Nickel Cobalt Sulfide Double-Shelled Hollow Nanospheres as Superior Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Photovoltaics and Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Yiqing JiangLinxi Hou

Abstract

Transition metal chalcogenides with hollow nanostructures have been considered as promising substitutes as precious metal electrocatalysts for energy conversion and storage. We synthesized NiCo2S4 double-shelled ball-in-ball hollow spheres (BHSs) via a simple solvothermal route and applied them in both dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and hydrogen evolution reactions (HERs) at the same time, which were clean and sustainable ways to convert energy. Benefiting from their remarkable structure features and advantageous chemical compositions, NiCo2S4 BHSs composed of tiny crystals possessed large surface area, well-defined interior voids, and high catalytic activity. The DSSC with NiCo2S4 BHSs under 100 mW cm-2 irradiation possessed a power conversion efficiency of 9.49% (Pt, 8.30%). Besides, NiCo2S4 BHSs as a HER catalyst also possessed a small onset overpotential (27.9 mV) and a low overpotential (89.7 mV at 10 mA cm-2) under alkaline conditions. Therefore, this work offers a sensible strategy to synthesize bifunctional electrocatalysts for DSSCs and HERs.

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