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Title: Development of Copper Cobalt Sulfide with Cu : Co Ratio Variation on Carbon Cloth as an Efficient Electrode Material for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Authors: Pande, Surojit
Keywords: Chemistry
OER (oxygen evolution reaction)
Copper cobalt sulfides
Bifunctional electrocatalyst
Issue Date: Oct-2019
Publisher: Wiley
Abstract: When designing a device for energy conversion, development of a highly active catalyst for OER (oxygen evolution reaction) reaction in alkaline medium is of utmost importance. For energy conversion, herein, we developed copper cobalt sulfide on carbon cloth (CC) using a simple and facile hydrothermal method. A vertically grown 2D sheet-like structure of copper-cobalt sulfide is observed using L-cysteine as a sulfur source. An optimized ratio of copper(II) and cobalt(III) and the best sulfur source are found to boost the electrocatalytic activity of mixed metal thiospinel for OER. Several characterization techniques (XRD, Raman, FESEM, TEM, XPS, and ICP-AES) were used to confirm phase purity, morphology, and composition of copper cobalt sulfides. We have established that 2D nanosheets of CuCo3Sz/CC exhibited superior electrocatalytic performance over bare RuO2 in 1.0 M KOH solution. It is observed that CuCo3Sz/CC need only 105 mV overpotential to generate 5 mA/cm2 current density. CuCo3Sz/CC is very stable and able to produce unaltered current density under an applied potential of 1.615 V vs. RHE for 48 h. Electrochemically active surface area calculation is performed for all catalysts to confirm higher electrocatalytic activity. The catalyst, CuCo3Sz/CC is used in a broad pH region using 0.5 M KOH, saline water, and 0.5 M Na2SO4 electrolyte solution to widen the applicability of water splitting. This work shows an avenue to develop active and durable electrocatalyst for OER without using any noble metal electrocatalyst.
URI: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/celc.201901342
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