文摘
Water splitting is one of the ideal technologies to meet the ever increasing demands of energy. Many materials have aroused great attention in this field. The family of nickel-based sulfides is one of the examples that possesses interesting properties in water-splitting fields. In this paper, a controllable and simple strategy to synthesize nickel sulfides was proposed. First, we fabricated NiS2 hollow microspheres via a hydrothermal process. After a precise heat control in a specific atmosphere, NiS porous hollow microspheres were prepared. NiS2 was applied in hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and shows a marvelous performance both in acid medium (an overpotential of 174 mV to achieve a current density of 10 mA/cm2 and the Tafel slope is only 63 mV/dec) and in alkaline medium (an overpotential of 148 mV to afford a current density of 10 mA/cm2 and the Tafel slope is 79 mV/dec). NiS was used in oxygen evolution reaction (OER) showing a low overpotential of 320 mV to deliver a current density of 10 mA/cm2, which is meritorious. These results enlighten us to make an efficient water-splitting system, including NiS2 as HER catalyst in a cathode and NiS as OER catalyst in an anode. The system shows high activity and good stabilization. Specifically, it displays a stable current density of 10 mA/cm2 with the applying voltage of 1.58 V, which is a considerable electrolyzer for water splitting.