Journal
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
Volume 13, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202203133
Keywords
1T phases; electrocatalysts; nanotubes; phase engineering; transition metal dichalcogenides
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A nanotubular 1T Ru dichalcogenide with 92% of 1T phase was successfully synthesized, exhibiting high stability and electrocatalytic activity. This study provides a strategy for stabilizing metastable phases and stimulates interest in applying 1T phases and tubular structures for stabilizing metastable materials.
Owing to their remarkable electrochemical activities, 1T phase transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) materials have attracted considerable interest in recent decades. However, metastable 1T phases are difficult to prepare and readily change phases. Therefore, for the first time, a monolayer nanotubular 1T Ru dichalcogenide comprising 92% of the 1T phase is synthesized, which is the highest value ever obtained using solvothermal methods. In the tubular geometry, the 1T phase exhibits superior durability against various external stimuli and electrocatalytic activity toward the oxygen reduction reaction. According to density-functional-theory-based and molecular dynamics calculations, sufficiently curved architectures can change their bond identities to safely maintain 1T phases, hence providing a strategy for stabilizing metastable phases. The study results form a basis for extensively applying 1T phases and will stimulate interest for applying tubular structures for stabilizing metastable materials.
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