Activating HfX2 (X = S, Se and Te) for the hydrogen evolution reaction by introducing defects : a first-principles study

An ideal catalyst should have a relative hydrogen adsorption Gibbs free energy (ΔGH) close to zero [J. K. Nørskov, et al., J. Electrochem. Soc., 2005, 152, J23]. However, most of the known catalysts cannot reach this standard. Based on first-principles calculations, we studied the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalytic performance of pristine and defect (including vacancy and heteroatom doping) structures in terms of its ΔGH. We found that the ΔGH values of Co-doped HfS2 and P-doped HfSe2 are extremely close to zero, even closer than that of Pt (111), indicating that they are excellent catalysts. Moreover, we found that the source of the HER catalytic performance of Co-doped HfS2 is the reduction of electron accumulation of the active site S atom. Our work provides two potential ideal catalysts and provides guidance for the experimental group to search for suitable catalysts.

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2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

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Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP - 25(2023), 38 vom: 04. Okt., Seite 26043-26048

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Englisch

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Chen, Jiawei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Runqing [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Jiasheng [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Huafeng [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Jiachun [VerfasserIn]
Ling, Haojun [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chuyu [VerfasserIn]
Wen, Minru [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Fugen [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 04.10.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1039/d3cp01830j

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NLM362238294