Nature Communications (May 2020)

Enhanced performance of in-plane transition metal dichalcogenides monolayers by configuring local atomic structures

  • Yao Zhou,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Erhong Song,
  • Junhao Lin,
  • Jiadong Zhou,
  • Kazu Suenaga,
  • Wu Zhou,
  • Zheng Liu,
  • Jianjun Liu,
  • Jun Lou,
  • Hong Jin Fan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16111-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Designing and realizing local configurations can activate the in-plane chalcogen atoms of transition metal dichalcogenide to enhance the HER activity. We combine the theoretical screening (charge transfer capability) and experimental realization to achieve highly active local configurations