Abstract
A stable,efficient,and economical bifunctional electrolytic catalyst would be incredibly beneficial for the development of hydrogen production by electrocatalytic water splitting.In this study,we synthesized a novel MnS-MnO heterogeneous nanocube@N,S-doped carbon(MnS-MnO@NSC).MnS-MnO nanocubes possess rich hetero-geneous interfaces and plentiful catalytic active sites to promote electrochemical reactions,while the N,S-doped carbon shell possesses excellent conductivity and catalytic properties and protects the nanocubes.MnS-MnO@NSC exhibited excellent electrochemical properties as an effective bifunctional electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)and oxygen evolution reaction(OER)in KOH solution.In the HER,the overpotential was as low as 124 mV at a current density of 10 mA·cm-2,while in the OER,it was only 340 mV at 100 mA·cm-2 under the same conditions.In addition,a MnS-MnO@NSC‖MnS-MnO@NSC electrolyzer exhibited almost comparable activity and higher steadiness than those exhibited by the state-of-the-art Pt/C‖RuO2/C system for full water splitting in KOH solution.
基金项目
National Natural Science Foundation of China(51962002)
Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi(2022GXNSFAA035463)