Microwave Synthesized Three-dimensional Hierarchical Nanostructure CoS2/MoS2 Growth on Carbon Fiber Cloth: A Bifunctional Electrode for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction and Supercapacitor

Carbon Cloth‐based Hybrid Materials as Flexible Electrochemical Supercapacitors

“…Apart from oxides, the metal-based chalcogenides and phosphides and MXenes like WS 2 , [86] Ni 3 S 2 , [87,88] Ni 3 S 4 , [89] MoS 2 , [90,91] CoS 2 , [92,93] NiCo 2 S 4 , [94] NiCo 2 O 4 , [32,95] CoNi 2 S 4 , [96] CoMoS, [97] NiCoP [98] MOFs [16] and Ti 3 C 2 T x have also been used in carbon cloth-based electrodes. Among these, transition metal dichalcogenides have been the widely investigated electrode materials for super-capacitors and were the promising materials for improving their performances.…”

Facile synthesis and excellent electrochemical performance of CoP nanowire on carbon cloth as bifunctional electrode for hydrogen evolution reaction and supercapacitor

“…In order to solve the issues of fossil fuel depletion and increasing environmental problems, a rich, environmentally friendly, sustainable and high calorific value energy source is urgently required [3,4]. Clean energy sources have attracted extensive attention from many researchers in the past few years, such as nuclear power [5,6], solar energy [7], wind energy [8], tidal power [9] and hydrogen [10,11]. Hydrogen, as a clean and sustainable energy carrier, is considered one of the most ideal candidates to replace fossil fuels in the future [3,12].…”

“…Water electrolysis, which produces hydrogen via electrochemical splitting of water, has been known as the cleanest hydrogen production method. In this method, an advanced electrocatalyst plays the key role in hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) [10,14]. Currently, Pt-based metallic materials are the best catalysts for HER.…”

“…Supercapacitors have been widely promoted as promising candidates for new energy storage devices owing to their high-energy density, high-power density, long cycle life, quick charge and environmental friendliness [25][26][27]. According to the supercapacitor charge-storage mechanism, super-capacitors can be divided into electrochemical doublelayer capacitors and pseudocapacitors [10]. Transition metal phosphides, particularly cobalt phosphide and its derivatives, have been broadly studied as anode materials for Li-ion batteries, and electrocatalysts for HER, oxygen evolution reaction, and hydrodesulfurization and hydrodenitrogenation reactions.…”

“…Therefore, the discovery of a non-precious electrocatalyst with long-life cycling stability, high activity and low cost for HER is critically important. Recently, transition metal sulfides (WS 2 , MoS 2 , CoS 2 ) [10,16], transition metal hydroxides (Ni(OH) 2 , Co(OH) 2 ) [17,18], and transition metal phosphides (Ni x P, Co x P, Fe x P, Fe-CoP) [19][20][21][22][23] have been investigated as efficient, low-cost and nonprecious catalysts for HER, displaying high performance. Consequently, transition metal phosphide materials have received significant attention as active HER catalysts [19,24].…”