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  • Carbon-encapsulated heazlewoodite nanoparticles as highly efficient and durable electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reactions

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    Al-Mamun, M
    Yin, Huajie
    Liu, Porun
    Su, Xintai
    Zhang, Haimin
    Yang, Huagui
    Wang, Dan
    Tang, Zhiyong
    Wang, Yun
    Zhao, Huijun
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    Zhao, Huijun
    Liu, Porun
    Wang, Yun
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    2017
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    Abstract
    The activity and durability of electrocatalysts are important factors in their practical applications, such as electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reactions (OERs) used in water splitting cells and metal–air batteries. In this study, a novel electrocatalyst, comprising few-layered graphitic carbon (~5 atomic layers) encapsulated heazlewoodite (Ni3S2@C) nanoparticles (NPs), was designed and synthesized using a one-step solid phase pyrolysis method. In the OER test, the Ni3S2@C catalyst exhibited an overpotential of 298 mV at a current density of 10 mA·cm–2, a Tafel slope of 51.3 mV·dec–1, and charge transfer resistance of 22.0 ...
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    The activity and durability of electrocatalysts are important factors in their practical applications, such as electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reactions (OERs) used in water splitting cells and metal–air batteries. In this study, a novel electrocatalyst, comprising few-layered graphitic carbon (~5 atomic layers) encapsulated heazlewoodite (Ni3S2@C) nanoparticles (NPs), was designed and synthesized using a one-step solid phase pyrolysis method. In the OER test, the Ni3S2@C catalyst exhibited an overpotential of 298 mV at a current density of 10 mA·cm–2, a Tafel slope of 51.3 mV·dec–1, and charge transfer resistance of 22.0 Ω, which were better than those of benchmark RuO2 and most nickel-sulfide-based catalysts previously reported. This improved performance was ascribed to the high electronic conductivity of the graphitic carbon encapsulating layers. Moreover, the encapsulation of graphitic carbon layers provided superb stability without noticeable oxidation or depletion of Ni3S2 NPs within the nanocomposite. Therefore, the strategy introduced in this work can benefit the development of highly stable metal sulfide electrocatalysts for energy conversion and storage applications, without sacrificing electrocatalytic activity.
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    Journal Title
    Nano Research
    Volume
    10
    Issue
    10
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-017-1563-x
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    © 2017 Tsinghua University Press, co-published with Springer-Verlag GmbHs. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
    Subject
    Nanotechnology
    Nanotechnology not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/350495
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