Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Interface confined hydrogen evolution reaction in zero valent metal nanoparticles-intercalated molybdenum disulfide

  • Zhongxin Chen,
  • Kai Leng,
  • Xiaoxu Zhao,
  • Souradip Malkhandi,
  • Wei Tang,
  • Bingbing Tian,
  • Lei Dong,
  • Lirong Zheng,
  • Ming Lin,
  • Boon Siang Yeo,
  • Kian Ping Loh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14548
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Interface confined reactions are a viable strategy for achieving stable and selective catalysts. Here, the authors demonstrate that 1T'-enriched lithiated MoS2 can reduce metal ions in situ, forming zero valent platinum nanoparticle-intercalated MoS2, with enhanced hydrogen evolution activity.