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Raman R, Muthu J, Yen ZL, Qorbani M, Chen YX, Chen DR, Hofmann M, Hsieh YP. Selective activation of MoS 2 grain boundaries for enhanced electrochemical activity. NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2024; 9:946-955. [PMID: 38456521 DOI: 10.1039/d4nh00005f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has emerged as a promising material for catalysis and sustainable energy conversion. However, the inertness of its basal plane to electrochemical reactions poses challenges to the utilization of wafer-scale MoS2 in electrocatalysis. To overcome this limitation, we present a technique that enhances the catalytic activity of continuous MoS2 by preferentially activating its buried grain boundaries (GBs). Through mild UV irradiation, a significant enhancement in GB activity was observed that approaches the values for MoS2 edges, as confirmed by a site-selective photo-deposition technique and micro-electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) measurements. Combined spectroscopic characterization and ab-initio simulation demonstrates substitutional oxygen functionalization at the grain boundaries to be the origin of this selective catalytic enhancement by an order of magnitude. Our approach not only improves the density of active sites in MoS2 catalytic processes but yields a new photocatalytic conversion process. By exploiting the difference in electronic structure between activated GBs and the basal plane, homo-compositional junctions were realized that improve the photocatalytic synthesis of hydrogen by 47% and achieve performances beyond the capabilities of other catalytic sites.
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- Radha Raman
- Department of Physics, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
- Molecular Science and Technology Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Nanoscience and Technology Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
- Molecular Science and Technology Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- International Graduate Program of Molecular Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Center of Atomic Initiative for New Materials, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
- Molecular Science and Technology Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- International Graduate Program of Molecular Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
- Molecular Science and Technology Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- International Graduate Program of Molecular Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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Feidenhans’l A, Regmi YN, Wei C, Xia D, Kibsgaard J, King LA. Precious Metal Free Hydrogen Evolution Catalyst Design and Application. Chem Rev 2024; 124:5617-5667. [PMID: 38661498 PMCID: PMC11082907 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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The quest to identify precious metal free hydrogen evolution reaction catalysts has received unprecedented attention in the past decade. In this Review, we focus our attention to recent developments in precious metal free hydrogen evolution reactions in acidic and alkaline electrolyte owing to their relevance to commercial and near-commercial low-temperature electrolyzers. We provide a detailed review and critical analysis of catalyst activity and stability performance measurements and metrics commonly deployed in the literature, as well as review best practices for experimental measurements (both in half-cell three-electrode configurations and in two-electrode device testing). In particular, we discuss the transition from laboratory-scale hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalyst measurements to those in single cells, which is a critical aspect crucial for scaling up from laboratory to industrial settings but often overlooked. Furthermore, we review the numerous catalyst design strategies deployed across the precious metal free HER literature. Subsequently, we showcase some of the most commonly investigated families of precious metal free HER catalysts; molybdenum disulfide-based, transition metal phosphides, and transition metal carbides for acidic electrolyte; nickel molybdenum and transition metal phosphides for alkaline. This includes a comprehensive analysis comparing the HER activity between several families of materials highlighting the recent stagnation with regards to enhancing the intrinsic activity of precious metal free hydrogen evolution reaction catalysts. Finally, we summarize future directions and provide recommendations for the field in this area of electrocatalysis.
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- Faculty
of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan
University, Manchester M1 5GD, U.K.
- Manchester
Fuel Cell Innovation Centre, Manchester
Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 5GD, U.K.
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- Department
of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Faculty
of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan
University, Manchester M1 5GD, U.K.
- Manchester
Fuel Cell Innovation Centre, Manchester
Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 5GD, U.K.
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- Department
of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Faculty
of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan
University, Manchester M1 5GD, U.K.
- Manchester
Fuel Cell Innovation Centre, Manchester
Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 5GD, U.K.
