Revealing the effect of interfacial electron transfer in heterostructured Co9S8@NiFe LDH for enhanced electrocatalytic oxygen evolution
Abstract
Heterointerface engineering is a desirable way to rationally design efficient and low-cost electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Herein, urchin-like Co9S8@NiFe layered double hydroxide (Co9S8@NiFe LDH) heterostructured hollow spheres are assembled from Co9S8 hollow spheres as the core and porous NiFe LDH nanowires as the shell. The heterostructured hollow spheres show a small overpotential of 220 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2, a low Tafel slope of 52.0 mV dec-1, and robust stability, which is better than that of commercial IrO2 and most reported non-precious electrocatalysts. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations show that the synergetic effect at the interface could improve the electrical conductivity of Co9S8@NiFe LDH, induce electron transfer from NiFe LDH to Co9S8, and lower the energy barriers of intermediates for the OER, leading to enhanced electrocatalytic activity. Meanwhile, the urchin-like hollow structure with nanopores and super-hydrophilicity can provide desired structural stability, facilitate ion penetration and release bubbles, improving the accessibility of active sites and thereby boosting OER catalytic performance. This work provides a viable route to develop high performance electrocatalysts for the OER.
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- Beijing Inst. of Technology (China); Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)
- Beijing Inst. of Technology (China)
- Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)
- Beihang University, Beijing (China)
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- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); China Scholarship Council; USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1849924
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- OSTI ID: 1782954
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-86ER13622; 52072034; 20190603003
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Materials Chemistry. A
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 20; Journal ID: ISSN 2050-7488
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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Feng, Xueting, Jiao, Qingze, Dai, Zheng, Dang, Yanliu, Suib, Steven L., Zhang, Jiatao, Zhao, Yun, Li, Hansheng, Feng, Caihong, and Li, Anran. Revealing the effect of interfacial electron transfer in heterostructured Co9S8@NiFe LDH for enhanced electrocatalytic oxygen evolution. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1039/d1ta02318g.
Feng, Xueting, Jiao, Qingze, Dai, Zheng, Dang, Yanliu, Suib, Steven L., Zhang, Jiatao, Zhao, Yun, Li, Hansheng, Feng, Caihong, & Li, Anran. Revealing the effect of interfacial electron transfer in heterostructured Co9S8@NiFe LDH for enhanced electrocatalytic oxygen evolution. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ta02318g
Feng, Xueting, Jiao, Qingze, Dai, Zheng, Dang, Yanliu, Suib, Steven L., Zhang, Jiatao, Zhao, Yun, Li, Hansheng, Feng, Caihong, and Li, Anran. Thu .
"Revealing the effect of interfacial electron transfer in heterostructured Co9S8@NiFe LDH for enhanced electrocatalytic oxygen evolution". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ta02318g. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1849924.
@article{osti_1849924,
title = {Revealing the effect of interfacial electron transfer in heterostructured Co9S8@NiFe LDH for enhanced electrocatalytic oxygen evolution},
author = {Feng, Xueting and Jiao, Qingze and Dai, Zheng and Dang, Yanliu and Suib, Steven L. and Zhang, Jiatao and Zhao, Yun and Li, Hansheng and Feng, Caihong and Li, Anran},
abstractNote = {Heterointerface engineering is a desirable way to rationally design efficient and low-cost electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Herein, urchin-like Co9S8@NiFe layered double hydroxide (Co9S8@NiFe LDH) heterostructured hollow spheres are assembled from Co9S8 hollow spheres as the core and porous NiFe LDH nanowires as the shell. The heterostructured hollow spheres show a small overpotential of 220 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2, a low Tafel slope of 52.0 mV dec-1, and robust stability, which is better than that of commercial IrO2 and most reported non-precious electrocatalysts. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations show that the synergetic effect at the interface could improve the electrical conductivity of Co9S8@NiFe LDH, induce electron transfer from NiFe LDH to Co9S8, and lower the energy barriers of intermediates for the OER, leading to enhanced electrocatalytic activity. Meanwhile, the urchin-like hollow structure with nanopores and super-hydrophilicity can provide desired structural stability, facilitate ion penetration and release bubbles, improving the accessibility of active sites and thereby boosting OER catalytic performance. This work provides a viable route to develop high performance electrocatalysts for the OER.},
doi = {10.1039/d1ta02318g},
journal = {Journal of Materials Chemistry. A},
number = 20,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Thu Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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