Investigating Catalyst–Support Interactions To Improve the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Activity of Thiomolybdate [Mo 3 S 13 ] 2– Nanoclusters
Abstract
Molybdenum sulfides have been identified as promising materials for catalyzing the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in acid, with active edge sites that exhibit some of the highest turnover frequencies among nonpreciousmetal catalysts. The thiomolybdate [Mo3S13]2- nanocluster catalyst contains a structural motif that resembles the active site of MoS2 and has been reported to be among the most active forms of molybdenum sulfide. Herein, we improve the activity of the [Mo3S13]2- catalysts through catalyst-support interactions. We synthesize [Mo3S13]2- on gold, silver, glassy carbon, and copper supports to demonstrate the ability to tune the hydrogen binding energy of [Mo3S13]2- using catalyst-support electronic interactions and optimize HER activity.
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[1];
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[4]
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States); Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark)
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1426436
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515; EE006670; 9455; 1433442
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ACS Catalysis
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 2155-5435
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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Hellstern, Thomas R., Kibsgaard, Jakob, Tsai, Charlie, Palm, David W., King, Laurie A., Abild-Pedersen, Frank, and Jaramillo, Thomas F. Investigating Catalyst–Support Interactions To Improve the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Activity of Thiomolybdate [Mo 3 S 13 ] 2– Nanoclusters. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1021/acscatal.7b02133.
Hellstern, Thomas R., Kibsgaard, Jakob, Tsai, Charlie, Palm, David W., King, Laurie A., Abild-Pedersen, Frank, & Jaramillo, Thomas F. Investigating Catalyst–Support Interactions To Improve the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Activity of Thiomolybdate [Mo 3 S 13 ] 2– Nanoclusters. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b02133
Hellstern, Thomas R., Kibsgaard, Jakob, Tsai, Charlie, Palm, David W., King, Laurie A., Abild-Pedersen, Frank, and Jaramillo, Thomas F. Fri .
"Investigating Catalyst–Support Interactions To Improve the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Activity of Thiomolybdate [Mo 3 S 13 ] 2– Nanoclusters". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b02133. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1426436.
@article{osti_1426436,
title = {Investigating Catalyst–Support Interactions To Improve the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Activity of Thiomolybdate [Mo 3 S 13 ] 2– Nanoclusters},
author = {Hellstern, Thomas R. and Kibsgaard, Jakob and Tsai, Charlie and Palm, David W. and King, Laurie A. and Abild-Pedersen, Frank and Jaramillo, Thomas F.},
abstractNote = {Molybdenum sulfides have been identified as promising materials for catalyzing the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in acid, with active edge sites that exhibit some of the highest turnover frequencies among nonpreciousmetal catalysts. The thiomolybdate [Mo3S13]2- nanocluster catalyst contains a structural motif that resembles the active site of MoS2 and has been reported to be among the most active forms of molybdenum sulfide. Herein, we improve the activity of the [Mo3S13]2- catalysts through catalyst-support interactions. We synthesize [Mo3S13]2- on gold, silver, glassy carbon, and copper supports to demonstrate the ability to tune the hydrogen binding energy of [Mo3S13]2- using catalyst-support electronic interactions and optimize HER activity.},
doi = {10.1021/acscatal.7b02133},
journal = {ACS Catalysis},
number = 10,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 22 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri Sep 22 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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