Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Boosting hydrogen evolution on MoS2 via co-confining selenium in surface and cobalt in inner layer

  • Zhilong Zheng,
  • Liang Yu,
  • Meng Gao,
  • Xiya Chen,
  • Wu Zhou,
  • Chao Ma,
  • Lihui Wu,
  • Junfa Zhu,
  • Xiangyu Meng,
  • Jingting Hu,
  • Yunchuan Tu,
  • Sisi Wu,
  • Jun Mao,
  • Zhongqun Tian,
  • Dehui Deng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17199-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The lack of efficient, inexpensive catalysts hinders large-scale application of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Here, the authors report a MoS2 nanofoam catalyst with co-confined Se in the surface and Co in the inner layer, exhibiting high large-current-density HER activity and durability.