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CoS2 nanoneedle array on Ti mesh: A stable and efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for urea-assisted electrolytic hydrogen production

Journal

ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 246, Issue -, Pages 776-782

Publisher

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.06.068

Keywords

CoS2 nanoneedle array; Urea electrolysis; Sulfuration; Bifunctional catalyst

Funding

  1. Qingdao Innovation Leading Expert Program
  2. Qingdao Basic & Applied Research project [15-9-1-100-jch]
  3. Qingdao Postdoctoral Application Research Project [40601060003]

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In this work, we report that uniformly CoS2 nanoneedle array grown on Ti mesh (CoS2 NA/Ti) behaves as a stable and efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for urea-assisted electrolytic hydrogen production via overall urea splitting. As a non-noble metal electrocatalyst, CoS2 NA/Ti exhibited excellent urea oxidation reaction (UOR) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalytic activity in 1.0 M KOH with 0.3 M urea solution. Only a cell voltage of 1.59 V is required to achieve a current density of 10 mA cm(-2) for full urea splitting in 1.0 M KOH with 0.3 M urea. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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