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Multi-interface collaboration of graphene cross-linked NiS-NiS2- Ni3S4 polymorph foam towards robust hydrogen evolution in alkaline electrolyte

Haiqing Wang1,§( ), Wenjing Zhang2,§, Xiaowei Zhang1, Shuxian Hu2, Zhicheng Zhang3, Weijia Zhou1, Hong Liu1,4( )
Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Equipment for Biological Diagnosis and Therapy in Universities of Shandong Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research (iAIR), University of Jinan Jinan 250022 China
Beijing Computational Science Research CenterBeijing 100193 China
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences Department of Chemistry School of Science Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072 China
State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials Shandong University Jinan 250100 China

§ Haiqing Wang and Wenjing Zhang contributed equally to this work.

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Abstract

Electrocatalytic hydrogen production in alkaline media is extensively adopted in industry. Unfortunately, further performance improvement is severely impeded by the retarded kinetics, which requires the fine regulation of water dissociation, hydrogen recombination, and hydroxyl desorption. Herein, we develop a multi-interface engineering strategy to make an elaborate balance for the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) kinetics. The graphene cross-linked three-phase nickel sulfide (NiS-NiS2-Ni3S4) polymorph foam (G-NNNF) was constructed through hydrothermal sulfidation of graphene wrapped nickel foam as a three-dimensional (3D) scaffold template. The G-NNNF exhibits superior catalytic activity toward HER in alkaline electrolyte, which only requires an overpotential of 68 mV to drive 10 mA·cm−2 and is better than most of the recently reported metal sulfides catalysts. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations verify the interfaces between nickel sulfides (NiS/NiS2/Ni3S4) and cross-linked graphene can endow the electrocatalyst with preferable hydrogen adsorption as well as metallic nature. In addition, the electron transfer from Ni3S4/NiS2 to NiS results in the electron accumulation on NiS and the hole accumulation on Ni3S4/NiS2, respectively. The electron accumulation on NiS favors the optimization of the H* adsorption, whereas the hole accumulation on Ni3S4 is beneficial for the adsorption of H2O. The work about multi-interface collaboration pushes forward the frontier of excellent polymorph catalysts design.

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hydrogen evolution reactionnickel sulfideinterface engineeringpolymorphheterointerface

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Nano Research
Volume 14 Issue 12,
December 2021
Pages 4857-4864
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-021-3445-5
Cite this article:
Wang H, Zhang W, Zhang X, et al. Multi-interface collaboration of graphene cross-linked NiS-NiS2- Ni3S4 polymorph foam towards robust hydrogen evolution in alkaline electrolyte. Nano Research, 2021, 14(12): 4857-4864. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-3445-5
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Hydrogen evolution reaction

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Received: 24 February 2021
Revised: 08 March 2021
Accepted: 08 March 2021
Published: 17 April 2021
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