title: When cubic cobalt sulfide meets layered molybdenum disulfide: a core-shell system toward synergetic electrocatalytic water splitting.
abstract: A new class of Co9 S8 @MoS2 core-shell structures formed on carbon nanofibers composed of cubic Co9 S8 as cores and layered MoS2 as shells is described. The core-shell design of these nanostructures allows the advantages of MoS2 and Co9 S8 to be combined, serving as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for H2 and O2 evolution.
authors.affiliation: College of Materials and Textiles, Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Junfeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ruoping
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yanzhang
authors.affiliation: College of Materials and Textiles, Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Mingliang
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Qingfa
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Guohua
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jiandong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Guangming
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: College of Materials and Textiles, Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Materials and Textiles, Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Juming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xiangwen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
keywords: core-shell; electrochemistry; synergetic effects; transition metal sulfide; water splitting