Three-Dimensional Flower-like Fe, C-Doped-MoS2/Ni3S2 Heterostructures Spheres for Accelerating Electrocatalytic Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution

Xuefeng Lv; Guangsheng Liu; Song Liu; Wenting Chen; Dehua Cao; Taize Song; Nannan Wang; Yanqiu Zhu

doi:10.3390/cryst11040340

Crystals (Mar 2021)

Three-Dimensional Flower-like Fe, C-Doped-MoS2/Ni3S2 Heterostructures Spheres for Accelerating Electrocatalytic Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution

Xuefeng Lv,
Guangsheng Liu,
Song Liu,
Wenting Chen,
Dehua Cao,
Taize Song,
Nannan Wang,
Yanqiu Zhu

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Xuefeng Lv: Guangxi Institute Fullerene Technology (GIFT), Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Guangsheng Liu: Guangxi Institute Fullerene Technology (GIFT), Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Song Liu: Guangxi Institute Fullerene Technology (GIFT), Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Wenting Chen: Guangxi Institute Fullerene Technology (GIFT), Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Dehua Cao: Guangxi Institute Fullerene Technology (GIFT), Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Taize Song: Guangxi Institute Fullerene Technology (GIFT), Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Nannan Wang: Guangxi Institute Fullerene Technology (GIFT), Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Yanqiu Zhu: Guangxi Institute Fullerene Technology (GIFT), Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11040340
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 4
p. 340

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The exploration of high-efficiency bifunctional electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) has long been challenging. The rational design of a catalyst by constructing heterostructures and a doping element are possibly expected to achieve it. Herein, the utilization of flower-like Fe/C-doped-MoS2/Ni3S2-450 spherical structural materials for electrocatalytic HER and OER is introduced in this study. The carboxyferrocene-incorporated molybdenum sulfide/nickel sulfide (MoySx/NiS) nanostructures were prepared by solvothermal method. After annealing, the iron and carbon elements derived from ferrocenecarboxylic acid enhanced the electrical transport performance and provided rich electronic sites for HER and OER in alkaline media. Specifically, the optimized flower-like Fe/C-doped-MoS2/Ni3S2-450 exhibited efficient bifunctional performance in alkaline electrolyte, with low overpotentials of 188 and 270 mV required to deliver a current density of 10 mA cm−2 for HER and OER, respectively. This work provides valuable insights for the rational design of energy storage and conversion materials by the incorporation of transition metal and carbon elements into metal sulfide structures utilizing metallocene.

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ISSN: 2073-4352 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry: Crystallography
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/crystals/

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