Synthesis of N, P dual-doped MoS2 on hollow carbon spheres for hydrogen evolution reaction
Jingyang Tian
Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Polymer Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Devices, School of Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, China
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Nan Nan Xia
State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper Science and Technology of Shandong Province/Ministry of Education, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, China
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Nan Nan Xia, State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper Science and Technology of Shandong Province/Ministry of Education, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China.
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Chong Lin, Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Polymer Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Devices, School of Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, 330013, China.
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Chong Lin
Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Polymer Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Devices, School of Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, China
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Nan Nan Xia, State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper Science and Technology of Shandong Province/Ministry of Education, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China.
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Chong Lin, Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Polymer Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Devices, School of Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, 330013, China.
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Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Polymer Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Devices, School of Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, China
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Nan Nan Xia
State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper Science and Technology of Shandong Province/Ministry of Education, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, China
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Nan Nan Xia, State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper Science and Technology of Shandong Province/Ministry of Education, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China.
Email: [email protected]
Chong Lin, Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Polymer Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Devices, School of Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, 330013, China.
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Chong Lin
Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Polymer Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Devices, School of Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, China
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Nan Nan Xia, State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper Science and Technology of Shandong Province/Ministry of Education, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China.
Email: [email protected]
Chong Lin, Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Polymer Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Devices, School of Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, 330013, China.
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Summary
Developing cheap and abundant materials as high efficient HER catalysts to replace noble metal catalysts is urgent. Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) as one attention-drawing material still has an enormous limit due to the layers stacking and the lacking of active sites. Therefore, the N, P dual-doped MoS2 on hollow carbon spheres (denoted as P-MoS2@NCs) has been developed via template sacrifice, polymerization, and hydrothermal process. The synergistic effect between the N, P dual-doped hollow carbon spheres, and MoS2, which has abundant active sites can enhance the electrocatalytic performance of HER. As expected, the formed P-MoS2@NCs-2 exhibits excellent electrochemical property for HER. The overpotential at 10 mA cm−2 and Tafel slope are as low as 147 mV (V vs RHE) and 72 mV/dec. Otherwise, it shows excellent durability in 0.5 M H2SO4. It provides a new method to develop advanced MoS2-based catalyst for the HER.
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