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Surface reconstruction of heterostructures in alkaline medium towards enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

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Constructing heterostructures has proved to be a successful strategy to fabricate electrocatalysts with high efficiency for water splitting. However, the structure evolution in alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction lacks investigation and the specific active center remains disputable. Herein, we take the well-designed Ni3S2@VO2 heterostructures as a model to investigate the electrocatalytic activity and the surface reconstruction process of heterostructure catalysts in alkaline electrolyte. The Ni3S2@VO2 heterostructures, with Ni3S2 nanorods as the core and VO2 nanoflakes as the shell, coupled with the high conductive Ni3S2, the hydrophilic VO2 and modulated electronic structures at the interfaces, exhibited prominent activity and superior stability at various current densities. Further, the ex-situ characterizations confirmed that the surface reconstruction from Ni3S2@VO2 into Ni3S2@amorphous-Ni(OH)2 in alkaline media could optimize the water dissociation barrier and exposed large active area, thereby contributing to improved electrocatalytic performance. Our study not only introduces novel high-performance electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), but also provides a new avenue for re-examining hetero-structural catalysts in alkaline solutions.

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构建异质结构是制备高效水分解电催化剂的有效方法。然而, 碱性析氢反应的结构演化缺乏研究, 且实际的活性中心也存在争议。本文以精心设计的Ni3S2@VO2异质结构为模型, 研究了异质结构催化剂在碱性电解液中的电催化活性和表面重构过程。以Ni3S2纳米棒为核心、VO2纳米片为壳层的Ni3S2@VO2异质结构, 具有高导电性的Ni3S2、亲水性的VO2和界面处的电子结构调制, 在不同电流密度下表现出突出的活性和优异的稳定性。此外, 非原位表征证实了在碱性介质中从Ni3S2@VO2到Ni3S2@非晶态Ni(OH)2的表面重构可以优化水解离能垒, 并提供较大的活性区域, 从而有助于提高电催化性能。本工作不仅设计了一种新颖的高性能电解水催化剂, 而且为重新研究碱性溶液中的异质结构催化剂提供了新的途径。

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This work was financially supported by Basic and Applied Basic Research Project of Guangdong Province (Nos. 2022A1515011438 and 2023A1515011055), Key Project of Shenzhen Basic Research (No. JCYJ2022081800003006), Basic Research Project of the Science and Technology Innovation Commission of Shenzhen (No. JCYJ20220531101013028), Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Interfacial Science and Engineering of Materials (No. ZDSYS20200421111401738), and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2022M722168). The authors appreciate Instrumental Analysis Center of Shenzhen University (Lihu Campus) for providing equipment for material characterization.

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Yang, MY., Yuan, J., Fu, XL. et al. Surface reconstruction of heterostructures in alkaline medium towards enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Rare Met. 43, 2636–2647 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-024-02625-9

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