Physical vapor deposition of amorphous MoS2 nanosheet arrays on carbon cloth for highly reproducible large-area electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Issue 38 (3rd September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Xing; Zhang, Yun; Yu, Bin-Bin; Yin, Xing-Liang; Jiang, Wen-Jie; Jiang, Yan; Hu, Jin-Song; Wan, Li-Jun
• Is Part Of: Journal of materials chemistry. Volume 3:Issue 38(2015)
• Page Start: 19277
• Page End: 19281
• Publication Date: 2015-09-03
• Subjects: Materials -- Research -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Analytic -- Periodicals; Environmental sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; 543.0284
• DOI: 10.1039/c5ta05793k
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-7488

Abstract

Abstract : Amorphous MoS2 nanosheet arrays on carbon cloth were directly prepared via a highly reproducible PVD, which exhibited superior catalytic activity and durability for the HER. Abstract : Molybdenum sulfide materials have been shown to be promising non-precious metal catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). This work reports a facile and scalable preparation method for amorphous MoS2 nanosheet arrays directly deposited on carbon cloth (a-MoS2 NA/CC) using a highly reproducible physical vapor deposition (PVD) approach. As a result of the three-dimensional nanostructure of the catalyst, the amorphous nature and the abundant exposed edge sites of MoS2, the a-MoS2 NA/CC composite exhibited superior catalytic activity and stability for the HER in acidic solutions.