Transition metal atom doping of the basal plane of MoS2 monolayer nanosheets for electrochemical hydrogen evolution
Surface sites of extensively exposed basal planes of MoS 2 monolayer nanosheets, prepared via BuLi exfoliation of MoS 2 , have been doped with transition metal atoms for the first time to produce 2D monolayer catalysts used for the electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Their HER activit...
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| author | Lau, T Lu, X Kulhavy, J Wu, S Lu, L Wu, T Kato, R Foord, J Soo, Y Suenaga, K Tsang, S |
| author_facet | Lau, T Lu, X Kulhavy, J Wu, S Lu, L Wu, T Kato, R Foord, J Soo, Y Suenaga, K Tsang, S |
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| description | Surface sites of extensively exposed basal planes of MoS 2 monolayer nanosheets, prepared via BuLi exfoliation of MoS 2 , have been doped with transition metal atoms for the first time to produce 2D monolayer catalysts used for the electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Their HER activity is significantly higher than the corresponding thin and bulk MoS 2 layers. HAADF-STEM images show direct proof that single transition metal atoms reside at the surface basal sites, which subtly modify the electro-catalytic activity of the monolayer MoS 2 , dependent on their electronic and stereospecific properties. It is found that these dopants play an important role in tuning the hydrogen adsorption enthalpies of the exposed surface S atoms and Mo atoms in HER. We report electrochemical testing, characterization and computational modelling and demonstrate that Co can significantly enhance the HER activity by the dominant Co-S interaction, whereas Ni substantially lowers the HER rate due to the Ni-Mo interaction at the same basal site. The two transition metal dopants show opposite doping behavior despite the fact that they are neighbors in the periodic table. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e3022c24-0307-401b-b4b7-4b6d81ba18432022-03-27T10:05:46ZTransition metal atom doping of the basal plane of MoS2 monolayer nanosheets for electrochemical hydrogen evolutionJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e3022c24-0307-401b-b4b7-4b6d81ba1843Symplectic Elements at OxfordRoyal Society of Chemistry2018Lau, TLu, XKulhavy, JWu, SLu, LWu, TKato, RFoord, JSoo, YSuenaga, KTsang, SSurface sites of extensively exposed basal planes of MoS 2 monolayer nanosheets, prepared via BuLi exfoliation of MoS 2 , have been doped with transition metal atoms for the first time to produce 2D monolayer catalysts used for the electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Their HER activity is significantly higher than the corresponding thin and bulk MoS 2 layers. HAADF-STEM images show direct proof that single transition metal atoms reside at the surface basal sites, which subtly modify the electro-catalytic activity of the monolayer MoS 2 , dependent on their electronic and stereospecific properties. It is found that these dopants play an important role in tuning the hydrogen adsorption enthalpies of the exposed surface S atoms and Mo atoms in HER. We report electrochemical testing, characterization and computational modelling and demonstrate that Co can significantly enhance the HER activity by the dominant Co-S interaction, whereas Ni substantially lowers the HER rate due to the Ni-Mo interaction at the same basal site. The two transition metal dopants show opposite doping behavior despite the fact that they are neighbors in the periodic table. |
| spellingShingle | Lau, T Lu, X Kulhavy, J Wu, S Lu, L Wu, T Kato, R Foord, J Soo, Y Suenaga, K Tsang, S Transition metal atom doping of the basal plane of MoS2 monolayer nanosheets for electrochemical hydrogen evolution |
| title | Transition metal atom doping of the basal plane of MoS2 monolayer nanosheets for electrochemical hydrogen evolution |
| title_full | Transition metal atom doping of the basal plane of MoS2 monolayer nanosheets for electrochemical hydrogen evolution |
| title_fullStr | Transition metal atom doping of the basal plane of MoS2 monolayer nanosheets for electrochemical hydrogen evolution |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transition metal atom doping of the basal plane of MoS2 monolayer nanosheets for electrochemical hydrogen evolution |
| title_short | Transition metal atom doping of the basal plane of MoS2 monolayer nanosheets for electrochemical hydrogen evolution |
| title_sort | transition metal atom doping of the basal plane of mos2 monolayer nanosheets for electrochemical hydrogen evolution |
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