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Limb J, Gaudin LF, Bentley CL. Structure-dependent CO 2 reduction on molybdenite (MoS 2) electrocatalysts. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:4781-4784. [PMID: 38600827 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc00496e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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Scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM) is employed to directly identify the structure-dependent electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (eCO2RR) activity of molybdenite (MoS2) electrocatalysts in an aqueous imidazolium-based aprotic ionic liquid electrolyte. Nanoscale defects, where the edge plane (EP) is exposed, are directly targeted, revealing heightened overall activity (eCO2RR + the competing hydrogen evolution reaction, HER) over the relatively inactive basal plane (BP). In addition, certain types of defects (e.g., step edges) only exhibit heightened activity under a CO2 atmosphere (i.e., compared to N2), indirectly confirming higher selectivity at these surface sites. Overall, this work will guide the bottom-up design of earth-abundant electrocatalysts for use in large-scale CO2 electrolysis.
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- Jake Limb
- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
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Escalera-López D, Iffelsberger C, Zlatar M, Novčić K, Maselj N, Van Pham C, Jovanovič P, Hodnik N, Thiele S, Pumera M, Cherevko S. Allotrope-dependent activity-stability relationships of molybdenum sulfide hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3601. [PMID: 38684654 PMCID: PMC11058198 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47524-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024] Open
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Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is widely regarded as a competitive hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalyst to replace platinum in proton exchange membrane water electrolysers (PEMWEs). Despite the extensive knowledge of its HER activity, stability insights under HER operation are scarce. This is paramount to ensure long-term operation of Pt-free PEMWEs, and gain full understanding on the electrocatalytically-induced processes responsible for HER active site generation. The latter are highly dependent on the MoS2 allotropic phase, and still under debate. We rigorously assess these by simultaneously monitoring Mo and S dissolution products using a dedicated scanning flow cell coupled with downstream analytics (ICP-MS), besides an electrochemical mass spectrometry setup for volatile species analysis. We observe that MoS2 stability is allotrope-dependent: lamellar-like MoS2 is highly unstable under open circuit conditions, whereas cluster-like amorphous MoS3-x instability is induced by a severe S loss during the HER and undercoordinated Mo site generation. Guidelines to operate non-noble PEMWEs are therefore provided based on the stability number metrics, and an HER mechanism which accounts for Mo and S dissolution pathways is proposed.
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- Daniel Escalera-López
- Helmholtz-Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IEK-11), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Cauerstrasse 1, 91058, Erlangen, Germany.
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- Future Energy and Innovation Technology, Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkiňova 656/123, 61200, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Helmholtz-Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IEK-11), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Cauerstrasse 1, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Future Energy and Innovation Technology, Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkiňova 656/123, 61200, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Helmholtz-Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IEK-11), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Cauerstrasse 1, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Helmholtz-Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IEK-11), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Cauerstrasse 1, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Future Energy and Innovation Technology, Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkiňova 656/123, 61200, Brno, Czech Republic
- Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N), Research Techno Plaza, X-Frontier Block, Level 5, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, No. 91 Hsueh-Shih Road, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, 70800, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Helmholtz-Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IEK-11), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Cauerstrasse 1, 91058, Erlangen, Germany.
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Ding X, Xue Y, Wang J, Tian J. Semimetal 1T' phase molybdenum sulfide decorated on zinc indium sulfide with S-scheme heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 659:225-234. [PMID: 38176232 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.12.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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Heterojunction engineering is an effective strategy to improve photocatalytic performance. Two-dimensional (2D)/2D semimetal 1T' phase molybdenum sulfide/zinc indium sulfide (1T'-MoS2/ZnIn2S4) S-scheme heterojunctions with tight and stable interfaces were synthesized by a simple hydrothermal synthesis method. Under the optimal 1T'-MoS2 loading ratio (5 wt%), the hydrogen production rate of 1T'-MoS2/ZnIn2S4 composites reaches 11.42 mmol h-1 g-1, which is 3.1 and 1.4 times higher than that of pure ZnIn2S4 (2.9 mmol h-1 g-1) and ZnIn2S4/Pt (8.01 mmol h-1 g-1), and the apparent quantum efficiency (AQE) reaches 53.17 % (λ = 370 nm). Semimetal 1T' phase MoS2 on ZnIn2S4 broadens the light absorption range, enhances the light absorption ability, promotes electron transfer, and offers abundant active sites. The establishment of S-scheme heterojunctions achieves the spatial separation of photogenerated charges and increases the reduction potential. This work provides insights for the design of novel photocatalysts.
