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ADVANCED MATERIALS
卷 34, 期 27, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202202195
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alkaline hydrogen evolution; biaxial strain; controlled layer number; in situ self-vulcanization; sulfur vacancies
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- Singapore Ministry of Education by AcRF Tier 1 [RG125/21]
- National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars [51825103]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [52001306, 22005116]
- International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program [20190067]
This study demonstrates the successful realization of biaxially strained MoS2 nanoshells through a self-vulcanization strategy, with precise control of the MoS2 layer number. The bilayer MoS2 nanoshells show remarkable hydrogen evolution reaction activity and negligible degradation after durability testing. Density functional theory calculations provide insights into the contribution of biaxial strain and induced sulfur vacancies to the catalytic activity.
Strain in layered transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) is a type of effective approach to enhance the catalytic performance by activating their inert basal plane. However, compared with traditional uniaxial strain, the influence of biaxial strain and the TMD layer number on the local electronic configuration remains unexplored. Herein, via a new in situ self-vulcanization strategy, biaxially strained MoS2 nanoshells in the form of a single-crystalline Ni3S2@MoS2 core-shell heterostructure are realized, where the MoS2 layer is precisely controlled between the 1 and 5 layers. In particular, an electrode with the bilayer MoS2 nanoshells shows a remarkable hydrogen evolution reaction activity with a small overpotential of 78.1 mV at 10 mA cm(-2), and negligible activity degradation after durability testing. Density functional theory calculations reveal the contribution of the optimized biaxial strain together with the induced sulfur vacancies and identify the origin of superior catalytic sites in these biaxially strained MoS2 nanoshells. This work highlights the importance of the atomic-scale layer number and multiaxial strain in unlocking the potential of 2D TMD electrocatalysts.
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