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Diverse atomic structure configurations of metal-doped transition metal dichalcogenides for enhancing hydrogen evolution

Show Author's Information Longlu Wang1( ),  Yuxin Zhang1,  Chen Gu1,  Haoxuan Yu1,  Yanling Zhuang1,  Zechao Zhuang2( )
College of Electronic and Optical Engineering and College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center for Fabrication and Application of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), dopant effect, diverse atomic structure configurations
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Doping foreign metal atoms into the substrate of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) enables the formation of diverse atomic structure configurations, including isolated atoms, chains, and clusters. Therefore, it is very important to reasonably control the atomic structure and determine the structure–activity relationship between the atomic configurations and the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance. Although numerous studies have indicated that doping can yield diverse atomic structure configurations, there remains an incomplete understanding of the relationship between atomic configurations within the lattice of TMDs and their performance. Here, diverse atomic structure configurations of adsorptive doping, substitutional doping, and TMDs alloys are summarized. The structure–activity relationship between different atomic configurations and HER performance can be determined by micro-nanostructure devices and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. These diverse atomic structure configurations are of great significance for activating the inert basal plane of TMDs and improving the catalytic activity of HER. Finally, we have summarized the current challenges and future opportunities, offering new perspectives for the design of highly active and stable metal-doped TMDs catalysts.


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Diverse atomic structure configurations of metal-doped transition metal dichalcogenides for enhancing hydrogen evolution

Show Author's information Longlu Wang1( ), Yuxin Zhang1, Chen Gu1, Haoxuan Yu1, Yanling Zhuang1, Zechao Zhuang2( )
College of Electronic and Optical Engineering and College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center for Fabrication and Application of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA

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Doping foreign metal atoms into the substrate of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) enables the formation of diverse atomic structure configurations, including isolated atoms, chains, and clusters. Therefore, it is very important to reasonably control the atomic structure and determine the structure–activity relationship between the atomic configurations and the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance. Although numerous studies have indicated that doping can yield diverse atomic structure configurations, there remains an incomplete understanding of the relationship between atomic configurations within the lattice of TMDs and their performance. Here, diverse atomic structure configurations of adsorptive doping, substitutional doping, and TMDs alloys are summarized. The structure–activity relationship between different atomic configurations and HER performance can be determined by micro-nanostructure devices and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. These diverse atomic structure configurations are of great significance for activating the inert basal plane of TMDs and improving the catalytic activity of HER. Finally, we have summarized the current challenges and future opportunities, offering new perspectives for the design of highly active and stable metal-doped TMDs catalysts.

Keywords: transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), dopant effect, diverse atomic structure configurations

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Received: 15 October 2023
Revised: 01 November 2023
Accepted: 23 November 2023
Published: 29 December 2023
Issue date: May 2024

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This work was financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51902101), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20201381), the Science Foundation of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (Nos. NY219144 and NY221046), and the National College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program (No. 202210293171K).

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