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ACS ENERGY LETTERS
Volume 4, Issue 12, Pages 2905-2912Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.9b02316
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- Naturural Science Foundation of Hebei Province [E2019202206, B2016202213]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51402085]
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Exploration of earth-abundant transition-metal sulfide electrocatalysts with Pt-like activity toward alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is significant for future global energy supply but still a challenge. Herein, we rationally designed and fabricated a self-supported F-anion-doped Ni3S2 nanosheet array grown on Ni foam (F-Ni3S2/NF) with enhanced HER performance in alkaline media. The obtained catalyst exhibits a low overpotential of 38 mV at 10 mA cm(-2) with a Tafel slope of 78 mV dec(-1) and can sustain for 30 h, which is comparable to commercial Pt/C catalysts. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, synchrotron-based X-ray absorption fine structure, and density functional theory analysis simultaneously demonstrate the successful modulation of the electronic structure of Ni3S2 by substitutional F doping. This work not only provides atomic-level insight into adjusting the electronic structure of metal sulfides through anion engineering but also opens an avenue for reasonable design of advanced earth-abundant electrocatalysts toward HER and beyond.
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