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

Journal Article · · Nature Communications
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12765· OSTI ID:1435783
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  1. Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity (TcSUH)
  2. California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Materials and Process Simulation Center
  3. Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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. In this paper, 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.

Research Organization:
California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States); Univ. of Houston, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA); National Science Foundation (NSF); Welch Foundation, Houston, TX (United States)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0004993; FA 7000-13-1-0001; ECCS-1240510; E-1728
OSTI ID:
1435783
Journal Information:
Nature Communications, Vol. 7; ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 262 works
Citation information provided by
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