(Fe, Ni, Co)9S8@CS catalyst decorated on N-doped carbon as an efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction
Youngkwang Kim
School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorMohanraju Karuppannan
Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorDohyeon Lee
Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorHyo Eun Bae
Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorQuang Thien Luong
Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorSun Young Kang
School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Centre for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorYung-Eun Sung
School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Centre for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Yong-Hun Cho
Department of Chemical Engineering, Kangwon National University, Samcheok, Republic of Korea
Correspondence
Oh Joong Kwon, Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea.
Email: [email protected]
Yong-Hun Cho, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kangwon National University, Samcheok, 25913, Republic of Korea.
Email: [email protected]
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Oh Joong Kwon
Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Correspondence
Oh Joong Kwon, Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea.
Email: [email protected]
Yong-Hun Cho, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kangwon National University, Samcheok, 25913, Republic of Korea.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorYoungkwang Kim
School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorMohanraju Karuppannan
Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorDohyeon Lee
Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorHyo Eun Bae
Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorQuang Thien Luong
Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorSun Young Kang
School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Centre for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorYung-Eun Sung
School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Centre for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Yong-Hun Cho
Department of Chemical Engineering, Kangwon National University, Samcheok, Republic of Korea
Correspondence
Oh Joong Kwon, Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea.
Email: [email protected]
Yong-Hun Cho, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kangwon National University, Samcheok, 25913, Republic of Korea.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Oh Joong Kwon
Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Correspondence
Oh Joong Kwon, Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea.
Email: [email protected]
Yong-Hun Cho, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kangwon National University, Samcheok, 25913, Republic of Korea.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorYoungkwang Kim and Mohanraju Karuppannan contributed equally to this study.
Funding information: Incheon National University, Grant/Award Number: Research Concentration Professors 2019; Korea Research Council for Industrial Science and Technology, Grant/Award Number: KS2022-20
Summary
Fe, Ni, and Co and their alloys are widely studied for oxygen evolution reaction and hydrogen evolution in electrocatalytic water splitting under alkaline conditions, and their pentlandite sulfide was found to enhance the catalytic activity for the reactions. In this study, the synthesis of pentlandite sulfide of Fe, Ni, and Co was tried by a ball milling and subsequent pyrolysis. It was proved that the ball milling method is a promising way for a pentlandite formation and simultaneous carbon encapsulation. An aniline monomer played a role of carbon source for carbon encapsulation, and ammonium persulfate provided sulfur for a sulfide formation. Three kinds of compounds were synthesized by varying the Ni/Co ratio, and their structural characteristics and electrochemical activity were investigated and compared each other. X-ray diffraction patterns showed that they consisted of pentlandite sulfide and metal alloy phase. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that nanoparticles enwrapped by carbon shell were uniformly distributed on N-doped carbon. Electrochemical activity was studied under alkaline condition, and the overpotential of 260 mV at 10 mA/cm2 was obtained in 1 M KOH solution for oxygen evolution reaction. After 500 cycles, the overpotential increased slightly to 310 mV. From this study, it was revealed that the electrochemical activity of (Fe, Ni, Co)9S8 depends on structural parameters not elemental composition.
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