1. Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts Based on Hierarchical Flowerlike NixCo9–xS8Nanosheets
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Zhang, Dingfu, Yao, Jiaxin, Wang, Guiling, Yin, Jinling, Zhu, Kai, Yan, Jun, Cao, Dianxue, and Zhu, Min
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In terms of the need for a low-carbon economy and alleviating the need for energy security, hydrogen (H2) plays a key role in promoting a sustainable economy because it is clean and efficient. The bottleneck of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) can be overcome by developing high-efficiency electrocatalysts. Using a simple solvothermal method, p-NixCo9–xS8with polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) compounds are successfully prepared with synergistic effects between bimetallic sulfides. The resulting p-NixCo9–xS8catalyst shows a hierarchical flowerlike nanosheet shape based on physical representations. An ultrathin and porous nanosheet surface facilitates rapid electrolyte injection and provides abundant active sites for H+adsorption, thus giving p-NixCo9–xS8nanosheets outstanding HER performance. Furthermore, the synergistic effect of a bimetallic electrocatalyst is helpful to improve HER activity. In comparison to NixCo9–xS8nanosheets without PVP, individual Co9S8particles, and individual Ni9S8nanosheets, p-NixCo9–xS8nanosheets have a lower overpotential (137 mV to 10 mA cm–2), Tafel slope (109 mV dec–1), and 95.7% retention of current after 1000 cycles in the HER process.
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- 2023
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