One-step facile hydrothermal synthesis of rGO-CoS2 nanocomposites for high performance HER electrocatalysts

Sankar Sekar; S. Brindha Devi; S. Maruthasalamoorthy; T. Maiyalagan; Deuk Young Kim; Sejoon Lee; R. Navamathavan

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.04.069

One-step facile hydrothermal synthesis of rGO-CoS₂ nanocomposites for high performance HER electrocatalysts

Sankar Sekar
, S. Brindha Devi
, S. Maruthasalamoorthy
, T. Maiyalagan
, Deuk Young Kim
, Sejoon Lee
, R. Navamathavan

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Abstract

With increasing demand for green and clean energy, the research community moves toward electrocatalytic hydrogen production. Herein, we synthesized the reduced graphene oxide decorated-cobalt disulfide (rGO-CoS₂) nanocomposites via the one-step facile hydrothermal method and investigated their excellent hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activities. The rGO-CoS₂ nanocomposites showed an aggregated structure of spherical CoS₂ nanoparticles interconnected along with GO nanosheets. The rGO-CoS₂ nanocomposites exhibited a low overpotential of 377 mV and a small Tafel slope of 121 mV/dec. This work delivers a prospective scheme for developing the high efficient rGO-CoS₂ electrocatalysts for future green energy technology in hydrogen production.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	40359-40367
Number of pages	9
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	47
Issue number	95
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.04.069
State	Published - 8 Dec 2022

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Keywords

2D nanostructures
Cobalt disulfide
Electrocatalyst
Hydrogen evolution reaction
rGO

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