Nanoscale Research Letters ( IF 5.418 ) Pub Date : 2020-06-16 , DOI: 10.1186/s11671-020-03368-z Pengyuan Wu 1 , Gangyong Sun 1 , Yuanzhi Chen 1 , Wanjie Xu 1 , Hongfei Zheng 1 , Jin Xu 1 , Laisen Wang 1 , Dong-Liang Peng 1
Combining MoSe2 with other transition metal dichalcogenides to form a hybrid nanostructure is an effective route to enhance the electrocatalytic activities for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). In this study, MoSe2-Ni3Se4 hybrid nanoelectrocatalysts with a flower-like morphology are synthesized by a seed-induced solution approach. Instead of independently nucleating to form separate nanocrystals, the Ni3Se4 component tends to nucleate and grow on the surfaces of ultrathin nanoflakes of MoSe2 to form a hybrid nanostructure. MoSe2–Ni3Se4 hybrid nanoelectrocatalysts with different Mo:Ni ratios are prepared and their HER catalytic activities are compared. The results show that the HER activities are affected by the Mo:Ni ratios. In comparison with pure MoSe2, the MoSe2-Ni3Se4 hybrid nanoelectrocatalysts having a Mo:Ni molar ratio of 2:1 exhibit enhanced HER properties with an overpotential of 203 mV at 10 mA/cm2 and a Tafel slope of 57 mV per decade. Improved conductivity and increased turnover frequencies (TOFs) are also observed for the MoSe2-Ni3Se4 hybrid samples.
中文翻译:
MoSe2-Ni3Se4杂化纳米电催化剂及其增强的产氢反应电催化活性。
MoSe 2与其他过渡金属二卤化物结合形成杂化纳米结构是增强氢析出反应(HER)的电催化活性的有效途径。本研究通过种子诱导溶液法合成了具有花状形态的MoSe 2 -Ni 3 Se 4杂化纳米电催化剂。Ni 3 Se 4组分趋于成核并在MoSe 2的超薄纳米薄片表面上生长,从而形成杂化纳米结构,而不是独立地成核形成单独的纳米晶体。MoSe 2 –Ni 3 Se 4制备了具有不同Mo:Ni比的杂化纳米电催化剂,并比较了它们的HER催化活性。结果表明,HER活性受Mo:Ni比的影响。与纯MoSe 2相比,Mo:Ni摩尔比为2:1的MoSe 2 -Ni 3 Se 4杂化纳米电催化剂显示出增强的HER特性,在10 mA / cm 2时的超电势为203 mV,Tafel斜率为57每十年mV。对于MoSe 2 -Ni 3 Se 4杂化样品,还观察到电导率提高和周转频率(TOFs)升高。