Nanostructured Fe-Ni Sulfide : A Multifunctional Material for Energy Generation and Storage

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Authors

  • Chen Zhao
  • Chunyang Zhang
  • Sanket Bhoyate
  • Pawan K. Kahol
  • Steven J. Hinder
  • Mark Baker
  • Georgios Constantinides
  • Kyriaki Polychronopoulou
  • Claus Rebholz
  • Ram K. Gupta

External Organisational units

  • Pittsburg State University
  • University of Surrey
  • Khalifa University
  • Research Unit for Nanostructured Materials Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology

Abstract

Multifunctional materials for energy conversion and storage could act as a key solution for growing energy needs. In this study, we synthesized nanoflower-shaped iron-nickel sulfide (FeNiS) over a nickel foam (NF) substrate using a facile hydrothermal method. The FeNiS electrode showed a high catalytic performance with a low overpotential value of 246 mV for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) to achieve a current density of 10 mA/cm 2, while it required 208 mV at 10 mA/cm 2 for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The synthesized electrode exhibited a durable performance of up to 2000 cycles in stability and bending tests. The electrolyzer showed a lower cell potential requirement for a FeNiS-Pt/C system (1.54 V) compared to a standard benchmark IrO 2-Pt/C system (1.56 V) to achieve a current density of 10 mA/cm 2 . Furthermore, the FeNiS electrode demonstrated promising charge storage capabilities with a high areal capacitance of 13.2 F/cm 2 . Our results suggest that FeNiS could be used for multifunctional energy applications such as energy generation (OER and HER) and storage (supercapacitor).

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number597
Number of pages12
JournalCatalysts : open access journal
Volume9.2019
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Jul 2019