Issue 1, 2024

Heterogeneous CoS2/MS2 microspheres for an efficient oxygen evolution reaction

Abstract

Delicately fabricating efficient electro-catalysts to boost the catalytic kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is essential for realizing the efficient performance of water splitting into hydrogen to alleviate environmental issues and the energy crisis. Here, heterogeneous and hollow microspheres (denoted as CoS2/MS2-HPMS, M = Fe, FeCo) were obtained by the sulfurization of Fe3+-decorated ZIF-67 hollow microspheres (ZIF-67-HMS). At a current density of 10 mA cm−2, the prepared CoS2/MS2-HPMS showed an overpotential of 217 mV for the OER, which is lower than that of commercial RuO2 (336 mV). Density functional theory calculations demonstrated low reaction free energies of the intermediates of the OER and significant charge accumulation at the heterojunction interface between CoS2 and FeCoS2. This work establishes a method for the assembly of nanoparticles and the construction of heterojunctions.

Graphical abstract: Heterogeneous CoS2/MS2 microspheres for an efficient oxygen evolution reaction

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
18 9 2023
Accepted
08 11 2023
First published
09 11 2023

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 98-106

Heterogeneous CoS2/MS2 microspheres for an efficient oxygen evolution reaction

X. Wang, L. Wang, K. Kohila Rani, X. Peng, Y. Ning, X. Liu, Y. Fan, D. Chen and W. Chen, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, 11, 98 DOI: 10.1039/D3QI01878D

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