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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Abstract 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)9S8] 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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OpenAlex topics: Metal Extraction and Bioleaching · Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films · 2D Materials and Applications
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Institute of Deep‐sea Science and Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Sanya 572000 China
College of Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
School of Materials Sun Yat‐sen University Guangzhou 510275 China
Crystal Structure Laboratory Science Research Institute China University of Geosciences (Beijing) Beijing 100083 China
Mineral Physics Institute Stony Brook University Stony Brook New York 11794–2100 USA
Argonne National Laboratory Chicago 60439 USA
Instrumental Analysis Center Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 China
Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute Tsinghua University Chengdu 610042 China
Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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Chinese Academy of Sciences · National Natural Science Foundation of China
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