Insight into the Nature of Iron Sulfide Surfaces During
the Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution and CO2 Reduction
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Greigite
and other iron sulfides are potential, cheap, earth-abundant
electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), yet little
is known about the underlying surface chemistry. Structural and chemical
changes to a greigite (Fe3S4)-modified electrode
were determined at −0.6 V versus standard hydrogen electrode
(SHE) at pH 7, under conditions of the HER. In situ X-ray absorption
spectroscopy was employed at the Fe K-edge to show that iron–sulfur
linkages were replaced by iron–oxygen units under these conditions.
The resulting material was determined as 60% greigite and 40% iron
hydroxide (goethite) with a proposed core–shell structure.
A large increase in pH at the electrode surface (to pH 12) is caused
by the generation of OH– as a product of the HER.
Under these conditions, iron sulfide materials are thermodynamically
unstable with respect to the hydroxide. In situ infrared spectroscopy
of the solution near the electrode interface confirmed changes in
the phosphate ion speciation consistent with a change in pH from 7
to 12 when −0.6 V versus SHE is applied. Saturation of the
solution with CO2 resulted in the inhibition of the hydroxide
formation, potentially due to surface adsorption of HCO3–. This study shows that the true nature of the
greigite electrode under conditions of the HER is a core–shell
greigite-hydroxide material and emphasizes the importance of in situ
investigation of the catalyst under operation to develop true and
accurate mechanistic models.
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Zakaria, Siti N.
A.; Hollingsworth, Nathan; Islam, Husn U.; Roffey, Anna; Santos-Carballal, David; Roldan, Alberto; et al. (2018). Insight into the Nature of Iron Sulfide Surfaces During
the Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution and CO2 Reduction
Reactions. ACS Publications. Collection. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b08612
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AUTHORS (11)
SZ
Siti N.
A. Zakaria
NH
Nathan Hollingsworth
HI
Husn U. Islam
AR
Anna Roffey
DS
David Santos-Carballal
AR
Alberto Roldan
WB
Wim Bras
GS
Gopinathan Sankar
GH
Graeme Hogarth
KH
Katherine B. Holt
NH
Nora H. de Leeuw
KEYWORDS
Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolutionsurface adsorptioniron sulfidessurface chemistryOHsolutionphosphate ion speciationcorehydrogen evolution reactionSHEelectrode surfaceiron sulfide materialsgreigite electrodeearth-abundant electrocatalystschemical changesIron Sulfide SurfacespHhydrogen electrodeHCOCO 2HERX-ray absorption spectroscopyhydroxide formationFe K-edgeCO 2 Reduction Reactions Greigiteelectrode interface