Issue 10, 2021

Electrocatalytic water splitting with unprecedentedly low overpotentials by nickel sulfide nanowires stuffed into carbon nitride scabbards

Abstract

Electrocatalytic splitting of water to oxygen and hydrogen is one of the most promising approaches for sustainable production of hydrogen as a carbon-neutral fuel. To establish efficient electrocatalytic water splitting, the overall overpotential for this reaction must be minimized via developing efficient catalysts to promote oxygen and hydrogen evolution at the anode and the cathode, respectively. However, the overpotentials Image ID:d1ee00509j-t1.gif for oxygen evolution are insufficiently low (162–300 mV for a current density of 10 mA cm−2), and the Image ID:d1ee00509j-t2.gif value less than 100 mV still remains untracked. Here, we report the unprecedentedly low Image ID:d1ee00509j-t3.gif of 32 mV for oxygen evolution attained by the formation of a unique motif of nickel sulfide nanowires stuffed into carbon nitride scabbards (NiSx/C3N4), demonstrating electrocatalytic water splitting at the lowest overall overpotential of 72 mV using the NiSx/C3N4 anode. This motif provides a key to guided thought for the development of efficient catalysts for oxygen evolution.

Graphical abstract: Electrocatalytic water splitting with unprecedentedly low overpotentials by nickel sulfide nanowires stuffed into carbon nitride scabbards

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Feb 2021
Accepted
19 May 2021
First published
20 May 2021

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021,14, 5358-5365

Electrocatalytic water splitting with unprecedentedly low overpotentials by nickel sulfide nanowires stuffed into carbon nitride scabbards

Z. N. Zahran, E. A. Mohamed, Y. Tsubonouchi, M. Ishizaki, T. Togashi, M. Kurihara, K. Saito, T. Yui and M. Yagi, Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14, 5358 DOI: 10.1039/D1EE00509J

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