Citation: Yufeng ZHANG, Haotian QI, Jingya ZHONG, Leiming LANG, Guojun YUAN, Siqi LU, Haiying WANG, Guangxiang LIU. S-anion effects on the improvement of adsorption capacity and performance for benzyl alcohol electro-oxidation catalysts[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2025, 41(12): 2591-2600. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.20250282 shu

S-anion effects on the improvement of adsorption capacity and performance for benzyl alcohol electro-oxidation catalysts

Yufeng ZHANG ¹ ,
Haotian QI ¹ ,
Jingya ZHONG ¹ ,
Leiming LANG ¹ ,
Guojun YUAN ¹ ,
Siqi LU ^2,, ,
Haiying WANG ^{1, 3,,} ,
Guangxiang LIU ^1,,

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School of Environmental Science, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing 211171, China
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School of Mining and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hulunbuir University, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia 021008, China
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State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China

Corresponding author: Siqi LU, siqi_lu@126.com Haiying WANG, wanghaiying@nju.edu.cn Guangxiang LIU, liugx@njxzc.edu.cn
Received Date: 8 September 2025
Revised Date: 10 October 2025

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Ni₂CoS₄ was prepared by the liquid-phase method and applied to the benzyl alcohol electro-oxidation reaction (BAOR), demonstrating excellent catalytic activity [with a current density of 271 mA·cm^-2 at 1.40 V (vs RHE)] and long-term stability. The S-anion effect can regulate the charge distribution on the catalyst surface, thereby enhancing the additional adsorption capacity of OH^- at the Co sites. By combining material characterization and theoretical calculations, it can be observed that this process can increase the concentration of the OH* intermediate, accelerate the activation process of the Ni site, and ultimately achieve an improvement in overall activity and stability.
- benzyl alcohol electrooxidation reaction,
- Ni-based catalyst,
- anionic effect,
- anode electrooxidation
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