articleACS NanoMay 28, 2019GREEN OA

Role of Sulfur Vacancies and Undercoordinated Mo Regions in MoS 2 Nanosheets toward the Evolution of Hydrogen

École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · +10 more institutions

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Abstract

Low-dimensional materials have been examined as electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Among them, two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D-TMDs) such as MoS2 have been identified as potential candidates. However, the performance of TMDs toward HER in both acidic and basic media remains inferior to that of noble metals such as Pt and its alloys. This calls for investigating the influence of controlled defect engineering of 2D TMDs on their performance toward hydrogen production. Here, we explored the HER activity from defective multilayered MoS2 over a large range of surface S vacancy concentrations up to 90%. Amorphous MoS2 and 2H MoS2 with ultrarich S vacancies demonstrated…

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