Facile Construction of Three-Dimensional Heterostructured CuCo2S4 Bifunctional Catalyst for Alkaline Water Electrolysis

Developing an efficient multi-functional electrocatalyst with high efficiency and low cost to replace noble metals is significantly crucial for the industrial water electrolysis process and for producing sustainable green hydrogen (H2) fuel. Herein, ultrathin CuCo2S4 nanosheets assembled into highly...

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Published in:Catalysts 2023-05, Vol.13 (5), p.881
Main Authors: Li, Shengnan, Ma, Pengli, Yang, Jishuang, Krishnan, Srinivasan, Kesavan, Kannan S., Xing, Ruimin, Liu, Shanhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adsorption
alkaline water electrolysis
Catalysts
Chemical reactions
Cost analysis
Crystal lattices
CuCo2S4
electrocatalyst
Electrocatalysts
Electrolysis
Energy
Green hydrogen
hydrogen evolution reaction
Industrial water
Metal oxides
Metals
Morphology
Nanospheres
Nanostructure
Noble metals
oxygen evolution reaction
Oxygen evolution reactions
solvothermal
Sulfide compounds
Surface area
Transition metals
Water splitting
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Summary:Developing an efficient multi-functional electrocatalyst with high efficiency and low cost to replace noble metals is significantly crucial for the industrial water electrolysis process and for producing sustainable green hydrogen (H2) fuel. Herein, ultrathin CuCo2S4 nanosheets assembled into highly open three-dimensional (3D) nanospheres of CuCo2S4 (Cu/Co = 33:67) were prepared by a facile one-pot solvothermal approach and utilized as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for efficient overall water splitting. The as-prepared CuCo2S4 is characterized structurally and morphologically; the BET surface area of the CuCo2S4 (Cu/Co = 33:67) catalyst was found to have a larger specific surface area (21.783 m2g−1) than that of other catalysts with a Cu/Co ratio of 67:33, 50:50, and 20:80. Benefiting from a highly open structure and ultrathin nanosheets with excellent exposure to catalytically active sites, CuCo2S4 (Cu/Co = 33:67) is identified as an efficient catalyst for the proton reduction and oxygen evolution reactions in 1 M KOH with an overpotential of 182 and 274 mV at 10 mA cm−2, respectively. As expected, a low cell voltage of 1.68 V delivers a current density of 10 mA cm−2. Stability and durability are also greatly enhanced under harsh alkaline conditions. Therefore, this work provides a simple strategy for the rational design of spinel-based transition metal sulfide catalysts for electrocatalysis.
ISSN:2073-4344
2073-4344
DOI:10.3390/catal13050881