In situ construction of Ni-based N doped porous carbon induced by sulfurization or phosphorization for synergistically enhanced photo/electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2023.09.015

Abstract

Abstract: Herein, two novel 3D porous Ni-based N doped carbon heterojunctions (NiS₂ @NC or Ni₂ P@NC) were suc-cessfully prepared through in situ carbonization and sulfurization or phosphorization by using flower-like Ni-based zeolite imidazolium framework as a precursor. Physiochemical and photoelectrochemical prop-erties were investigated to explore photoinduced charge separation and transfer in the heterojunction. Meanwhile, the photo/electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution performances were evaluated systematically. In contrast to the controlled Ni-ZIF and Ni@NC composites, the expected flower-like NiS₂ @NC compounds show significantly enhanced photo/electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution performances, which is 13.8 times that of Ni-ZIF and 1.8 times that of Ni@NC. Furthermore, a phosphorus-decorated composite (Ni₂ P@NC) was synthesized for better comparison, which also displays apparently improved photo/electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution activities. The findings present that the synergistic effect of S doping and semicon-ducting NiS₂ formation take responsibility for the enhancement of H₂ generation over the NiS₂ @NC hy-brids. This work can provide a new strategy to construct efficient ZIFs-based photo/electrocatalysts with high performance of H2 production.

Key words: Solar utilization, Zeolite imidazolium framework, Carbon, Doping, Heterojunction, Hydrogen evolution

Desheng Xu, Jun Ke, Hengyu Liu, Yafan Bi, Jie Liu. In situ construction of Ni-based N doped porous carbon induced by sulfurization or phosphorization for synergistically enhanced photo/electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution[J]. J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2024, 179: 66-78.

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