High performance and low-cost electrocatalysts for overall water splitting,i.e.,catalyzing hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions with the same material,are of great importance for large-scale,renewable energy conver...High performance and low-cost electrocatalysts for overall water splitting,i.e.,catalyzing hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions with the same material,are of great importance for large-scale,renewable energy conversion processes.Here,we report an ultrafast(~7 ms)synthesis tech nique for tran sition metal chalcoge nide n anoparticles assisted by high temperature treatme nt.As a proof of con cept,we dem on strate that cobalt sulfide(~20 nm in diameter)@few-layer graphe ne(~2 nm in thick ness)core-shell nan oparticles embedded in RGO nano sheets exhibit remarkable bifunctional electrocatalytic activity and stability for overall water splitting,which is comparable to commercial 40 wt.%platinum/carbon(Pt/C)electrocatalysts.After 60 h of continuous operation,10 mA crrT?water splitting current density can still be achieved at a low potential of^1.77 V without any activity decay,which is among the most active for non-noble material based electrocatalysts.The presented study provides prospects in synthesizing highly efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for large-scale energy conversion application via a simple yet efficient technique.展开更多
文摘High performance and low-cost electrocatalysts for overall water splitting,i.e.,catalyzing hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions with the same material,are of great importance for large-scale,renewable energy conversion processes.Here,we report an ultrafast(~7 ms)synthesis tech nique for tran sition metal chalcoge nide n anoparticles assisted by high temperature treatme nt.As a proof of con cept,we dem on strate that cobalt sulfide(~20 nm in diameter)@few-layer graphe ne(~2 nm in thick ness)core-shell nan oparticles embedded in RGO nano sheets exhibit remarkable bifunctional electrocatalytic activity and stability for overall water splitting,which is comparable to commercial 40 wt.%platinum/carbon(Pt/C)electrocatalysts.After 60 h of continuous operation,10 mA crrT?water splitting current density can still be achieved at a low potential of^1.77 V without any activity decay,which is among the most active for non-noble material based electrocatalysts.The presented study provides prospects in synthesizing highly efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for large-scale energy conversion application via a simple yet efficient technique.
