Regulating Local Atomic Environment around Vacancies for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution

Defect engineering is essential for the development of efficient electrocatalysts at the atomic level. While most work has focused on various vacancies as effective catalytic modulators, little attention has been paid to the relation between the local atomic environment of vacancies and catalytic activities. To face this challenge, we report a facile synthetic approach to manipulate the local atomic environments of vacancies in MoS2 with tunable Mo-to-S ratios. Our studies indicate that the MoS2 with more Mo terminated vacancies exhibits better hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance than MoS2 with S terminated vacancies and defect-free MoS2. The improved performance originates from the adjustable orbital orientation and distribution, which is beneficial for regulating H adsorption and eventually boosting the intrinsic per-site activity. This work uncovers the underlying essence of the local atomic environment of vacancies on catalysis and provides a significant extension of defect engineering for the rational design of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) catalysts and beyond.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

ACS nano - 18(2024), 14 vom: 09. Apr., Seite 10312-10323

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhan, Wenqi [VerfasserIn]
Zhai, Xingwu [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yuhuan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Mei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Hang [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Xinfeng [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Hongjun [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Bangjiao [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Kaibin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Gongming [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Min [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atomic environment
Exposed molybdenum
Hydrogen evolution reaction
Journal Article
Molybdenum disulfide
Vacancies

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Date Revised 09.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsnano.4c02283

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370233298