A facile solution approach for fabrication of small-sized MoSe<sub>2</sub> with few layers as an efficient hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst

doi:10.1007/s11706-021-0557-5

Front. Mater. Sci.

2021, Vol. 15

Issue (3) : 448-455 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-021-0557-5

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A facile solution approach for fabrication of small-sized MoSe₂ with few layers as an efficient hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst

Weizhi WANG¹(

), Wei LI¹, Xinxin WANG¹, Junyao WU¹, Xuewei GU¹, Mengjuan QI¹, Enhong SHENG¹(

), Konglin WU²

¹. College of Chemistry and Materials Science, The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids (Ministry of Education), Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China
². School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan 243002, China

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Weizhi WANG,Wei LI,Xinxin WANG, et al. A facile solution approach for fabrication of small-sized MoSe₂ with few layers as an efficient hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst[J]. Front. Mater. Sci., 2021, 15(3): 448-455.

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Fig.1 (a) XRD pattern, (b) EDX spectrum, and (c) XPS spectrum of as-prepared products. (d)(e) High-resolution Mo 3d and Se 3d XPS spectra. (f) Raman spectrum of the products.

Fig.2 (a)(b)(c) FESEM and (d)(e)(f) TEM images of as-prepared small-sized MoSe₂ nanosheets.

Fig.3 (a) HRTEM image showing the centre of as-prepared small-sized MoSe₂ nanosheets. (b) HRTEM image showing exposed edges of small-sized MoSe₂ nanosheets with few layers. Inset: SAED pattern of the products.

Fig.4 (a) Polarization curves for small-sized MoSe₂ nanosheets, Pt/C, flower-like MoSe₂ and bare GCE in H₂SO₄ solution (0.5 mol·L⁻¹) at a scan rate of 5 mV·s⁻¹. (b) Tafel plots of small-sized MoSe₂ nanosheets, Pt/C, and flower-like MoSe₂. Plots of the capacitive current density against the scan rate of (c) small-sized MoSe₂ nanosheets and (d) flower-like MoSe₂ (insets in (c) and (d) show CV curves of small-sized MoSe₂ nanosheets and flower-like MoSe₂ in 0.5 mol·L⁻¹ H₂SO₄ solution with different scan rates, respectively). (e) EIS Nyquist plots of small-sized MoSe₂ nanosheets and flower-like MoSe₂. (f) Polarization curves of small-sized MoSe₂ nanosheets in H₂SO₄ solution (0.5 mol·L⁻¹) before and after 1000 CV cycles (the inset shows the time dependence of the current density for small-sized MoSe₂ nanosheets at a static overpotential of 200 mV for 12 h).

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