articleJournal of the American Chemical SocietyJan 14, 2015Closed access

Highly Active and Stable Hybrid Catalyst of Cobalt-Doped FeS 2 Nanosheets–Carbon Nanotubes for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

National Taiwan Normal University · Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica · +3 more institutions

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Abstract

Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) from water through electrocatalysis using cost-effective materials to replace precious Pt catalysts holds great promise for clean energy technologies. In this work we developed a highly active and stable catalyst containing Co doped earth abundant iron pyrite FeS(2) nanosheets hybridized with carbon nanotubes (Fe(1-x)CoxS(2)/CNT hybrid catalysts) for HER in acidic solutions. The pyrite phase of Fe(1-x)CoxS(2)/CNT was characterized by powder X-ray diffraction and absorption spectroscopy. Electrochemical measurements showed a low overpotential of ∼0.12 V at 20 mA/cm(2), small Tafel slope of ∼46 mV/decade, and long-term durability over 40 h of HER operation using bulk quantities…

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