Hydrothermal Synthesis of Polyhedral Nickel Sulfide by Dual Sulfur Source for Highly-Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials and Chemicals
2.2. Synthesis of NiS2 (MS) with Dual Sulfur Source
2.3. Synthesis of NiS2 with MPS
2.4. Synthesis of NiS2 with S
2.5. Materials Characterization
2.6. Electrochemical Measurements
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Gao, Y.; Wang, K.; Lin, Z.; Song, H.; Duan, X.; Peng, Z.; Yan, S. Hydrothermal Synthesis of Polyhedral Nickel Sulfide by Dual Sulfur Source for Highly-Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 2115. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10112115
Gao Y, Wang K, Lin Z, Song H, Duan X, Peng Z, Yan S. Hydrothermal Synthesis of Polyhedral Nickel Sulfide by Dual Sulfur Source for Highly-Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis. Nanomaterials. 2020; 10(11):2115. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10112115
Chicago/Turabian StyleGao, Yuan, Ka Wang, Zixia Lin, Haizeng Song, Xiaomeng Duan, Zehui Peng, and Shancheng Yan. 2020. "Hydrothermal Synthesis of Polyhedral Nickel Sulfide by Dual Sulfur Source for Highly-Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis" Nanomaterials 10, no. 11: 2115. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10112115