Controllable Synthesis of CoS2@N/S‐Codoped Porous Carbon Derived from ZIF‐67 for as a Highly Efficient Catalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Abstract A convenient, controllable method to fabricate an electrode is necessary to achieve the practical application of a hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalyst. In this work, an electrodeposition–ZIF conversion–sulfuration strategy is developed to produce a CoS 2 @N/S‐codoped porous carbon (CoS 2 @NSC/CFP) to drive the HER efficiently. CoS 2 @NSC/CFP was prepared by the electrodeposition of Co(OH) 2 on a carbon fiber paper followed by conversion into ZIF‐67 and subsequent sulfuration with sulfur. The loading of electroactive components can be controlled easily in the range of 0.7–10.0 mg cm −2 by varying electrodeposition time from 5 min to 2 h. The resulting material can be employed directly as a working electrode for the HER and it shows an excellent catalytic activity and stability with an overpotential of 95 mV at 10 mA cm −2 and 158 mV to reach 100 mA cm −2 in an acidic medium. The high efficiency is related intimately to the high dispersion of ultra‐small CoS 2 nanoparticles, heteroatom‐codoping, and the 3 D porous network configuration of the carbon fiber paper.