Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, Sichuan, China.
Nanoscale. 2015 Oct 7;7(37):15122-6. doi: 10.1039/c5nr04064g.
The present communication reports the topotactic conversion of NiCo2O4 nanowires array on carbon cloth (NiCo2O4 NA/CC) into NiCo2S4 NA/CC, which is used as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for water splitting with good durability and superior activity in 1.0 M KOH. This NiCo2S4 NA/CC electrode produces 100 mA cm(-2) at an overpotential of 305 mV for hydrogen evolution and 100 mA cm(-2) at an overpotential of 340 mV for oxygen evolution. To afford a 10 mA cm(-2) water-splitting current, the alkaline water electrolyzer made from NiCo2S4 NA/CC needs a cell voltage of 1.68 V, which is 300 mV less than that for NiCo2O4 NA/CC, and has good stability.
本通讯报道了将 NiCo2O4 纳米线阵列在碳布上的原位转化(NiCo2O4 NA/CC 到 NiCo2S4 NA/CC),将其作为一种高效的双功能电催化剂用于水分解,具有良好的耐久性和在 1.0 M KOH 中的优异活性。这种 NiCo2S4 NA/CC 电极在析氢反应中产生 100 mA cm(-2) 的电流密度时需要 305 mV 的过电势,在析氧反应中产生 100 mA cm(-2) 的电流密度时需要 340 mV 的过电势。为了提供 10 mA cm(-2) 的水分解电流,由 NiCo2S4 NA/CC 制成的碱性水电解槽需要 1.68 V 的电池电压,比 NiCo2O4 NA/CC 少 300 mV,并且具有良好的稳定性。