题目： | Mo2C Nanoparticles Dispersed on Hierarchical Carbon Microflowers for Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution |
作者： | Yang Huang, Qiufang Gong, Xuening Song, Kun Feng, Kaiqi Nie, Feipeng Zhao, Yeyun Wang, Min Zeng, Jun Zhong, and Yanguang Li* |
单位： | Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China |
摘要： | The development of nonprecious metal based electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) has received increasing attention over recent years. Previous studies have established Mo2C as a promising candidate. Nevertheless, its preparation requires high reaction temperature, which more than often causes particle sintering and results in low surface areas. In this study, we show supporting Mo2C nanoparticles on the three-dimensional scaffold as a possible solution to this challenge and develop a facile two-step preparation method for ~3 nm Mo2C nanoparticles uniformly dispersed on carbon microflowers (Mo2C/NCF) viathe self-polymerization of dopamine. The resulting hybrid material possesses large surface areas and a fully open and accessible structure with hierarchical order at different levels. MoO42- was found to play an important role in inducing the formation of this morphology presumably via its strong chelating interaction with the catechol groups of dopamine. Our electrochemical evaluation demonstrates that Mo2C/NCF exhibits excellent HER electrocatalytic performance withlow onset overpotentials, small Tafel slopes, and excellent cycling stability in both acidic and alkaline solutions. |
影响因子： | 13.334 |
分区情况： | 1区 |
链接： | http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.6b06580 责任编辑：向丹婷 |