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Title: Design of active and stable Co-Mo-Sx chalcogels as pH-universal catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction

Abstract

Three of the fundamental catalytic limitations that have plagued the electrochemical production of hydrogen for decades still remain: low efficiency, short lifetime of catalysts and a lack of low-cost materials. Here, we address these three challenges by establishing and exploring an intimate functional link between the reactivity and stability of crystalline (CoS2 and MoS2) and amorphous (CoSx and MoSx) hydrogen evolution catalysts. We propose that Co2+ and Mo4+ centers promote the initial discharge of water (alkaline solutions) or hydronium ions (acid solutions). We establish that although CoSx materials are more active than MoSx they are also less stable, suggesting that the active sites are defects formed after dissolution of Co and Mo cations. Finally, by combining the higher activity of CoSx building blocks with the higher stability of MoSx units into a compact and robust CoMoSx structure, we are able to design a low-cost alternative to noble metal catalysts for efficient electrocatalytic production of hydrogen in both alkaline and acidic environments.

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  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division; Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  3. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  4. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division; Univ. of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
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Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1248731
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 15; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1476-1122
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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Staszak-Jirkovský, Jakub, Malliakas, Christos D., Lopes, Pietro P., Danilovic, Nemanja, Kota, Subrahmanyam S., Chang, Kee-Chul, Genorio, Bostjan, Strmcnik, Dusan, Stamenkovic, Vojislav R., Kanatzidis, Mercouri G., and Markovic, Nenad M. Design of active and stable Co-Mo-Sx chalcogels as pH-universal catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1038/NMAT4481.
Staszak-Jirkovský, Jakub, Malliakas, Christos D., Lopes, Pietro P., Danilovic, Nemanja, Kota, Subrahmanyam S., Chang, Kee-Chul, Genorio, Bostjan, Strmcnik, Dusan, Stamenkovic, Vojislav R., Kanatzidis, Mercouri G., & Markovic, Nenad M. Design of active and stable Co-Mo-Sx chalcogels as pH-universal catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/NMAT4481
Staszak-Jirkovský, Jakub, Malliakas, Christos D., Lopes, Pietro P., Danilovic, Nemanja, Kota, Subrahmanyam S., Chang, Kee-Chul, Genorio, Bostjan, Strmcnik, Dusan, Stamenkovic, Vojislav R., Kanatzidis, Mercouri G., and Markovic, Nenad M. Mon . "Design of active and stable Co-Mo-Sx chalcogels as pH-universal catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/NMAT4481. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1248731.
@article{osti_1248731,
title = {Design of active and stable Co-Mo-Sx chalcogels as pH-universal catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction},
author = {Staszak-Jirkovský, Jakub and Malliakas, Christos D. and Lopes, Pietro P. and Danilovic, Nemanja and Kota, Subrahmanyam S. and Chang, Kee-Chul and Genorio, Bostjan and Strmcnik, Dusan and Stamenkovic, Vojislav R. and Kanatzidis, Mercouri G. and Markovic, Nenad M.},
abstractNote = {Three of the fundamental catalytic limitations that have plagued the electrochemical production of hydrogen for decades still remain: low efficiency, short lifetime of catalysts and a lack of low-cost materials. Here, we address these three challenges by establishing and exploring an intimate functional link between the reactivity and stability of crystalline (CoS2 and MoS2) and amorphous (CoSx and MoSx) hydrogen evolution catalysts. We propose that Co2+ and Mo4+ centers promote the initial discharge of water (alkaline solutions) or hydronium ions (acid solutions). We establish that although CoSx materials are more active than MoSx they are also less stable, suggesting that the active sites are defects formed after dissolution of Co and Mo cations. Finally, by combining the higher activity of CoSx building blocks with the higher stability of MoSx units into a compact and robust CoMoSx structure, we are able to design a low-cost alternative to noble metal catalysts for efficient electrocatalytic production of hydrogen in both alkaline and acidic environments.},
doi = {10.1038/NMAT4481},
journal = {Nature Materials},
number = 2,
volume = 15,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Mon Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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Metal–organic framework-derived hierarchical MoS 2 /CoS 2 nanotube arrays as pH-universal electrocatalysts for efficient hydrogen evolution
journal, January 2019

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Ternary metal sulfides for electrocatalytic energy conversion
journal, January 2019

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Designing Pd/O co-doped MoS x for boosting the hydrogen evolution reaction
journal, January 2019

  • Zhan, Yingxin; Zhou, Xuemei; Nie, Huagui
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Activating and optimizing the activity of NiCoP nanosheets for electrocatalytic alkaline water splitting through the V doping effect enhanced by P vacancies
journal, January 2019

