Fabrication of 3D ordered mesoporous MoS<sub>2</sub>/C composite with few-layered MoS<sub>2</sub> for electrochemical hydrogen evolution

LI Bo-wen; HAN Qiao; YU Zong-bao; YANG Zhan-xu

doi:10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60019-7

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LI Bo-wen, HAN Qiao, YU Zong-bao, YANG Zhan-xu. Fabrication of 3D ordered mesoporous MoS2/C composite with few-layered MoS2 for electrochemical hydrogen evolution[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2022, 50(10): 1288-1298. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60019-7

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LI Bo-wen, HAN Qiao, YU Zong-bao, YANG Zhan-xu. Fabrication of 3D ordered mesoporous MoS₂/C composite with few-layered MoS₂ for electrochemical hydrogen evolution[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2022, 50(10): 1288-1298. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60019-7

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Fabrication of 3D ordered mesoporous MoS₂/C composite with few-layered MoS₂ for electrochemical hydrogen evolution

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60019-7

School of Petrochemical Engineering, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, China

Funds: The project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21671092), Liaoning Province "Xing Liao Talents" Innovation Leading Talent Project (XLYC1802057) and Liaoning Province-Shenyang National Research Center for Materials Science Joint R&D Fund Project (2019010280-JH3/301).

Received Date: 2022-03-18
Accepted Date: 2022-04-08
Rev Recd Date: 2022-04-05

Available Online: 2022-04-29

Publish Date: 2022-10-31

Abstract

Abstract

In this work, a 3D ordered mesoporous structure MoS₂/C composite with few-layered MoS₂ was synthesized by liquid phase nanocasting method, using SBA-15 as hard template, sucrose as carbon source and ammonium tetrathiomolybdate (ATTM) as MoS₂ precursor. The limiting effect of amorphous carbon makes thin MoS₂ slices evenly dispersed, and avoids occurrence of MoS₂ agglomeration, resulting in the exposure of a large number of MoS₂ edges as active sites. The 3D ordered mesoporous structure of the catalyst provides high specific surface areas and ensures transport channels for material and electron for electrochemical HER. As a result, the composite demonstrates efficient HER activity with an overpotential of 165 mV at current density of 10 mA/cm², and a Tafel slope of 91.1 mV/dec under acidic conditions. This study provides a basis for constructing 3D HER catalyst with high specific surface area and few-layered MoS₂ uniformly dispersed.
- nanocasting,
- 3D ordered mesoporous structure,
- few-layered MoS₂,
- high specific surface area,
- hydrogen evolution reaction

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