RESUMO
Nanocrystalline cobalt sulfide thin film electrodes have been deposited on stainless steel substrate using binder-free chemical bath deposition (CBD) method and electrochemical study is performed in 1â¯M KOH electrolyte. Linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) curve shows that cobalt sulfide thin film electrode requires 300â¯mV overpotential (Æ) to reach the current density of 10â¯mAâ¯cm-2. Also, it exhibits Tafel slope of 57â¯mVâ¯decade-1 with stable catalytic activity over 14â¯h. Along with good electrocatalytic oxygen evolution performance, in supercapacitive study it shows specific capacitance of 252.39â¯Fâ¯g-1 at a scan rate of 5â¯mVâ¯s-1. The stability test indicates that cobalt sulfide electrode is stable for 1000 cyclic voltammetry (CV) cycles.