Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

Efficient hydrogen evolution in transition metal dichalcogenides via a simple one-step hydrazine reaction

  • Dustin R. Cummins,
  • Ulises Martinez,
  • Andriy Sherehiy,
  • Rajesh Kappera,
  • Alejandro Martinez-Garcia,
  • Roland K. Schulze,
  • Jacek Jasinski,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Ram K. Gupta,
  • Jun Lou,
  • Manish Chhowalla,
  • Gamini Sumanasekera,
  • Aditya D. Mohite,
  • Mahendra K. Sunkara,
  • Gautam Gupta

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11857
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Transition metal dichalcogenides are promising hydrogen evolution catalysts however they can require expensive processing steps to enhance their activity. Here, the authors report a one-step activation step in which room temperature hydrazine treatment results in much enhanced electrocatalytic performance.