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- Xiaoyan Ding
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China.
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Shen J, Liu J, Fan X, Liu H, Bao Y, Hui A, Munir HA. Unveiling the antibacterial strategies and mechanisms of MoS 2: a comprehensive analysis and future directions. Biomater Sci 2024; 12:596-620. [PMID: 38054499 DOI: 10.1039/d3bm01030a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem that requires alternative antibacterial agents. MoS2, a two-dimensional transition metal sulfide, has gained significant attention in recent years due to its exceptional photocatalytic performance, excellent infrared photothermal effect, and impressive antibacterial properties. This review presents a detailed analysis of the antibacterial strategies and mechanism of MoS2, starting with its morphology and synthesis methods and focusing on the different interaction stages between MoS2 and bacteria. The paper summarizes the main antibacterial mechanisms of MoS2, such as photocatalytic antibacterial, enzyme-like catalytic antibacterial, physical antibacterial, and photothermal-assisted antibacterial. It offers a comprehensive discussion focus on recent research studies of photocatalytic antibacterial mechanisms and categorizes them, guiding the application of MoS2 in the antibacterial field. Overall, the review provides an in-depth understanding of the antibacterial mechanisms of MoS2 and presents the challenges and future directions for the improvement of MoS2 in the field of high-efficiency antibacterial materials.
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- Jiahao Shen
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, PR China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, PR China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, PR China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, PR China.
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- College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Clay Mineral Applied Research of Gansu Province, Center of Eco-Materials and Green Chemistry, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, PR China.
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Diederichs B, Herdegen Z, Strauch A, Filbir F, Müller-Caspary K. Exact inversion of partially coherent dynamical electron scattering for picometric structure retrieval. Nat Commun 2024; 15:101. [PMID: 38168078 PMCID: PMC10762228 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44268-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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The greatly nonlinear diffraction of high-energy electron probes focused to subatomic diameters frustrates the direct inversion of ptychographic data sets to decipher the atomic structure. Several iterative algorithms have been proposed to yield atomically-resolved phase distributions within slices of a 3D specimen, corresponding to the scattering centers of the electron wave. By pixelwise phase retrieval, current approaches do not only involve orders of magnitude more free parameters than necessary, but also neglect essential details of scattering physics such as the atomistic nature of the specimen and thermal effects. Here, we introduce a parametrized, fully differentiable scheme employing neural network concepts which allows the inversion of ptychographic data by means of entirely physical quantities. Omnipresent thermal diffuse scattering in thick specimens is treated accurately using frozen phonons, and atom types, positions and partial coherence are accounted for in the inverse model as relativistic scattering theory demands. Our approach exploits 4D experimental data collected in an aberration-corrected momentum-resolved scanning transmission electron microscopy setup. Atom positions in a 20 nm thick PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 ferroelectric are measured with picometer precision, including the discrimination of different atom types and positions in mixed columns.
