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Amorphous MoS2 confined in nitrogen-doped porous carbon for improved electrocatalytic stability toward hydrogen evolution reaction

Shaojie Lu1, Wenjing Wang1, Shengshuang Yang1, Wei Chen1( ), Zhongbin Zhuang3, Wenjing Tang1, Caihong He1, Jiajing Qian1, Dekun Ma1, Yun Yang1, Shaoming Huang1,2( )
Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang ProvinceCollege of Chemistry and Materials EngineeringWenzhou UniversityWenzhou325035China
School of Materials and EnergyGuangdong University of TechnologyGuangzhou510006China
State Key Lab of Organic-Inorganic Composites and Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029China
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Developing non-precious metal catalysts with high activity and stability for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is of great significance in both science and technology. In this work, N-doped CMK-3, which was prepared with a casting method using SBA-15 as the hard template and ammonia as the nitrogen source, has been utilized to hold MoS2 and restrict its growth to form MoS2@N-CMK-3 composite. As a result, MoS2 was found to have poorly crystallized and the limited space of porous N-CMK-3 made its size much small. Then there are more active sites in MoS2. Accordingly, MoS2@N-CMK-3 has exhibited good electrocatalytic performance toward HER in acids with a quite small Tafel slope of 32 mV·dec-1. And more importantly, compared to MoS2@CMK-3, its stability has been greatly improved, which can be attributed to the interaction between MoS2 and nitrogen atoms avoiding aggregation and mass loss. This work provides an idea that doping a porous carbon support with nitrogen is an effective way to enhance the stability of the catalyst.

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MoS2 amorphousN-doped CMK-3hydrogen evolution reaction (HER)stability

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Nano Research
Volume 12 Issue 12,
December 2019
Pages 3116-3122
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-019-2563-9
Cite this article:
Lu S, Wang W, Yang S, et al. Amorphous MoS2 confined in nitrogen-doped porous carbon for improved electrocatalytic stability toward hydrogen evolution reaction. Nano Research, 2019, 12(12): 3116-3122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-019-2563-9
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CarbonCatalyst activityDoping (additives)HydrogenLayered semiconductorsNitrogenPorous materials

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Received: 16 October 2019
Revised: 30 October 2019
Accepted: 04 November 2019
Published: 15 November 2019
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