Efficient acidic hydrogen evolution in proton exchange membrane electrolyzers over a sulfur-doped marcasitetype electrocatalyst

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Abstract

Large-scale deployment of proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolyzers has to overcome a cost barrier resulting from the exclusive adoption of platinum group metal (PGM) catalysts. Ideally, carbon-supported platinum used at cathode should be replaced with PGM-free catalysts, but they often undergo insufficient activity and stability subjecting to corrosive acidic conditions. Inspired by marcasite existed under acidic environments in nature, we report a sulfur doping-driven structural transformation from pyrite-type cobalt diselenide to pure marcasite counterpart. The resultant catalyst drives hydrogen evolution reaction with low overpotential of 67 millivolts at 10 milliamperes per square centimeter and exhibits no degradation after 1000 hours of testing in acid. Moreover, a PEM electrolyzer with this catalyst as cathode runs stably over 410 hours at 1 ampere per square centimeter and 60°C. The marked properties arise from sulfur doping that not only triggers formation of acid-resistant marcasite structure but also tailors electronic states (e.g., work function) for improved hydrogen diffusion and electrocatalysis.

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Zhang, X. L., Yu, P. C., Su, X. Z., Hu, S. J., Shi, L., Wang, Y. H., … Gao, M. R. (2023). Efficient acidic hydrogen evolution in proton exchange membrane electrolyzers over a sulfur-doped marcasitetype electrocatalyst. Science Advances, 9(27). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh2885

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