Sulfur‐Vacancy Anchoring Suppresses Dynamic Surface Reconstruction in Ni‐Doped ZnS Nanospheres to Trigger the Lattice Oxygen Mechanism (Small 20/2026)

Key Points

• The aim is to investigate the role of sulfur vacancies in enhancing catalytic activity during the oxygen evolution reaction in Ni-doped ZnS nanospheres.
• Examine the structural reconstruction of Ni-doped ZnS under oxygen evolution reaction conditions.
• Analyze catalytic performance variations with different sulfur vacancy concentrations.
• Evaluate the intrinsic oxygen evolution mechanism influenced by sulfur vacancies.
• Sulfur vacancies significantly reduce dynamic surface reconstruction.
• Controlled surface structure leads to improved catalytic activity.
• Insights gained on the relationship between sulfur vacancies and oxygen evolution mechanism.