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Title: Nickel sulfide nanostructures prepared by laser irradiation for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction and supercapacitors

Abstract

Rational design and synthesis of transition metal sulfide complex nanostructures are significant for achieving desired materials properties for a variety of applications. Herein, we synthesized nickel sulfide (NiS) nanostructures using laser irradiation in an aqueous solution and under the ambient condition. Crystalline nanostructures with high phase-purity were achieved without further calcination. Other transition metal sulfides, such as CuS and ZnS, were also successfully synthesized using the laser irradiation approach, suggesting the practical application of this method. The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) measurements show the NiS nanostructures synthesized for 4h (NiS-4h) not only exhibited competitive overpotential (-159 mV vs. RHE at 10 A/g), lower Tafel slope (218 mV/dec) but also delivered long-term stability (14 A/g at -250 mV $vs.$ RHE for 12h). Moreover, the NiS-4h functioned as the electrode for supercapacitor with excellent specific capacitance (3761 F/g at 10 mV/s), reversibility and rate capability (1152 F/g at 100 mV/s). These superb electrochemical performances are attributed to the remarkable value of electrochemically active surface area (ECSA) and synergistic effect of Ni3+ OOH for HER electrocatalytic activities, while the co-existence of Ni2+ and Ni3+ facilitates the rich redox reactions of NiS for supercapacitor.

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 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [3];  [3]
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  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division; Industrial Technology Research Inst., Hsinchu (Taiwan). Energy Storage Technology Division, Green Energy & Environment Research Lab.
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division; Xiamen Univ., Xiamen (China). College of Energy
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division
  4. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division; Tianjin Univ., Tianjin (China). Inst. of New-Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering
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Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1542422
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OSTI ID: 1496411
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; AC02-05-CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Chemical Engineering Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 367; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1385-8947
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Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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Hung, Tai-Feng, Yin, Zu-Wei, Betzler, Sophia B., Zheng, Wenjing, Yang, Jiwoong, and Zheng, Haimei. Nickel sulfide nanostructures prepared by laser irradiation for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction and supercapacitors. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1016/j.cej.2019.02.136.
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Hung, Tai-Feng, Yin, Zu-Wei, Betzler, Sophia B., Zheng, Wenjing, Yang, Jiwoong, & Zheng, Haimei. Nickel sulfide nanostructures prepared by laser irradiation for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction and supercapacitors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2019.02.136
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Hung, Tai-Feng, Yin, Zu-Wei, Betzler, Sophia B., Zheng, Wenjing, Yang, Jiwoong, and Zheng, Haimei. Mon . "Nickel sulfide nanostructures prepared by laser irradiation for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction and supercapacitors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2019.02.136. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1542422.
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@article{osti_1542422,
title = {Nickel sulfide nanostructures prepared by laser irradiation for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction and supercapacitors},
author = {Hung, Tai-Feng and Yin, Zu-Wei and Betzler, Sophia B. and Zheng, Wenjing and Yang, Jiwoong and Zheng, Haimei},
abstractNote = {Rational design and synthesis of transition metal sulfide complex nanostructures are significant for achieving desired materials properties for a variety of applications. Herein, we synthesized nickel sulfide (NiS) nanostructures using laser irradiation in an aqueous solution and under the ambient condition. Crystalline nanostructures with high phase-purity were achieved without further calcination. Other transition metal sulfides, such as CuS and ZnS, were also successfully synthesized using the laser irradiation approach, suggesting the practical application of this method. The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) measurements show the NiS nanostructures synthesized for 4h (NiS-4h) not only exhibited competitive overpotential (-159 mV vs. RHE at 10 A/g), lower Tafel slope (218 mV/dec) but also delivered long-term stability (14 A/g at -250 mV $vs.$ RHE for 12h). Moreover, the NiS-4h functioned as the electrode for supercapacitor with excellent specific capacitance (3761 F/g at 10 mV/s), reversibility and rate capability (1152 F/g at 100 mV/s). These superb electrochemical performances are attributed to the remarkable value of electrochemically active surface area (ECSA) and synergistic effect of Ni3+ OOH for HER electrocatalytic activities, while the co-existence of Ni2+ and Ni3+ facilitates the rich redox reactions of NiS for supercapacitor.},
doi = {10.1016/j.cej.2019.02.136},
journal = {Chemical Engineering Journal},
number = C,
volume = 367,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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Fig. 1 Fig. 1: XRD pattern of NiS-4h, the inset illustrates the corresponding crystal structure.
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