Efficient hydrogen evolution by ternary molybdenum sulfoselenide particles on self-standing porous nickel diselenide foam

Haiqing Zhou, Fang Yu, Yufeng Huang, Jingying Sun, Zhuan Zhu, Robert J. Nielsen, Ran He, Jiming Bao, William A. Goddard, Shuo Chen () and Zhifeng Ren ()
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Haiqing Zhou: University of Houston
Fang Yu: University of Houston
Yufeng Huang: Materials and Process Simulation Center (139-74), California Institute of Technology
Jingying Sun: University of Houston
Zhuan Zhu: University of Houston
Robert J. Nielsen: Materials and Process Simulation Center (139-74), California Institute of Technology
Ran He: University of Houston
Jiming Bao: University of Houston
William A. Goddard: Materials and Process Simulation Center (139-74), California Institute of Technology
Shuo Chen: University of Houston
Zhifeng Ren: University of Houston

Nature Communications, 2016, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract With the massive consumption of fossil fuels and its detrimental impact on the environment, methods of generating clean power are urgent. Hydrogen is an ideal carrier for renewable energy; however, hydrogen generation is inefficient because of the lack of robust catalysts that are substantially cheaper than platinum. Therefore, robust and durable earth-abundant and cost-effective catalysts are desirable for hydrogen generation from water splitting via hydrogen evolution reaction. Here we report an active and durable earth-abundant transition metal dichalcogenide-based hybrid catalyst that exhibits high hydrogen evolution activity approaching the state-of-the-art platinum catalysts, and superior to those of most transition metal dichalcogenides (molybdenum sulfide, cobalt diselenide and so on). Our material is fabricated by growing ternary molybdenum sulfoselenide particles on self-standing porous nickel diselenide foam. This advance provides a different pathway to design cheap, efficient and sizable hydrogen-evolving electrode by simultaneously tuning the number of catalytic edge sites, porosity, heteroatom doping and electrical conductivity.

Date: 2016
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