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The multicomponent composite nanomaterials with multilevel spatial structures have a broad application prospect in energy conversion. Herein, we rationally designed a novel strategy to synthesize hierarchical yolkshelled N-doped carbon/CoS2/MoS2 nano polyhedrons (NC-CoS2@CoS2/MoS2 YSPs) as bifunctional catalysts for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and hydrogen evolution reactions (HERs). NC-CoS2@CoS2/MoS2 YSPs were prepared by ion-exchange between zeolitic imidazolate framework-67 (ZIF-67) and (NH4)(2)MoS4 with a subsequent sulfuration reaction under an annealing treatment. Benefiting from the unique yolk-shelled architecture, the obtained NC-CoS2@CoS2/MoS2 YSPs had enough internal clearance for both accommodating electrolyte and loading abundant active sites. In addition, the introduction of N and C elements greatly improved the activity and electroconductibility of the catalysts. As a result, the DSSC based on NC-CoS2@CoS2/MoS2 YSPs exhibited a superior power conversion efficiency of 9.54%, which was apparently higher than that of Pt (8.19%). Furthermore, a low onset potential of 44.5 mV and a small Tafel slope of 64.6 mV dec(-1) were achieved by this catalyst for HER in 0.5 M H2SO4. The present approach affords a new idea for the design of yolk-shelled nanomaterials and can be extended to synthesize other catalysts to substitute Pt-based materials in different energy conversion fields.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
ISSN: 1385-8947
Year: 2021
Volume: 409
1 6 . 7 4 4
JCR@2021
1 3 . 4 0 0
JCR@2023
ESI Discipline: ENGINEERING;
ESI HC Threshold:105
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:1
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WoS CC Cited Count: 57
SCOPUS Cited Count: 60
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 1
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