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- Benedikt Diederichs
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
- Department of Mathematics, TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
- Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
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Li D, Wu Z, Li Y, Fan X, Hasan SMN, Arafin S, Rahman MA, Li J, Wang Z, Yu T, Kong X, Zhu L, Sadaf SM, Zhou B. A semiconducting hybrid of RhO x/GaN@InGaN for simultaneous activation of methane and water toward syngas by photocatalysis. PNAS NEXUS 2023; 2:pgad347. [PMID: 38024421 PMCID: PMC10662453 DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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Prior to the eventual arrival of carbon neutrality, solar-driven syngas production from methane steam reforming presents a promising approach to produce transportation fuels and chemicals. Simultaneous activation of the two reactants, i.e. methane and water, with notable geometric and polar discrepancy is at the crux of this important subject yet greatly challenging. This work explores an exceptional semiconducting hybrid of RhOx/GaN@InGaN nanowires for overcoming this critical challenge to achieve efficient syngas generation from methane steam reforming by photocatalysis. By coordinating density functional theoretical calculations and microscopic characterizations, with in situ spectroscopic measurements, it is found that the multifunctional RhOx/GaN interface is effective for simultaneously activating both CH4 and H2O by stretching the C-H and O-H bonds because of its unique Lewis acid/base attribute. With the aid of energetic charge carriers, the stretched C-H and O-H bonds of reactants are favorably cleaved, resulting in the key intermediates, i.e. *CH3, *OH, and *H, to sit on Rh sites, Rh sites, and N sites, respectively. Syngas is subsequently produced via energetically favored pathway without additional energy inputs except for light. As a result, a benchmarking syngas formation rate of 8.1 mol·gcat-1·h-1 is achieved with varied H2/CO ratios from 2.4 to 0.8 under concentrated light illumination of 6.3 W·cm-2, enabling the achievement of a superior turnover number of 10,493 mol syngas per mol Rh species over 300 min of long-term operation. This work presents a promising strategy for green syngas production from methane steam reforming by utilizing unlimited solar energy.
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- Dongke Li
- Key Laboratory for Power Machinery and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Research Center for Renewable Synthetic Fuel, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
- School of Physics, Liaoning University, No. 66 Chongshan Middle Road, Huanggu District, Shenyang City 110036, Liaoning Province, China
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- College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, 3688 Nanhai Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518061, China
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- Key Laboratory for Power Machinery and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Research Center for Renewable Synthetic Fuel, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Liaoning University, No. 66 Chongshan Middle Road, Huanggu District, Shenyang City 110036, Liaoning Province, China
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Centre Energie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)-Université du Québec, 1650 Boulevard Lionel-Boulet, Varennes, Quebec J3X1S2, Canada
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- Key Laboratory for Power Machinery and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Research Center for Renewable Synthetic Fuel, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory for Power Machinery and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Research Center for Renewable Synthetic Fuel, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory for Power Machinery and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Research Center for Renewable Synthetic Fuel, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, 3688 Nanhai Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518061, China
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- Key Laboratory for Power Machinery and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Research Center for Renewable Synthetic Fuel, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Centre Energie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)-Université du Québec, 1650 Boulevard Lionel-Boulet, Varennes, Quebec J3X1S2, Canada
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- Key Laboratory for Power Machinery and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Research Center for Renewable Synthetic Fuel, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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Yang S, Wen H, Liu Z, Zhai J, Yu Y, Li K, Huang Z, Sun D. Engineering Double Sulfur-Vacancy in CoS 1.097@MoS 2 Core-Shell Heterojunctions for Hydrogen Evolution in a Wide pH Range. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:17401-17408. [PMID: 37805930 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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Heterostructured nanomaterials have arisen as electrocatalysts with great potential for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), considering their superiority in integrating different active components but are plagued by their insufficient active site density in a wide pH range. In this report, double sulfur-vacancy-decorated CoS1.097@MoS2 core-shell heterojunctions are designed, which contain a primary structure of hollow CoS1.097 nanocubes and a secondary structure of ultrathin MoS2 nanosheets. Taking advantage of the core-shell type heterointerfaces and double sulfur-vacancy, the CoS1.097@MoS2 catalyst exhibits pH-universal HER performance, achieving the overpotentials at 10 mA cm-2 of 190, 139, and 220 mV in 0.5 M H2SO4, 1.0 M KOH, and 1.0 M PBS, respectively. Systematic theoretical results show that the double sulfur-vacancy can endow the CoS1.097@MoS2 core-shell heterojunctions with promoted electron/mass transfer and enhanced reactive kinetics, thus boosting HER performance. This work clearly demonstrates an indispensable role of double sulfur-vacancy in enhancing the electrocatalytic HER performance of core-shell type heterojunctions under a wide pH operating condition.
