Phase Transformation Fabrication of a Cu<sub>2</sub>S Nanoplate as an Efficient Catalyst for Water Oxidation with Glycine
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Abstract
The
synthesis of semiconducting nanoplates (NPs) with defined crystal
phase is of particular interest, especially their intriguing properties
related to the size, shape, and crystal phase. Herein, a liquid-state
transformation process from hexagonal-phase CuS NPs is employed to
fabricate the cubic-phase Cu<sub>2</sub>S NPs. The CuS NPs were converted
into Cu<sub>2</sub>S NPs but maintained the morphology. The Cu<sub>2</sub>S NPs exhibit better oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity
than CuS NPs. Furthermore, the OER activity of Cu<sub>2</sub>S NPs
can be improved by the addition of a glycine (Gly) solution. The Cu<sub>2</sub>S NPs with Gly in a phosphate buffer solution exhibit excellent
OER activity and durability, which approaches that of the best known
commercial Ir/C (20%) nanocatalyst. In this work, a good strategy
for fabricating a noble-metal-free OER catalyst has been proposed,
which could provide insight into developing new water oxidation catalysts
with high activity