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Complex nanostructures with distinct spatial architectures and more active sites hold broad prospects in new energy conversion fields. Herein, a facile strategy was carried out to construct triple-shelled Co-VSex nanocages, starting with an ion-exchange process between Co-based zeolitic imidazolate framework-67 (ZIF-67) nanopolyhedrons and VO3- followed by the formation of triple-shelled Co-VSex hollow nanocages during the process of increasing the solvothermal temperature under the assistance of SeO32-. Meanwhile, triple-shelled Co-VSx and yolk-double shell Co-VOx nanocages were fabricated as references by a similar process. Benefiting from the larger surface areas and more electrolyte adsorption sites, the triple-shelled Co-VSex nanocages exhibited excellent electrocatalytic performances when applied as the electrochemical catalysts for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) and hydrogen evolution reactions (HER). More concretely, the DSSC based on the Co-VSex counter electrode showed outstanding power conversion efficiency of 9.68% when its Pt counterpart was 8.46%. Moreover, the Co-VSex electrocatalyst exhibited prominent HER performance with a low onset overpotential of 40 mV and a small Tafel slope of 39.1 mV dec(-1) in an acidic solution.
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ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
ISSN: 1944-8244
Year: 2019
Issue: 46
Volume: 11
Page: 43278-43286
8 . 7 5 8
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8 . 5 0 0
JCR@2023
ESI Discipline: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
ESI HC Threshold:236
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:2
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WoS CC Cited Count: 33
SCOPUS Cited Count: 32
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 6
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