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- Shuting Yang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, Shandong, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, Shandong, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, Shandong, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, Shandong, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, Shandong, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, Shandong, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, Shandong, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, Shandong, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, Shandong, P. R. China
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Ouahrani T, Boufatah RM, Bendaoudi L, Bedrane Z, Morales-García Á, Errandonea D. Theoretical study of electrocatalytic properties of low-dimensional freestanding PbTiO 3 for hydrogen evolution reactions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:27457-27467. [PMID: 37796450 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp04241c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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The discovery of novel materials for catalytic purposes that are highly stable is one of the main challenges nowadays for reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. Here, low-dimensional PbTiO3 is introduced as an electrocatalyst using first-principles calculations. Density-functional theory calculations indicate that 2D-PbTiO3 is dynamically and thermodynamically stable. Our results show that a single oxygen defect vacancy in 2D-PbTiO3 can play a key role in enhancing the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), together with the Ti atoms. Our study concludes that the Volmer-Heyrovsky mechanism is a more favorable route to achieve HER than the Volmer-Tafel mechanism, including solvation and vacuum conditions.
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- Tarik Ouahrani
- École supérieure en sciences appliquées, ESSA-Tlemcen, BB 165 RP Bel Horizon, Tlemcen 13000, Algeria
- Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Université de Tlemcen 1300, Algeria.
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- Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Université de Tlemcen 1300, Algeria.
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- Laboratory of Materials Discovery, Unit of Research Materials and Renewable Energies, LEPM-URMER. Université de Tlemcen 13000, Algeria
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- Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Université de Tlemcen 1300, Algeria.
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- Departament de Ciéncia de Materials i Química Física & Institut de Química Teórica i Computacional (IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, c/Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada-Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales, Matter at High Pressure (MALTA) Consolider Team, Universidad de Valencia, Edificio de Investigación, C/Dr Moliner 50, Burjassot, 46100, Valencia, Spain.
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Lobo K, Gangaiah VK, Alex C, John NS, Ramakrishna Matte HSS. Spontaneous Decoration of Ultrasmall Pt Nanoparticles on Size-Separated MoS 2 Nanosheets. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202301596. [PMID: 37497808 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Revised: 07/23/2023] [Accepted: 07/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
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Liquid exfoliation can be considered as a viable approach for the scalable production of 2D materials due to its various benefits, although the polydispersity in the obtained nanosheet size hinders their straightforward incorporation. Size-separation can help alleviate these concerns, however a correlation between nanosheet size and property needs to be established to bring about size-specific applicability. Herein, size-selected aqueous nanosheet dispersions have been obtained via centrifugation-based protocols, and their chemical activity in the spontaneous reduction of chloroplatinic acid is investigated. Growth of ultrasmall Pt nanoparticles was achieved on nanosheet surfaces without a need for reducing agents, and stark differences in the nanoparticle coverage were observed as a function of nanosheet size. Defects in the nanosheets were probed via Raman spectroscopy, and correlated to the observed size-activity. Additionally, the effect of reaction temperature during synthesis was investigated. The electrochemical activity of the ultrasmall Pt nanoparticle decorated MoS2 nanosheets was evaluated for the hydrogen evolution reaction, and enhancement in performance was observed with nanosheet size, and nanoparticle decoration density. These findings shine light on the significance of nanosheet size in controlling spontaneous reduction reactions, and provide a deeper insight to intrinsic properties of liquid exfoliated nanosheets.