  • Yan, Yaotian; Lin, Jinghuang; Cao, Jian
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Enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction on hybrids of cobalt phosphide and molybdenum phosphide
journal, March 2017

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Porous Mn-Doped CoP 3 Nanowires as a Janus Electrocatalyst for Efficient Overall Water Splitting in Alkaline Solution
journal, January 2018

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Effect of gold underlayer on copper(I) oxide photocathode performance
journal, April 2017

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Modified Electrodeposited Cobalt Foam Coatings as Sensors for Detection of Free Chlorine in Water
journal, May 2019

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Effect of Ni Doping on the MoS2 Structure and Its Hydrogen Evolution Activity in Acid and Alkaline Electrolytes
journal, December 2019


Size Effects of Platinum Nanoparticles in the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production Over 3D Mesoporous Networks of CdS and Pt Nanojunctions
journal, September 2016

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Water-Plasma-Enabled Exfoliation of Ultrathin Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets with Multivacancies for Water Oxidation
journal, June 2017


Accelerated Hydrogen Evolution Kinetics on NiFe-Layered Double Hydroxide Electrocatalysts by Tailoring Water Dissociation Active Sites
journal, January 2018


Morphology‐Controlled Metal Sulfides and Phosphides for Electrochemical Water Splitting
journal, February 2019

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Superb Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution and Simultaneous Electricity Generation by Pt-Decorated Ni 3 N Nanosheets
journal, September 2016

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Doped-MoSe 2 Nanoflakes/3d Metal Oxide-Hydr(Oxy)Oxides Hybrid Catalysts for pH-Universal Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
journal, August 2018

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Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets with Multiple Vacancies Obtained by Dry Exfoliation as Highly Efficient Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts
journal, April 2017

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Highly Tunable Heterojunctions from Multimetallic Sulfide Nanoparticles and Silver Nanowires
journal, April 2018

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Exploring Active Sites in Multi-Heteroatom-Doped Co-Based Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reactions
journal, July 2018

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  • Chemistry - A European Journal, Vol. 24, Issue 48
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Earth‐Abundant Transition‐Metal‐Based Electrocatalysts for Water Electrolysis to Produce Renewable Hydrogen
journal, June 2018

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  • Chemistry – A European Journal, Vol. 24, Issue 69
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Porous Core–Shell CuCo 2 S 4 Nanospheres as Anode Material for Enhanced Lithium‐Ion Batteries
journal, December 2018

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  • Chemistry – A European Journal, Vol. 25, Issue 3
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Edge-Terminated MoS 2 Nanoassembled Electrocatalyst via In Situ Hybridization with 3D Carbon Network
journal, August 2018


Synthesis of amorphous MoSx and MoSx/carbon nanotubes composite aerogels as effective hydrogen evolution reaction catalysts
journal, September 2018

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Defective MoS2 electrocatalyst for highly efficient hydrogen evolution through a simple ball-milling method
journal, September 2017


Energy and fuels from electrochemical interfaces
journal, December 2016

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Balancing activity, stability and conductivity of nanoporous core-shell iridium/iridium oxide oxygen evolution catalysts
journal, November 2017


Electron density modulation of NiCo2S4 nanowires by nitrogen incorporation for highly efficient hydrogen evolution catalysis
journal, April 2018


Dual-template engineering of triple-layered nanoarray electrode of metal chalcogenides sandwiched with hydrogen-substituted graphdiyne
journal, August 2018


Single platinum atoms embedded in nanoporous cobalt selenide as electrocatalyst for accelerating hydrogen evolution reaction
journal, April 2019


Interface engineering of a CeO 2 –Cu 3 P nanoarray for efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution
journal, January 2018


Tuning electrochemical catalytic activity of defective 2D terrace MoSe 2 heterogeneous catalyst via cobalt doping
journal, January 2017

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Boosting electrochemical water splitting via ternary NiMoCo hybrid nanowire arrays
journal, January 2019

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Nitrogen and phosphorous co-doped graphitic carbon encapsulated ultrafine OsP 2 nanoparticles: a pH universal highly durable catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction
journal, January 2019

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The construction of self-supported thorny leaf-like nickel-cobalt bimetal phosphides as efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for urea electrolysis
journal, January 2019

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A CoMoO 4 –Co 2 Mo 3 O 8 heterostructure with valence-rich molybdenum for a high-performance hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline solution
journal, January 2019

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A universal synthesis strategy to make metal nitride electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction
journal, January 2019

