Citation: Jingjiang Wei, Ge Wang, Yijie Zhang, Shengping Wang, Wanyu Zhao, Qihang Liu, Congcong Liu, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaowei Yang. Proton-induced fast preparation of size-controllable MoS₂ nanocatalyst towards highly efficient water electrolysis[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2021, 32(3): 1191-1196. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.08.005 shu

Proton-induced fast preparation of size-controllable MoS₂ nanocatalyst towards highly efficient water electrolysis

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China

zxl36@tongji.edu.cn

yangxw@tongji.edu.cn

Received Date: 12 June 2020
Revised Date: 5 August 2020
Accepted Date: 7 August 2020
Available Online: 29 July 2020

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MoS₂ has emerged for catalyzing the hydrogen evolution reaction. Various notable strategies have been developed to downsize the MoS₂ particles and expose more active edges. However, the restacking issue, which reduces the exposure degree, has rarely been taken into account. Herein, we report on a facile proton-induced fast hydrothermal approach to produce size-controllable MoS₂ nanocatalysts and demonstrate that along the varying of sheet sizes, there is a trade-off between the intrinsic catalytic activity (mainly determined by the unsaturated sulfur on the sheet edges) and the active edge accessibility (influenced by the assembly structure). The size-optimized catalyst delivers a high performance of a low overpotential of ~200 mV at 10 mA/cm², a Tafel slope of 46.3 mV/dec, and a stable working state, which is comparable to the recent notable works. Our findings will provide a pathway for its large-scale application and enhance the water electrolysis performance.
- Size-controllable nanocatalys,
- Proton inducement,
- MoS₂ nanocatalyst,
- Hydrogen evolution reaction,
- Electrode-level performance
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