ni2+/Ni3+ | (P-M):PO43– | (Rh–P):Rh3+ | (P-M):PO43– | |||
| before | 31:59:10 | 63:37 | 18:38:44 | 16:84 | 92:8 | 80:20 | 48:52 |
| after HER | 25:72:3 | 59:41 | 17:30:53 | 19:81 | 95:5 | 75:25 | 56:44 |
| after OER | 30:68:2 | 65:35 | 9:45:46 | 27:73 | 94:6 | 62:38 | 42:58 |