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- Kenneth Lobo
- Energy Materials Laboratory, Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Arkavathi campus, Survey No.7, Shivanapura, Dasanapura Hobli, Bengaluru, 562162, India
- Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Arkavathi campus, Survey No.7, Shivanapura, Dasanapura Hobli, Bengaluru, 562162, India
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576 104, India
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- Energy Materials Laboratory, Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Arkavathi campus, Survey No.7, Shivanapura, Dasanapura Hobli, Bengaluru, 562162, India
- Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Arkavathi campus, Survey No.7, Shivanapura, Dasanapura Hobli, Bengaluru, 562162, India
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- Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Arkavathi campus, Survey No.7, Shivanapura, Dasanapura Hobli, Bengaluru, 562162, India
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- Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Arkavathi campus, Survey No.7, Shivanapura, Dasanapura Hobli, Bengaluru, 562162, India
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- Energy Materials Laboratory, Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Arkavathi campus, Survey No.7, Shivanapura, Dasanapura Hobli, Bengaluru, 562162, India
- Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Arkavathi campus, Survey No.7, Shivanapura, Dasanapura Hobli, Bengaluru, 562162, India
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Zhao Y, Zheng X, Gao P, Li H. Recent advances in defect-engineered molybdenum sulfides for catalytic applications. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2023; 10:3948-3999. [PMID: 37466487 DOI: 10.1039/d3mh00462g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
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Electrochemical energy conversion and storage driven by renewable energy sources is drawing ever-increasing interest owing to the needs of sustainable development. Progress in the related electrochemical reactions relies on highly active and cost-effective catalysts to accelerate the sluggish kinetics. A substantial number of catalysts have been exploited recently, thanks to the advances in materials science and engineering. In particular, molybdenum sulfide (MoSx) furnishes a classic platform for studying catalytic mechanisms, improving catalytic performance and developing novel catalytic reactions. Herein, the recent theoretical and experimental progress of defective MoSx for catalytic applications is reviewed. This article begins with a brief description of the structure and basic catalytic applications of MoS2. The employment of defective two-dimensional and non-two-dimensional MoSx catalysts in the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is then reviewed, with a focus on the combination of theoretical and experimental tools for the rational design of defects and understanding of the reaction mechanisms. Afterward, the applications of defective MoSx as catalysts for the N2 reduction reaction, the CO2 reduction reaction, metal-sulfur batteries, metal-oxygen/air batteries, and the industrial hydrodesulfurization reaction are discussed, with a special emphasis on the synergy of multiple defects in achieving performance breakthroughs. Finally, the perspectives on the challenges and opportunities of defective MoSx for catalysis are presented.
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- Yunxing Zhao
- School of Materials, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, California 94305, USA.
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- School of Materials, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
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- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore.
- CINTRA CNRS/NTU/THALES, UMI 3288, Research Techno Plaza, 637553, Singapore
- Centre for Micro-/Nano-electronics (NOVITAS), School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore
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Li RQ, Wang C, Xie S, Hang T, Wan X, Zeng J, Zhang W. Coupling MoS 2 nanosheets with CeO 2 for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution at large current densities. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:11512-11515. [PMID: 37691415 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc03473a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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We developed an efficient MoS2 nanosheet electrode coupled with CeO2via a hydrothermal process to facilitate water adsorption and dissociation, which displayed good HER activity and stability at a large current density of 500 mA cm-2. In situ Raman spectroscopy confirmed the formation of hydroxide ions based on the strengthening of the Ce-O bond during the HER.
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- Rui-Qing Li
- School of Textile and Clothing, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China.
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- School of Textile and Clothing, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China.
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- School of Textile and Clothing, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China.
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- School of Textile and Clothing, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China.
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- School of Textile and Clothing, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures (NLSSM), Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China.
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- School of Textile and Clothing, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China.
