Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Single-atom cobalt array bound to distorted 1T MoS2 with ensemble effect for hydrogen evolution catalysis

  • Kun Qi,
  • Xiaoqiang Cui,
  • Lin Gu,
  • Shansheng Yu,
  • Xiaofeng Fan,
  • Mingchuan Luo,
  • Shan Xu,
  • Ningbo Li,
  • Lirong Zheng,
  • Qinghua Zhang,
  • Jingyuan Ma,
  • Yue Gong,
  • Fan Lv,
  • Kai Wang,
  • Haihua Huang,
  • Wei Zhang,
  • Shaojun Guo,
  • Weitao Zheng,
  • Ping Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12997-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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While single-atom catalysis offers an efficient materials usage, the ambiguous interactions with supports poses a difficulty in understanding catalytic performances. Here, authors show an ensemble effect via synergy of Co adatoms and the S of MoS2 supports to boost hydrogen evolution activities.