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Metal Sulfides Yolk-Shell Nanoreactors with Dual Component for Enhanced Acidic Electrochemical Hydrogen Production

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SMALL STRUCTURES
Volume 4, Issue 3, Pages -

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/sstr.202200247

Keywords

covalent interfaces; electrocatalysts; hydrogen production; metal sulfides; nanoreactors

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A novel bifunctional-S strategy for the preparation of metal sulfides yolk-shell nanoreactors with dual components has been reported to enhance electrochemical hydrogen production. Experimental and theoretical calculations were used to study the interface mechanism and durability of MoS2/CdS-BS, demonstrating a universal strategy for preparing these materials. This study inspires the development of covalently connected electrocatalysts through nanoreactor engineering.
The activity of electrocatalysts can be optimized via constructing heterostructures, while it remains a challenge for the universal synthesis of heterocatalysts with covalent interface. Herein, a universal bifunctional-S strategy for the preparation of covalently connected metal sulfides yolk-shell nanoreactors with dual components toward enhanced electrochemical hydrogen production in acid, is reported. Specifically, the yolk-shell MoS2-(CTAB)(2)S-z host with abundant covalent S-2(2-) is first developed by a micelle-confined microemulsion technology. The preencapsulated S-2(2-) in the precursor is utilized to in situ react with the additional M ions (M = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mn, Cd, Sn), thus creating the covalent microenvironment at the heterointerface, which demonstrates a universal strategy to prepare dual-component metal sulfides nanoreactors (MoS2/MxSy-BS). The resultant MoS2/CdS-BS nanoreactor exhibits excellent hydrogen evolution activity (27 mV at 10 mA cm(-2)) among the MoS2-based heterocatalysts reported in the literature, while representing an improvement of four times than that of as-prepared traditional MoS2/CdS heterocatalyst. Operando X-ray diffractometer patterns are performed to study durability. The enhanced mechanism related to the transformation of catalytic center and the establishment of electronic bridge at the interface of MoS2/CdS-BS are revealed by theoretical calculations. This study inspires to develop covalently connected electrocatalysts via nanoreactors' engineering.

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