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Hierarchical Nanorods of MoS2 /MoP Heterojunction for Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.

Qian LiuZiqian XueBaoming JiaQinglin LiuKang LiuYiyang LinMin LiuYinle LiGuang-Qin Li
Published in: Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (2020)
Hierarchical nanostructures with tailored component and architectures are attractive for energy-related applications. Here, the delicate design and construction of hierarchical MoS2 /MoP (H-MoS2 /MoP) nanorods for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are demonstrated. This multiscale design rationally combines the compositional and structural advantages of MoS2 /MoP heterojunction into a hierarchical architecture, which can modulate electronic structure of S, remarkably facilitating the electrocatalytic HER. Benefitting from their unique architecture and electronic structure, the H-MoS2 /MoP nanorods exhibit excellent performance for HER with ultralow overpotential of 92 mV at current density of 10 mA cm-2 in 1 m KOH and high stability. This work not only provides an efficient approach to constructing hierarchical heterojunctions, but also a multiscale strategy for all-round regulation of the electronic structure and hierarchical morphology of nanomaterials for energy-related applications.
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