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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
卷 27, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201605802
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21373065, 61474033, 61574050, 11674071]
- Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA09040201]
- 973 Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2012CB934103]
- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication
- Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS
For increasing scalability and reducing cost, transition metal dichalcogenides-based electrocatalysts presently have been proposed as substitutes for noble metals to generate hydrogen, but these alternatives usually suffer from inferior performance. Here, a Ravenala leaf-like WxC@WS2 heterostructure is grown via carbonizing WS2 nanotubes, whose outer walls being partially unzipped along with the WxC leaf-valves attached to the inner tubes during the carbonization process. This heterostructure exhibits a catalytic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction with low overpotential of 146 mV at 10 mA cm(-2) and Tafel slope of 61 mV per decade, outperforming the performance of WS2 nanotubes and WxC counterparts under the same condition. Density functional theory calculations are performed to unravel the underlying mechanism, revealing that the charge distribution between WxC and WS2 plays a key role for promoting H atom adsorption and desorption kinetics simultaneously. This work not only provides a potential low-cost alternative for hydrogen generation but should be taken as a guide to optimize the catalyst structure and composition.
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