Abstract

Structure and phase modulations allow the development of highly active, cost-effective and stable electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) but are rather challenging. In this paper, Zn-Co-S hollow/porous polyhedra with controllable phases were fabricated via solvent-based sulfidation at room temperature followed by thermal annealing. The obtained hollow structure Zn-Co-S-300 with an amorphous phase exhibits excellent electrocatalytic HER activity, which is higher than crystalline Zn-Co sulfides annealed at a higher temperature. Zn-Co-S-300 also shows a long-term working stability (91.7% current density retention over 10 hours) in alkaline media. This work provides a feasible approach for the fabrication of homogeneous ternary transition metal sulfide (TMS) electrocatalysts via the Kirkendall effect towards high-efficiency HER applications.

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