Metallic Iron-Nickel Sulfide Ultrathin Nanosheets As a Highly Active Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Acidic Media.
We report on the synthesis of iron-nickel sulfide (INS) ultrathin nanosheets by topotactic conversion from a hydroxide precursor. The INS nanosheets exhibit excellent activity and stability in strong acidic solutions as a hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalyst, lending an attractive alternative to the Pt catalyst. The metallic α-INS nanosheets show an even lower overpotential of 105 mV at 10 mA/cm(2) and a smaller Tafel slope of 40 mV/dec. With the help of DFT calculations, the high specific surface area, facile ion transport and charge transfer, abundant electrochemical active sites, suitable H(+) adsorption, and H2 formation kinetics and energetics are proposed to contribute to the high activity of the INS ultrathin nanosheets toward HER.
Department of Chemistry, William Mong Institute of Nano Science and Technology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Xia
X
Long
College of Science, China University of Petroleum , Qingdao 266555, PR China.
Guixia
G
Li
Department of Chemistry, William Mong Institute of Nano Science and Technology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Zilong
Z
Wang
College of Science, China University of Petroleum , Qingdao 266555, PR China.
HouYu
H
Zhu
Department of Chemistry, William Mong Institute of Nano Science and Technology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Teng
T
Zhang
Department of Chemistry, William Mong Institute of Nano Science and Technology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Shuang
S
Xiao
College of Science, China University of Petroleum , Qingdao 266555, PR China.
Wenyue
W
Guo
Department of Chemistry, William Mong Institute of Nano Science and Technology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Shihe
S
Yang
D002384:Catalysis; D004563:Electrochemistry; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry*
D009532:Nickel; D006859:Hydrogen; D007501:Iron; C017558:nickel sulfide