Citation: Huafeng SHI. Construction of MnCoNi layered double hydroxide@Co-Ni-S amorphous hollow polyhedron composite with excellent electrocatalytic oxygen evolution performance[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2025, 41(7): 1380-1386. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.20240378 shu

Construction of MnCoNi layered double hydroxide@Co-Ni-S amorphous hollow polyhedron composite with excellent electrocatalytic oxygen evolution performance

Huafeng SHI

Anhui Police College, Hefei 230000, China

Received Date: 21 October 2024
Revised Date: 3 June 2025

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The nickel foam (NF)-supported MnCoNi layered double hydroxide (LDH) nano-needle array was used as a substrate. Through a three-step wet-chemical route, a Co-Ni-S polymetallic sulfide-supported MnCoNi LDH@Co-Ni-S/NF amorphous hollow-polyhedral nanocomposite was successfully synthesized, demonstrating outstanding electrocatalytic oxygen evolution performance. The results of electrochemical tests showed that the material could output a current density of 50 mA·cm^-2 with an overpotential of only 248 mV in a 1.0 mol·L^-1 KOH solution. In addition, the constructed MnCoNi LDH@Co-Ni-S hollow polyhedral electrode could operate continuously and stably for at least 20 h under different current densities of 40, 60, and 80 mA·cm^-2, fully demonstrating that this electrode had good long-term stability.
- electrocatalyst,
- MnCoNi layered double hydroxide,
- Co-Ni-S amorphous hollow polyhedron,
- oxygen evolution reaction
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