Defect‐Rich MoS 2 Ultrathin Nanosheets with Additional Active Edge Sites for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
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Defect-rich MoS2 ultrathin nanosheets are synthesized on a gram scale for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. The novel defect-rich structure introduces additional active edge sites into the MoS2 ultrathin nanosheets, which significantly improves their electrocatalytic performance. Low onset overpotential and small Tafel slope, along with large cathodic current density and excellent durability, are all achieved for the novel hydrogen-evolution-reaction electrocatalyst.
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MWNTs aerogel support is beneficial for deposition and formation of MoSx nanoparticles and provides good distribution for the exposed active surface of MoSx nanoparticles.
“Therefore, MWNTs aerogel support would be beneficial for the deposition and formation of MoSx nanoparticles [27], and provide a good distribution for the exposed active surface of MoSx nanoparticles [28].”
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TMDs as co-catalysts can improve photocatalytic activity because active S atoms on exposed edges of 2D MoS2 can strongly bond with H+ in solution, enabling H+ reduction to H2.
“Numerous reports have demonstrated that TMDs as co-catalysts can improve the photocatalytic activity for two main reasons: i) the active S atoms on the exposed edges of 2D MoS 2 can strongly bond with H + in solution, enabling the H + reduction to H 2 . [ 20,24,40,50,111,112 ] In this way, the photocatalytic activity for HER can be greatly enhanced.”
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The overpotential and Tafel slope of MoS2QD-aerogel-100 constitute the best catalytic activity reported for pure semiconducting-type MoS2 electrocatalysts up to the present.
“which is the best result for pure semiconducting type MoS2 electrocatalysts up until the present.”
MoS2 can be a promising electrocatalyst for HER.
“Recently, researchers have found that MoS2 can be a promising electrocatalyst for HER.22−31”
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- Authors
- Xie, J., Zhang, H., Li, S., Wang, R., Sun, X., Zhou, M., Zhou, J., Lou, X. W. (., & Xie, Y.
- Affiliations
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemistry University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
- University of South Australia (AU)
- Nanyang Technological University (SG)
- Corresponding author
- Lou, Xiong Wen (David)
- Xie, Yi
- Venue
- Advanced Materials
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-08-13
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 40
- Pages
- 5807-5813
- ISSN
- 0935-9648 (ISSN-L)
- 1521-4095
- OpenAlex
- W2078397056
- Cited by
- 3,079
- References
- 4
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- FWCI
- 72.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Advanced Materials (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
- DR-NTU (Nanyang Technological University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- National Key Research and Development Program of China
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › 2D Materials and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Fuel Cells and Related Materials
- Keywords
- MoS2, MoS2 nanosheets, defect engineering, edge sites, electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution, ultrathin nanosheets, large-scale synthesis, overpotential, Tafel slope, catalyst stability
- MeSH terms
- Catalysis, Disulfides, Hydrogen, Molybdenum, Oxidation-Reduction, Nanostructures
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