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Wenelska K, Dymerska A, Mijowska E. Oxygen evolution reaction on MoS 2/C rods-robust and highly active electrocatalyst. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2023; 34:465403. [PMID: 37567163 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/acef2f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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Recently, water oxidation or oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in electrocatalysis has attracted huge attention due to its prime role in water splitting, rechargeable metal-air batteries, and fuel cells. Here, we demonstrate a facile and scalable fabrication method of a rod-like structure composed of molybdenum disulfide and carbon (MoS2/C) from parent 2D MoS2. This novel composite, induced via the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process, exhibits superior oxygen evolution performance (overpotential = 132 mV at 10 mA cm-2and Tafel slope = 55.6 mV dec-1) in an alkaline medium. Additionally, stability tests of the obtained structures at 10 mA cm-2during 10 h followed by 20 mA cm-2during 5 h and 50 mA cm-2during 2.5 h have been performed and clearly prove that MoS2/C can be successfully used as robust noble-metal-free electrocatalysts. The promoted activity of the rods is ascribed to the abundance of active surface (ECSA) of the catalyst induced due to the curvature effect during the reshaping of the composite from 2D precursor (MoS2) in the CVD process. Moreover, the presence of Fe species contributes to the observed excellent OER performance. FeOOH, Fe2O3, and Fe3O4are known to possess favorable electrocatalytic properties, including high catalytic activity and stability, which facilitate the electrocatalytic reaction. Additionally, Fe-based species like Fe7C3and FeMo2S5offer synergistic effects with MoS2, leading to improved catalytic activity and durability due to their unique electronic structure and surface properties. Additionally, turnover frequency (TOF) (58 1/s at the current density of 10 mA cm-2), as a direct indicator of intrinsic activity, indicates the efficiency of this catalyst in OER. Based onex situanalyzes (XPS, XRD, Raman) of the electrocatalyst the possible reaction mechanism is explored and discussed in great detail showing that MoS2, carbon, and iron oxide are the main active species of the reaction.
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- Karolina Wenelska
- West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Department of Nanomaterials Physicochemistry, Piastow Ave. 42, 71-065 Szczecin, Poland
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- West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Department of Nanomaterials Physicochemistry, Piastow Ave. 42, 71-065 Szczecin, Poland
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- West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Department of Nanomaterials Physicochemistry, Piastow Ave. 42, 71-065 Szczecin, Poland
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Zewdie GM, Boujnah M, Kim JY, Kang HS. The electronic structure of a strongly bound sandwich MoS 2-WS 2 heterobilayer. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023. [PMID: 37455608 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp02212a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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First of all, we show that two kinds of sandwich bilayers (BLs) are dynamically, thermally, and mechanically stable, which are degenerate p-type materials with intercalated Ca atoms, i.e., Nb-doped MoS2 homobilayers (HoBLs) and Nb-doped WS2-MoS2 heterobilayers (HtBLs) with 25% Nb content. Specifically, their interlayer bindings are five times stronger than van der Waals interactions in their pristine counterparts. Both of them are semiconductors with indirect band gaps in the visible region within the HSE06 exchange-correlation functional. Depending upon the presence and absence of centrosymmetry, they display interesting spin-valley coupling effects in such a way that opposite hidden spin polarization or opposite spin splitting is observed at opposite k-points. They can be easily engineered into direct gap materials under compressive (>2%) strain along the zigzag direction even with an explicit consideration of giant spin splitting. Under strain, they satisfy thermodynamic conditions for bifunctional catalysis in photocatalytic water splitting. In addition, the photoholes of the BLs can be subjected to lower overpotentials than those of pristine BLs for the oxygen evolution reaction. Electrons and holes in the sandwich HtBL can be separated into different layers under photon irradiation, allowing it to be more efficient than the corresponding HoBL in solar energy harvesting.
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- Getasew Mulualem Zewdie
- Institute for Application of Advanced Materials, Jeonju University, Chonbuk 55069, Republic of Korea
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- Institute for Application of Advanced Materials, Jeonju University, Chonbuk 55069, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Micro-device engineering, Korea University, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nano and Advanced Materials, Jeonju University, Chonju, Chonbuk 55069, Republic of Korea.
