The development of non-noble-metal hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts holds great promises for a sustainable energy system.Here,a hybrid W(Mo)S_(2)/NW(Mo)C nanosheet with array structures was reported for an efficien...The development of non-noble-metal hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts holds great promises for a sustainable energy system.Here,a hybrid W(Mo)S_(2)/NW(Mo)C nanosheet with array structures was reported for an efficient light-as sis ted hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts in acidic solutions.The resulting vertically aligned W(Mo)S_(2)/N-W(Mo)C was supported on a conductive carbon fiber paper,which can be produced through annealing W(Mo)S_(2)nanosheets by simultaneous carbonization and N-doping in Ar/H_(2)atmosphere.This optimized WS_(2)/NWC and MoS_(2)/N-MoC electrode exhibits remarkable lightassisted electrocatalysis activity with overpotentials of0.120 and 0.122 V at 10 mA·cm^(-1)in acidic solutions,respectively.Such high hydrogen evolution activities should be attributed to the electrocatalytic synergistic effects of the abundant active sites existing in different phase boundaries and the absorption for ultraviolet-visible light.This study shows that synthesis of low-cost and highly active W(Mo)S_(2)-based hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst opens up a route toward the development of scalable production of hydrogen fuels.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52202340)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2021M691365)+2 种基金the Applied Basic Research Project of Shanxi Province(No.20210302124425)the Scientific and Technological Innovation Programs of Higher Education Institutions in Shanxi(No.2021L266)the Graduate Science and Technology Innovation Project Foundation of Shanxi Normal University(No.2021XSY030)。
文摘The development of non-noble-metal hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts holds great promises for a sustainable energy system.Here,a hybrid W(Mo)S_(2)/NW(Mo)C nanosheet with array structures was reported for an efficient light-as sis ted hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts in acidic solutions.The resulting vertically aligned W(Mo)S_(2)/N-W(Mo)C was supported on a conductive carbon fiber paper,which can be produced through annealing W(Mo)S_(2)nanosheets by simultaneous carbonization and N-doping in Ar/H_(2)atmosphere.This optimized WS_(2)/NWC and MoS_(2)/N-MoC electrode exhibits remarkable lightassisted electrocatalysis activity with overpotentials of0.120 and 0.122 V at 10 mA·cm^(-1)in acidic solutions,respectively.Such high hydrogen evolution activities should be attributed to the electrocatalytic synergistic effects of the abundant active sites existing in different phase boundaries and the absorption for ultraviolet-visible light.This study shows that synthesis of low-cost and highly active W(Mo)S_(2)-based hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst opens up a route toward the development of scalable production of hydrogen fuels.