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Niobium disulphide (NbS 2 )-based (heterogeneous) electrocatalysts for an efficient hydrogen evolution reaction
journal, January 2019

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Nickel nanograins anchored on a carbon framework for an efficient hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst and a flexible electrode
journal, January 2020

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Evaluating Hydrogen Evolution and Oxidation in Alkaline Media to Establish Baselines
journal, January 2018

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Metal-Organic Frameworks Derived Nanotube of Nickel-Cobalt Bimetal Phosphides as Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting
journal, August 2017

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Ultrathin Transition Metal Dichalcogenide/3d Metal Hydroxide Hybridized Nanosheets to Enhance Hydrogen Evolution Activity
journal, May 2018


Defect‐Rich Heterogeneous MoS 2 /NiS 2 Nanosheets Electrocatalysts for Efficient Overall Water Splitting
journal, May 2019

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RuP 2 -Based Catalysts with Platinum-like Activity and Higher Durability for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction at All pH Values
journal, August 2017

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RuP 2 -Based Catalysts with Platinum-like Activity and Higher Durability for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction at All pH Values
journal, August 2017

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Anodic Hydrazine Oxidation Assists Energy-Efficient Hydrogen Evolution over a Bifunctional Cobalt Perselenide Nanosheet Electrode
journal, May 2018

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Strongly Coupled Molybdenum Carbide on Carbon Sheets as a Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting
journal, September 2017


Efficient hydrogen production on MoNi4 electrocatalysts with fast water dissociation kinetics
journal, May 2017

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Morphology and surface chemistry engineering toward pH-universal catalysts for hydrogen evolution at high current density
journal, January 2019


Ruthenium atomically dispersed in carbon outperforms platinum toward hydrogen evolution in alkaline media
journal, February 2019


Single-atom cobalt array bound to distorted 1T MoS2 with ensemble effect for hydrogen evolution catalysis
journal, November 2019


Efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen gas evolution by a cobalt–porphyrin-based crystalline polymer
journal, January 2018

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Rational Design of Nanoarray Architectures for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting
journal, January 2019

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Secondary‐Component Incorporated Hollow MOFs and Derivatives for Catalytic and Energy‐Related Applications
journal, July 2018


Ruthenium‐Based Single‐Atom Alloy with High Electrocatalytic Activity for Hydrogen Evolution
journal, April 2019

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The Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Solution: From Theory, Single Crystal Models, to Practical Electrocatalysts
journal, May 2018

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An Engineered Superhydrophilic/Superaerophobic Electrocatalyst Composed of the Supported CoMoS x Chalcogel for Overall Water Splitting
journal, January 2020

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Recent Advances in Carbon-Based Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts for Zn−Air Batteries
journal, May 2018


Microstructural Engineering of Heterogeneous P−S−Co Interface for Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution
journal, July 2019


Enhancement of visible-light-driven photocatalytic performance of BiOBr nanosheets by Co2+ doping
journal, July 2019

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Interfacing nickel nitride and nickel boosts both electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution and oxidation reactions
journal, October 2018


Nanosized Metal Phosphides Embedded in Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon Nanofibers for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution at All pH Values
journal, January 2018


Nickel Nanocrystal Assemblies as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution from pH‐Neutral Aqueous Solution
journal, March 2019

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CoSe 2 /MoSe 2 Heterostructures with Enriched Water Adsorption/Dissociation Sites towards Enhanced Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
journal, June 2018

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Dinitrosyl iron complexes: From molecular electrocatalysts to electrodeposited‐film electrodes for hydrogen evolution reaction
journal, May 2019

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Salt-templated synthesis of defect-rich MoN nanosheets for boosted hydrogen evolution reaction
journal, January 2017

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Metal–organic framework-derived integrated nanoarrays for overall water splitting
journal, January 2018

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Support and Interface Effects in Water‐Splitting Electrocatalysts
journal, December 2018


High Activity Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis by Uniquely Designed Amorphous/Metal Interface of Core-shell Phosphosulfide/N-Doped CNTs
journal, January 2018

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Engineered MoSe 2 -Based Heterostructures for Efficient Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
journal, February 2018

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An Engineered Superhydrophilic/Superaerophobic Electrocatalyst Composed of the Supported CoMoS x Chalcogel for Overall Water Splitting
journal, December 2019


Stable Active Sites on Ni 12 P 5 Surfaces for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
journal, May 2019


An organic ligand promoting the electrocatalytic activity of cobalt oxide for the hydrogen evolution reaction
journal, January 2019

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