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S, N-Co-Doped Graphene-Nickel Cobalt Sulfide Aerogel: Improved Energy Storage and Electrocatalytic Performance

He, G; Qiao, M; Li, W; Lu, Y; Zhao, T; Zou, R; Li, B; ... Parkin, IP; + view all (2016) S, N-Co-Doped Graphene-Nickel Cobalt Sulfide Aerogel: Improved Energy Storage and Electrocatalytic Performance. Advanced Science , Article 1600214. 10.1002/advs.201600214. Green open access

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Abstract

Metal sulfides are commonly used in energy storage and electrocatalysts due to their redox centers and active sites. Most literature reports show that their performance decreases significantly caused by oxidation in alkaline electrolyte during electrochemical testing. Herein, S and N co-doped graphene-based nickel cobalt sulfide aerogels are synthesized for use as rechargeable alkaline battery electrodes and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts. Notably, this system shows improved cyclability due to the stabilization effect of the S and N co-doped graphene aerogel (SNGA). This reduces the rate of oxidation and the decay of electronic conductivity of the metal sulfides materials in alkaline electrolyte, i.e., the capacity decrease of CoNi2S4/SNGA is 4.2% for 10 000 cycles in a three-electrode test; the current retention of 88.6% for Co[BOND]S/SNGA after 12 000 s current–time chronoamperometric response in the ORR test is higher than corresponding Co[BOND]S nanoparticles and Co[BOND]S/non-doped graphene aerogels. Importantly, the results here confirm that the Ni[BOND]Co[BOND]S ternary materials behave as an electrode for rechargeable alkaline batteries rather than supercapacitors electrodes in three-electrode test as commonly described and accepted in the literature. Furthermore, formulas to evaluate the performance of hybrid battery devices are specified.

Type: Article
Title: S, N-Co-Doped Graphene-Nickel Cobalt Sulfide Aerogel: Improved Energy Storage and Electrocatalytic Performance
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1002/advs.201600214
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.201600214
Language: English
Additional information: © 2016 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: aerogel; nickel cobalt sulfide; oxygen reduction reaction; rechargeable alkaline battery
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1522115
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