Amorphous versuscrystalline CoSxanchored on CNTs as heterostructured electrocatalysts toward hydrogen evolution reaction

Autor: Cheng, Changgen, Ao, Weidong, Ren, Huijun, Fan, Zhishuai, Xu, Tingting, Dai, Lei, Yin, Peiqun
Zdroj: Science China Materials; April 2023, Vol. 66 Issue: 4 p1383-1388, 6p
Abstrakt: In this work, we have successfully constructed carbon nanotube (CNT)-a-CoSxamorphous heterostructured catalysts using a two-step method. The abundant active sites, superior electron transport properties, and large electrochemically active specific surface area enable amorphous CNT-a-CoSxto exhibit higher hydrogen evolution reaction performance than crystalline CNT-c-CoSxin acidic conditions. To deliver a cathodic current density of 10 mA cm−2, the required overpotential is only 76 mV. No significant performance degradation is observed after 60,000 s of electrochemical durability test. This facile strategy provides technical support for the design and construction of amorphous heterostructured electrocatalysts with high activity and stability for the generation of green hydrogen.
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