Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution using the MS2@MoS2/rGO (M = Fe or Ni) hybrid catalyst

Yaxiao Guo; Changshuai Shang; Xiaoyan Zhang; Erkang Wang

doi:10.1039/c6cc06180j

Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution using the MS₂@MoS₂/rGO (M = Fe or Ni) hybrid catalyst

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Sep 27;52(79):11795-11798. doi: 10.1039/c6cc06180j.

Authors

Yaxiao Guo¹, Changshuai Shang¹, Xiaoyan Zhang¹, Erkang Wang²

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China. ekwang@ciac.ac.cn and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China. ekwang@ciac.ac.cn.

PMID: 27711283
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc06180j

Abstract

We established a three-tiered cake-like hybrid (MS₂@MoS₂/rGO, M = Fe or Ni) with the MS₂ nanoparticles distributed over the platform of MoS₂ and graphene (MoS₂/rGO), which exhibits superior HER electrocatalytic activity as well as excellent electrochemical durability. The enhanced electrocatalytic activity benefits from the unique synergistic effects of graphene sheets enhancing the conductivity of the hybrid, MS₂ (M = Fe or Ni) nanoparticles and MoS₂ nanosheets providing abundant electrocatalytically active sites. Meanwhile, the mechanical stability is promoted by the meticulously-built cake-like structure.