Greatly boosting electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction over Ni3S2 nanosheets rationally decorated by Ni3Sn2S2 quantum dots

• Published in: Applied catalysis. B, Environmental Vol. 267; p. 118675
• Main Authors: Lu, Shi-Yu, Li, Shengwen, Jin, Meng, Gao, Jiechang, Zhang, Yanning
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 15.06.2020; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Absorption; Catalysts; Current density; Desorption; Earth-abundant hybrid catalyst; Electrochemistry; Electrodes; Electron transfer; Electronic structure; Electronic structure control; Evolution; Heterointerfaces; Hydrogen; Hydrogen evolution reaction; Hydrogen evolution reactions; Interfaces; Low currents; Metal sulfides; Nanosheets; Nickel sulfide; Quantum dots; Reaction kinetics; Sheets; Water absorption; Heterointerfaces; Hydrogen evolution reaction; Earth-abundant hybrid catalyst; Electronic structure control; Metal sulfides

[Display omitted] •Rationally tailor Ni3Sn2S2 QDs-decorated Ni3S2 Nanosheets establish high-surficial multi-heterogeneous catalysis.•Ni3Sn2S2@Ni3S2 can realize both strong water absorption and strong H atom desorption.•The optimized Ni3Sn2S2@Ni3S2 surpass commercial Pt/C toward HER.•The more detaile...