Defect Engineering in MoSe2 for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: From Point Defects to Edges

• Published in: ACS applied materials & interfaces Vol. 9; no. 49; pp. 42688 - 42698
• Main Authors: Shu, Haibo, Zhou, Dong, Li, Feng, Cao, Dan, Chen, Xiaoshuang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 13.12.2017
• Subjects: catalysts; catalytic activity; engineering; hydrogen; hydrogen production; materials science; thermodynamics; defect; edge; transition-metal dichalcogenides; hydrogen evolution reaction; density functional theory

Superior catalytic activity and high chemical stability of inexpensive electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are crucial to the large-scale production of hydrogen from water. The nonprecious two-dimensional MoSe2 materials emerge as a potential candidate, and the improvement of...