Self‐Assembly of Large‐Area 2D Polycrystalline Transition Metal Carbides for Hydrogen Electrocatalysis

Zang, Xining; Chen, Wenshu; Zou, Xiaolong; Hohman, J. Nathan; Yang, Lujie; Li, Buxuan; Wei, Minsong; Zhu, Chenhui; Liang, Jiaming; Sanghadasa, Mohan; Gu, Jiajun; Lin, Liwei

doi:10.1002/adma.201805188

Title: Self‐Assembly of Large‐Area 2D Polycrystalline Transition Metal Carbides for Hydrogen Electrocatalysis

Journal Article · Tue Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Advanced Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201805188· OSTI ID:1479570

^[1]; Chen, Wenshu ^[2]; Zou, Xiaolong ^[3]; Hohman, J. Nathan ^[4]; Yang, Lujie ^[5]; Li, Buxuan ^[5]; Wei, Minsong ^[5]; Zhu, Chenhui ^[6]; Liang, Jiaming ^[3]; Sanghadasa, Mohan ^[7]; Gu, Jiajun ^[2];

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Research Laboratory of Electronics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA 02139 USA, Mechanical Engineering University of California Berkley Berkeley CA 94704 USA
State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China
Tsinghua–Berkeley Shenzhen Institute Shenzhen 518055 China
The Molecular Foundry Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Berkeley CA 94704 USA
Mechanical Engineering University of California Berkley Berkeley CA 94704 USA
Advanced Light Source Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Berkeley CA 94704 USA
U.S. Army RDECOM AMRDEC Redstone Arsenal AL 35898 USA
Mechanical Engineering University of California Berkley Berkeley CA 94704 USA, Tsinghua–Berkeley Shenzhen Institute Shenzhen 518055 China

Abstract Low‐dimensional (0/1/2 dimension) transition metal carbides (TMCs) possess intriguing electrical, mechanical, and electrochemical properties, and they serve as convenient supports for transition metal catalysts. Large‐area single‐crystalline 2D TMC sheets are generally prepared by exfoliating MXene sheets from MAX phases. Here, a versatile bottom‐up method is reported for preparing ultrathin TMC sheets (≈10 nm in thickness and >100 μm in lateral size) with metal nanoparticle decoration. A gelatin hydrogel is employed as a scaffold to coordinate metal ions (Mo ⁵⁺ , W ⁶⁺ , Co ²⁺ ), resulting in ultrathin‐film morphologies of diverse TMC sheets. Carbonization of the scaffold at 600 °C presents a facile route to the corresponding MoC _x , WC _x , CoC _x , and to metal‐rich hybrids (Mo ₂₋ _x W _x C and W/Mo ₂ C–Co). Among these materials, the Mo ₂ C–Co hybrid provides excellent hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) efficiency (Tafel slope of 39 mV dec ⁻¹ and 48 mVj = 10 mA cm‐2 in overpotential in 0.5 m H ₂ SO ₄ ). Such performance makes Mo ₂ C–Co a viable noble‐metal‐free catalyst for the HER, and is competitive with the standard platinum on carbon support. This template‐assisted, self‐assembling, scalable, and low‐cost manufacturing process presents a new tactic to construct low‐dimensional TMCs with applications in various clean‐energy‐related fields.

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