塔菲尔方程
过电位
硫化镍
电催化剂
过渡金属
硫化物
离解(化学)
纳米颗粒
分解水
无机化学
化学工程
硫脲
金属
催化作用
材料科学
化学
电极
电化学
纳米技术
物理化学
冶金
有机化学
光催化
工程类
作者
Yulin Sun,Chuanqi Huang,Junling Shen,Yijun Zhong,Jiqiang Ning,Yong Hu
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.jcis.2019.09.090
摘要
Sluggish water dissociation kinetics in the Volmer step is still the huge challenge in designing and synthesizing transition-metal-based electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in alkaline media. Herein, we report a general one-step electrodeposition strategy to construct a high-efficiency electrocatalytic system based on transition metals (Ni, Co and Fe) surface decorated with metal sulfide (Ni3S2, CoxSy and FexSy) nanoparticles on Ni foam with thiourea (MxSy/M/NF). Evaluated in 1.0 M KOH, the obtained Ni3S2/Ni/NF, CoxSy/Co/NF and FexSy/Fe/NF exhibit exceptionally enhanced HER activity, whose overpotentials at 10 mA cm-2 decrease from 196 to 45 mV, 217 to 89 mV and 288 to 128 mV, respectively, when metal sulfides are introduced to Ni/NF, Co/NF and Fe/NF electrodes. Compared with most of state-of-the-art transition-metal-based catalysts, the Ni3S2/Ni/NF electrode displays extremely low overpotential and small Tafel slope (54 mV dec-1) as well as excellent stability. Further experimental characterizations and density functional theory calculations reveal that such excellent HER performance can be ascribed to the synergetic effect in the combination of metals and metal sulfides, the former of which enhances water dissociation and the latter accelerates hydrogen generation. This intriguing work opens a new avenue towards designing highly active low-cost electrocatalysts for commercial application.
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