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Two-dimensional MoS2 for hydrogen evolution reaction catalysis: The electronic structure regulation

Show Author's Information Shuwen Niu§,  Jinyan Cai§,  Gongming Wang( )
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

§ Shuwen Niu and Jinyan Cai contributed equally to this work.

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molybdenum disulfide, density functional theory, hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), electronic structure modulation, phase and interfacial engineering
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Niu S, Cai J, Wang G. Two-dimensional MoS2 for hydrogen evolution reaction catalysis: The electronic structure regulation. Nano Research, 2021, 14(6): 1985-2002. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-3249-z
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Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has been recognized as one of the most promising candidates to replace precious Pt for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysis, due to the natural abundance, low cost, tunable electronic properties, and excellent chemical stability. Although notable processes have been achieved in the past decades, their performance is still far less than that of Pt. Searching effective strategies to boosting their HER performance is still the primary goal. In this review, the recent process of the electronic regulation of MoS2 for HER is summarized, including band structure engineering, electronic state modulation, orbital orientation regulation, interface engineering. Last, the key challenges and opportunities in the development of MoS2-based materials for electrochemical HER are also discussed.


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Two-dimensional MoS2 for hydrogen evolution reaction catalysis: The electronic structure regulation

Show Author's information Shuwen Niu§, Jinyan Cai§, Gongming Wang( )
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

§ Shuwen Niu and Jinyan Cai contributed equally to this work.

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Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has been recognized as one of the most promising candidates to replace precious Pt for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysis, due to the natural abundance, low cost, tunable electronic properties, and excellent chemical stability. Although notable processes have been achieved in the past decades, their performance is still far less than that of Pt. Searching effective strategies to boosting their HER performance is still the primary goal. In this review, the recent process of the electronic regulation of MoS2 for HER is summarized, including band structure engineering, electronic state modulation, orbital orientation regulation, interface engineering. Last, the key challenges and opportunities in the development of MoS2-based materials for electrochemical HER are also discussed.

Keywords: molybdenum disulfide, density functional theory, hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), electronic structure modulation, phase and interfacial engineering

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Received: 04 October 2020
Revised: 10 November 2020
Accepted: 16 November 2020
Published: 04 December 2020
Issue date: June 2021

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Acknowledgements

G. M. W. designed and supervised the project. S. W. N. and J. Y. C. wrote and revised the manuscript and contributed equally to this work. And all the authors discussed and commented on the manuscript. We thank the financial supports of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21771169, 51801075, and 11722543), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2017YFA0206703), Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation (No. BJ2060190077), Re-cruitment Program of Global Expert, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Nos. WK2060190074, WK2060190081, and WK2310000066).

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