Despite the rapid advances in electrocatalysts based on two-dimensional(2D)transition metal dichalco-genides(TMDs)materials,they are subject to serious aggregation,poor conductivity and the presence of inactive basal ...Despite the rapid advances in electrocatalysts based on two-dimensional(2D)transition metal dichalco-genides(TMDs)materials,they are subject to serious aggregation,poor conductivity and the presence of inactive basal planes.Herein,we have successfully demonstrated the in-situ construction of NiSe_(2)-MoSe_(2) heterostructure arrays on carbon cloth(NiSe_(2)-MoSe_(2)/CC)by a facile two-step hydrothermal process.The presence of the synergistic effect in the heterostructures effectively optimizes the poor conductivity and hydrophilicity,and thus enables fast electron transfer,leading to enhanced electrochemical reaction.Fur-thermore,density functional theory calculations reveal that the electrons redistribution at the heterojunc-tion interface and the reduced Gibbs free energy of hydrogen adsorption for hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)/the Gibbs free energy change value of rate-determining step for oxygen evolution reaction(OER),thus enhancing the HER/OER catalytic activity.Importantly,the device displays a good performance with a low overpotential of 98 and 310 mV for HER and OER,respectively,and a low cell voltage of 1.59 V for its corresponding electrolyzer(10 mA cm^(-2)).This work presents the high-performance water splitting of bifunctional electrocatalysts based on 2D TMDs materials and offers a novel design concept of interface engineering.展开更多
基金Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province(No.222300420542)Educational Department of Henan Province(No.22A140010)+4 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.12104409)Zhongyuan Youth Talent Support Program of Henan Province(Nos.ZYQR201912152 and ZYQR201912185)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2019M662509)Basic Cultivation Foundation of Zhengzhou University(No.JC22549020)Start-up Fund for RAPs under the Strategic Hiring Scheme,and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University(BD1H).
文摘Despite the rapid advances in electrocatalysts based on two-dimensional(2D)transition metal dichalco-genides(TMDs)materials,they are subject to serious aggregation,poor conductivity and the presence of inactive basal planes.Herein,we have successfully demonstrated the in-situ construction of NiSe_(2)-MoSe_(2) heterostructure arrays on carbon cloth(NiSe_(2)-MoSe_(2)/CC)by a facile two-step hydrothermal process.The presence of the synergistic effect in the heterostructures effectively optimizes the poor conductivity and hydrophilicity,and thus enables fast electron transfer,leading to enhanced electrochemical reaction.Fur-thermore,density functional theory calculations reveal that the electrons redistribution at the heterojunc-tion interface and the reduced Gibbs free energy of hydrogen adsorption for hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)/the Gibbs free energy change value of rate-determining step for oxygen evolution reaction(OER),thus enhancing the HER/OER catalytic activity.Importantly,the device displays a good performance with a low overpotential of 98 and 310 mV for HER and OER,respectively,and a low cell voltage of 1.59 V for its corresponding electrolyzer(10 mA cm^(-2)).This work presents the high-performance water splitting of bifunctional electrocatalysts based on 2D TMDs materials and offers a novel design concept of interface engineering.
