Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis of Pentlandite due to the Increases in Coordination Number and Sulfur Vacancy during Cubic-Hexagonal Phase Transition

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The search for new phases is an important direction in materials science. The phase transition of sulfides results in significant changes in catalytic performance, such as MoS2 and WS2 . Cubic pentlandite [cPn, (Fe, Ni)9 S8 ] can be a functional material in batteries, solar cells, and catalytic fields. However, no report about the material properties of other phases of pentlandite exists. In this study, the unit-cell parameters of a new phase of pentlandite, sulfur-vacancy enriched hexagonal pentlandite (hPn), and the phase boundary between cPn and hPn are determined for the first time. Compared to cPn, the hPn shows a high coordination number, more sulfur vacancies, and high conductivity, which result in significantly higher hydrogen evolution performance of hPn than that of cPn and make the non-nano rock catalyst hPn superior to other most known nanosulfide catalysts. The increase of sulfur vacancies during phase transition provides a new approach to designing functional materials.

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E-Artikel

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) - (2024) vom: 08. März, Seite e2311161

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Yuegao [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Shengcai [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Zhi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Guowu [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Haiyan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Haiyan [VerfasserIn]
Chou, I-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Yanan [VerfasserIn]
Mei, Shenghua [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Liping [VerfasserIn]

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Hexagonal pentlandite
Hydrogen evolution reaction
Journal Article
Phase transition
Sulfur vacancy
Transition metal

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Date Revised 08.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1002/smll.202311161

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NLM369461312