Dimensional construction and morphological tuning of heterogeneous MoS2/NiS electrocatalysts for efficient overall water splitting

Zhangjie Zhai; Chao Li; Han Chun Wu; Lei Zhang; Ning Tang; Wei Wang; Jinlong Gong

doi:10.1039/c8ta03304h

Dimensional construction and morphological tuning of heterogeneous MoS₂/NiS electrocatalysts for efficient overall water splitting

Zhangjie Zhai, Chao Li, Han Chun Wu, Lei Zhang^*, Ning Tang, Wei Wang, Jinlong Gong

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Water splitting for hydrogen production urges the development of cheap, efficient, and durable electrocatalysts. This paper describes the dimensional construction of nickel sulfide (NiS) and molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) with heterogeneous structures for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The morphologies of MoS₂/NiS can be finely tuned to aggregations, nanowires and nanocuboids by controlled addition of dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (AOT) and hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) as surfactants. MoS₂/NiS nanosheet coupled nanocuboids (MoS₂/NiS NCs) exhibit the best and most stable electrocatalytic activity with 92 and 271 mV overpotentials at 10 and 15 mA cm^-2 for the HER and the OER. MoS₂/NiS NCs as an electrolyzer in alkaline media at a current density of 10 mA cm^-2 can deliver a cell voltage of 1.61 V with remarkable 45 h durability, making them an ideal catalyst towards practical application for water splitting.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	9833-9838
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume	6
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ta03304h
Publication status	Published - 2018

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