Facile synthesis of Co and Ce dual-doped Ni3S2 nanosheets on Ni foam for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction

Nano Research volume 13,pages2130–2135(2020)Cite this article 376 Accesses 2 Citations Metrics details Abstract Developing efficient and stable oxygen evolution reaction(OER)electrocatalysts via doping strategy has well-documented for electrochemical water splitting.Herein,a homogeneous structure(denoted as Co/Ce-Ni3S2/NF)composed of Co and Ce dual doped Ni3S2 nanosheets on nickel foam was synthesized by a facile one-step hydrothermal method.Co and Ce dopants are distributed inside the host sulfide,thereby raising the active sites and the electrical conductivity.Besides,the CeOx nanoparticles generated by part of the Ce dopants as a cocatalyst further improve the catalytic activity by adding defective sites and enhancing the electron transfer.As a consequence,the obtained Co/Ce-Ni3S2/NF electrode exhibits better electrocatalytic activity than single Co or Ce doped Ni3S2 and pure Ni3S2,with low overpotential(286 mV)at 20 mA-cm^−2,a small Tafel slope and excellent long-term durability in strong alkaline solution.These results presented here not only offer a novel platform for designing transition metal and lanthanide dual-doped catalysts,but also supply some guidelines for constructing catalysts in other catalytic applications.