Atomically engineering activation sites onto metallic 1T-MoS2 catalysts for enhanced electrochemical hydrogen evolution

While heterogeneous catalysts can act as tangible, efficient materials for energy conversion, understanding the active catalytic sites is challenging. Here, authors engineer specific catalytic sites into molybdenum sulfide to improve and elucidate hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis.

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Main Authors: Yichao Huang, Yuanhui Sun, Xueli Zheng, Toshihiro Aoki, Brian Pattengale, Jier Huang, Xin He, Wei Bian, Sabrina Younan, Nicholas Williams, Jun Hu, Jingxuan Ge, Ning Pu, Xingxu Yan, Xiaoqing Pan, Lijun Zhang, Yongge Wei, Jing Gu
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Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08877-9
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spelling doaj-f2f42645e00b4150975f643c86369ed12021-05-11T11:29:58ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232019-02-0110111110.1038/s41467-019-08877-9Atomically engineering activation sites onto metallic 1T-MoS2 catalysts for enhanced electrochemical hydrogen evolutionYichao Huang0Yuanhui Sun1Xueli Zheng2Toshihiro Aoki3Brian Pattengale4Jier Huang5Xin He6Wei Bian7Sabrina Younan8Nicholas Williams9Jun Hu10Jingxuan Ge11Ning Pu12Xingxu Yan13Xiaoqing Pan14Lijun Zhang15Yongge Wei16Jing Gu17Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua UniversityState Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin UniversityDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford UniversityUC Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI), University of California - IrvineDepartment of Chemistry, Marquette UniversityDepartment of Chemistry, Marquette UniversityState Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin UniversityKey Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua UniversityDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State UniversityDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State UniversityKey Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua UniversityKey Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua UniversityCollaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua UniversityDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California - IrvineUC Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI), University of California - IrvineState Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin UniversityKey Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua UniversityDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State UniversityWhile heterogeneous catalysts can act as tangible, efficient materials for energy conversion, understanding the active catalytic sites is challenging. Here, authors engineer specific catalytic sites into molybdenum sulfide to improve and elucidate hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08877-9
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author Yichao Huang
Yuanhui Sun
Xueli Zheng
Toshihiro Aoki
Brian Pattengale
Jier Huang
Xin He
Wei Bian
Sabrina Younan
Nicholas Williams
Jun Hu
Jingxuan Ge
Ning Pu
Xingxu Yan
Xiaoqing Pan
Lijun Zhang
Yongge Wei
Jing Gu
spellingShingle Yichao Huang
Yuanhui Sun
Xueli Zheng
Toshihiro Aoki
Brian Pattengale
Jier Huang
Xin He
Wei Bian
Sabrina Younan
Nicholas Williams
Jun Hu
Jingxuan Ge
Ning Pu
Xingxu Yan
Xiaoqing Pan
Lijun Zhang
Yongge Wei
Jing Gu
Atomically engineering activation sites onto metallic 1T-MoS2 catalysts for enhanced electrochemical hydrogen evolution
Nature Communications
author_facet Yichao Huang
Yuanhui Sun
Xueli Zheng
Toshihiro Aoki
Brian Pattengale
Jier Huang
Xin He
Wei Bian
Sabrina Younan
Nicholas Williams
Jun Hu
Jingxuan Ge
Ning Pu
Xingxu Yan
Xiaoqing Pan
Lijun Zhang
Yongge Wei
Jing Gu
author_sort Yichao Huang
title Atomically engineering activation sites onto metallic 1T-MoS2 catalysts for enhanced electrochemical hydrogen evolution
title_short Atomically engineering activation sites onto metallic 1T-MoS2 catalysts for enhanced electrochemical hydrogen evolution
title_full Atomically engineering activation sites onto metallic 1T-MoS2 catalysts for enhanced electrochemical hydrogen evolution
title_fullStr Atomically engineering activation sites onto metallic 1T-MoS2 catalysts for enhanced electrochemical hydrogen evolution
title_full_unstemmed Atomically engineering activation sites onto metallic 1T-MoS2 catalysts for enhanced electrochemical hydrogen evolution
title_sort atomically engineering activation sites onto metallic 1t-mos2 catalysts for enhanced electrochemical hydrogen evolution
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
issn 2041-1723
publishDate 2019-02-01
description While heterogeneous catalysts can act as tangible, efficient materials for energy conversion, understanding the active catalytic sites is challenging. Here, authors engineer specific catalytic sites into molybdenum sulfide to improve and elucidate hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08877-9
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