塔菲尔方程
双功能
析氧
分解水
材料科学
阳极
电解
过电位
电解水
化学工程
阴极
纳米技术
电化学
化学
电极
催化作用
光催化
物理化学
工程类
电解质
生物化学
作者
Shengjue Deng,Yu Zhong,Yinxiang Zeng,Yadong Wang,Xiuli Wang,Xihong Lu,Xinhui Xia,Jiangping Tu
标识
DOI:10.1002/advs.201700772
摘要
Abstract Designing ever more efficient and cost‐effective bifunctional electrocatalysts for oxygen/hydrogen evolution reactions (OER/HER) is greatly vital and challenging. Here, a new type of binder‐free hollow TiO 2 @Co 9 S 8 core–branch arrays is developed as highly active OER and HER electrocatalysts for stable overall water splitting. Hollow core–branch arrays of TiO 2 @Co 9 S 8 are readily realized by the rational combination of crosslinked Co 9 S 8 nanoflakes on TiO 2 core via a facile and powerful sulfurization strategy. Arising from larger active surface area, richer/shorter transfer channels for ions/electrons, and reinforced structural stability, the as‐obtained TiO 2 @Co 9 S 8 core–branch arrays show noticeable exceptional electrocatalytic performance, with low overpotentials of 240 and 139 mV at 10 mA cm −2 as well as low Tafel slopes of 55 and 65 mV Dec −1 for OER and HER in alkaline medium, respectively. Impressively, the electrolysis cell based on the TiO 2 @Co 9 S 8 arrays as both cathode and anode exhibits a remarkably low water splitting voltage of 1.56 V at 10 mA cm −2 and long‐term durability with no decay after 10 d. The versatile fabrication protocol and smart branch‐core design provide a new way to construct other advanced metal sulfides for energy conversion and storage.
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