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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 278, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2021.125639
Keywords
hydrothermal Synthesis; Molybdenum disulfide; MoS2 spheres; Hydrogen evolution reaction; 2D materials
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- Konkuk University
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Changes in morphological structure do not affect the intrinsic activity of molybdenum sulfide catalysts.
The growth of MoS2 catalysts with a controlled morphology has been actively pursued to improve the electrocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) by modifying the shape of catalysts. However, it is questionable whether changes in morphological structure affect its intrinsic activity. Here we present a facile hydrothermal synthesis of amorphous MoSx spheres on Mo plates at 180 degrees C using elemental sulfur. Hydrolysis of elemental sulfur during the hydrothermal synthesis produces H2S and H2SO4 in hot water. Consequently, the surface of the Mo plate is sulfurized by H2S and dissolved by H2SO4 to form amorphous MoSx spheres with diameters in the range of 0.4-0.8 mu m on the Mo plate. To investigate the effect of the sphericalization of crystalline MoS2 on its intrinsic activity for the HER, the amorphous MoSx spheres were annealed to form crystalline MoS2 spheres. The Tafel slopes of the amorphous MoSx (similar to 45 mV/dec) and crystalline MoS2 (similar to 103 mV/dec) spheres were similar to those of amorphous MoSx and crystalline MoS2 thin films, regardless of whether the shape of the catalyst was sphericalized or not. This reveals that the sphericalization cannot change the intrinsic activity and the HER mechanism on molybdenum sulfide.
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