Engineering Cu1.96S/Co9S8 with sulfur vacancy and heterostructure as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for water splitting

doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2022.12.042

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Abstract: Defect and interface engineering have been recognized as efficient strategies for developing high-performance electrocatalysts. However, it is still challenging to couple defect and interface engineering in transition metal sulfides and understand their dynamic evolution process during electrocatalysis. Herein, we developed one-step pyrolysis of bimetallic sulfide to construct S vacancy-rich Cu_1.96S/Co₉S₈ heterostructure by controlling the critical decomposition temperature. The as-synthesized Cu_1.96S/Co₉S₈ exhibits excellent bifunctional electrocatalytic performance, with a low overpotential of 99 and 200 mV at 10 mA cm^-2 towards hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in 1.0 mol/L KOH electrolyte, respectively. A symmetric two-electrode cell with Cu_1.96S/Co₉S₈ delivered a current density of 10 mA cm^-2 at a low voltage of 1.43 V and showed long-term stability for 200 h. A series of in/ex-situ techniques revealed that the electrochemical reconfiguration only appeared in the OER process, resulting in the CoOOH/CuO and SO₄^2- species promoting OER performance. Meanwhile, the S vacancy and heterostructure interface in Cu_1.96S/Co₉S₈ were proved to optimize the electronic structure and the adsorption of intermediates for HER by density function theory (DFT) simulations. This work provides a promising strategy to construct metal sulfides with rich defects and heterogeneous interfaces and understand their dynamic evolution process for electrochemical storage and conversion devices.

Key words: Cu_1.96S/Co₉S₈, S vacancy, Heterostructure, Overall water-splitting

Yuanhua Xiao, Ya Shen, Dangcheng Su, Shiwei Zhang, Jinlin Yang, Dafeng Yan, Shaoming Fang, Xuezhao Wang. Engineering Cu_1.96S/Co₉S₈ with sulfur vacancy and heterostructure as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for water splitting[J]. J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2023, 154: 1-8.

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