过电位
材料科学
电催化剂
质子
催化作用
二硫化钨
氢
质子输运
相(物质)
纳米晶材料
化学工程
化学物理
纳米技术
电化学
物理化学
化学
电极
有机化学
工程类
物理
量子力学
冶金
作者
Jinill Cho,Minjun Kim,Hyunho Seok,Gwan Hyun Choi,Seong Soo Yoo,N. Clament Sagaya Selvam,Pil J. Yoo,Taesung Kim
标识
DOI:10.1021/acsami.2c03584
摘要
Using tungsten disulfide (WS2) as a hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalyst brought on several ways to surpass its intrinsic catalytic activity. This study introduces a nanodomain tungsten oxide (WO3) interface to 1T-WS2, opening a new route for facilitating the transfer of a proton to active sites, thereby enhancing the HER performance. After H2S plasma sulfurization on the W layer to realize nanocrystalline 1T-WS2, subsequent O2 plasma treatment led to the formation of amorphous WO3 (a-WO3), resulting in a patchwork-structured heterointerface of 1T-WS2/a-WO3 (WSO). Addition of a hydrophilic interface (WO3) facilitates the hydrogen spillover effect, which represents the transfer of absorbed protons from a-WO3 to 1T-WS2. Moreover, the faster response of the cathodic current peak (proton insertion) in cyclic voltammetry is confirmed by the higher degree of oxidation. The rationale behind the faster proton insertion is that the introduced a-WO3 works as a proton channel. As a result, WSO-1.2 (the ratio of 1T-WS2 to a-WO3) exhibits a remarkable HER activity in that 1T-WS2 consumes more protons provided by the channel, showing an overpotential of 212 mV at 10 mA/cm2. Density functional theory calculations also show that the WO3 phase gives higher binding energies for initial proton adsorption, while the 1T-WS2 phase shows reduced HER overpotential. This improved catalytic performance demonstrates a novel strategy for water splitting to actively elicit the related reaction via efficient proton transport.
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