Electrocatalytic water splitting with unprecedentedly low overpotentials by nickel sulfide nanowires stuffed into carbon nitride scabbards

Authors: Zaki N. Zahran, Eman A. Mohamed, Yuta Tsubonouchi, Manabu Ishizaki, Takanari Togashi, Masato Kurihara, Kenji Saito, Tatsuto Yui, Masayuki Yagi

Published: 2021-05-19

DOI: 10.1039/d1ee00509j

Source: Full article

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Abstract

The unprecedentedly low overpotential of 32 mV for oxygen evolution was attained by forming a unique motif of NiSx nanowires stuffed into C3N4 scabbards. With this system, electrocatalytic water splitting was demonstrated at the lowest overall overpotential of 72 mV.