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Farhan A, Qayyum W, Fatima U, Nawaz S, Balčiūnaitė A, Kim TH, Srivastava V, Vakros J, Frontistis Z, Boczkaj G. Powering the Future by Iron Sulfide Type Material (Fe xS y) Based Electrochemical Materials for Water Splitting and Energy Storage Applications: A Review. Small 2024:e2402015. [PMID: 38597684 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202402015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
Abstract
Water electrolysis is among the recent alternatives for generating clean fuels (hydrogen). It is an efficient way to produce pure hydrogen at a rapid pace with no unwanted by-products. Effective and cheap water-splitting electrocatalysts with enhanced activity, specificity, and stability are currently widely studied. In this regard, noble metal-free transition metal-based catalysts are of high interest. Iron sulfide (FeS) is one of the essential electrocatalysts for water splitting because of its unique structural and electrochemical features. This article discusses the significance of FeS and its nanocomposites as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), and overall water splitting. FeS and its nanocomposites have been studied also for energy storage in the form of electrode materials in supercapacitors and lithium- (LIBs) and sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). The structural and electrochemical characteristics of FeS and its nanocomposites, as well as the synthesis processes, are discussed in this work. This discussion correlates these features with the requirements for electrocatalysts in overall water splitting and its associated reactions. As a result, this study provides a road map for researchers seeking economically viable, environmentally friendly, and efficient electrochemical materials in the fields of green energy production and storage.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ahmad Farhan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Department of Catalysis, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio av. 3, Vilnius, LT-10257, Lithuania
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- Department of Catalysis, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio av. 3, Vilnius, LT-10257, Lithuania
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, QLD, 4111, Australia
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- Research Unit of Sustainable Chemistry, Faculty of Technology, University of Oulu, Oulu, FI-90014, Finland
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Caratheodory 1, University Campus, Patras, GR 265 04, Greece
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, GR-50132, Greece
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- Department of Sanitary Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Str., Gdańsk, 80-233, Poland
- EkoTech Center, Gdańsk University of Technology, G. Narutowicza St. 11/12, Gdansk, 80-233, Poland
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van der Zalm JM, Quintal J, Hira SA, Chen S, Chen A. Recent Trends in Electrochemical Catalyst Design for Hydrogen Evolution, Oxygen Evolution, and Overall Water Splitting. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Li Y, Ma W, Zeng Y, Chen X, Wang J, Zhong Q. A monolith electrode featuring FeS2 embedded in porous carbon nanofibers for efficient hydrogen evolution. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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