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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
Volume 7, Issue 22, Pages 4498-4506Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d0qi00289e
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51672056]
- Excellent Youth Project of the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China [YQ2019B002]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [3072020CF1018]
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Highly active, ultra-long duration and cost-effective catalysts are imminently required for the development of electrolytic appliances for H-2 generation. Herein, we propose a novel and facile strategy to fabricate P doped CoS2 nanosheet arrays on carbon cloth (Co-S-P/CC) as bifunctional electrocatalysts toward hybrid water electrolysis, in which the tardy anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is substituted by a more favorable kinetic and thermodynamic ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR). Benefitting from the abundant active sites of Co-S-P nanosheets and the robust adhesion between Co-S-P and CC, the binder-free self-supported bifunctional Co-S-P/CC electrodes have satisfactory electrocatalytic activities and stabilities toward the EOR and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Notably, owing to the more favorable kinetics and thermodynamics of the EOR compared to those of the OER catalyzed by the Co-S-P/CC electrode, the required cell voltage for hybrid water electrolysis (1.63 V) is remarkably decreased compared to water electrolysis (1.77 V). Furthermore, the oxidation product acetic acid is more valuable than raw ethanol or oxygen from water splitting alone. This work may broaden the horizons in exploring and designing novel electrocatalysts, which can integrate the HER with other small organic molecule oxidation reactions for multifarious energy-related applications.
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