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Choi Y, Ahn TY, Kim JY, Lee EH, Yu HR. Massively synthesizable nickel-doped 1T-MoS 2 nanosheet catalyst as an efficient tri-functional catalyst. RSC Adv 2023; 13:18122-18127. [PMID: 37323435 PMCID: PMC10267775 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra03016d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
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In this study, a nickel (Ni)-doped 1T-MoS2 catalyst, an efficient tri-functional hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalyst, was massively synthesized at high pressure (over 15 bar). The morphology, crystal structure, and chemical and optical properties of the Ni-doped 1T-MoS2 nanosheet catalyst were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and ring rotating disk electrodes (RRDE), and the OER/ORR properties were characterized using lithium-air cells. Our results confirmed that highly pure, uniform, monolayer Ni-doped 1T-MoS2 can be successfully prepared. The as-prepared catalysts exhibited excellent electrocatalytic activity for OER, HER, and ORR owing to the enhanced basal plane activity of Ni doping and formidable active edge sites resulting from the phase transition to a highly crystalline 1T structure from 2H and amorphous MoS2. Therefore, our study provides a massive and straightforward strategy to produce tri-functional catalysts.
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- Yusong Choi
- Defense Materials and Energy Development Center, Agency for Defense Development Yuseong P.O. Box 35 Daejeon 34060 Korea
- Department of Defense System Engineering, University of Science and Technology Daejeon 34113 Korea
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- Defense Materials and Energy Development Center, Agency for Defense Development Yuseong P.O. Box 35 Daejeon 34060 Korea
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- Defense Materials and Energy Development Center, Agency for Defense Development Yuseong P.O. Box 35 Daejeon 34060 Korea
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Defense Materials and Energy Development Center, Agency for Defense Development Yuseong P.O. Box 35 Daejeon 34060 Korea
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- Defense Materials and Energy Development Center, Agency for Defense Development Yuseong P.O. Box 35 Daejeon 34060 Korea
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University Daejeon 34134 Korea
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Wang T, Chang P, Sun Z, Wang X, Tao J, Guan L. Interface prompted highly efficient hydrogen evolution of MoS 2/CoS 2 heterostructures in a wide pH range. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:13966-13977. [PMID: 37191141 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp01011b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Interfacial electronic characteristics are crucial for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), especially in nanoscale heterogeneous catalysts. In this work, we found that the synergistic activation of CoS2 and MoS2 (2H-MoS2 and 1T-MoS2) greatly enhances the HER activity in a wide pH range compared to those of each component. The Gibbs free energies for hydrogen adsorption at interfacial Co sites are as low as -0.08 (-0.25) eV and -0.20 (0.01) eV for 2H-MoS2/CoS2 and 1T-MoS2/CoS2 heterostructures in acidic (alkaline) media, respectively, which are even superior to that of Pt(111) (-0.09 eV). Moreover, the theoretical exchange current density of MoS2/CoS2 can reach ∼1.98 × 10-18 A site-1 (∼8.43 A mg-1). Experimentally, MoS2/CoS2 exhibits a greatly reduced overpotential of 54 (46) mV and a Tafel slope of 42 (50) mV dec-1 under acidic (alkaline) conditions. The improved performance mainly originates from the synergistically activated interfacial Co atoms with better electron localization and local bonding. The interfacial effect enhances the electron conductivity and improves the H adsorption characteristics, making MoS2/CoS2 highly valuable as efficient HER electrocatalysts.
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- Tian Wang
- School of Science, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300132, China.
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- School of Science, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China.
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- Ulanqab Key Laboratory of graphite (graphene) new materials, Rising Graphite Applied Technology Research Institute, Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, 013650, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300132, China.
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- School of Science, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China.
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Saisopa T, Bunpheng A, Wechprasit T, Kidkhunthod P, Songsiriritthigul P, Jiamprasertboon A, Bootchanont A, Sailuam W, Rattanachai Y, Nualchimplee C, Hirunpinyopas W, Iamprasertkun P. A structural study of size selected WSe2 nanoflakes prepared via liquid phase exfoliation: X-ray absorption to electrochemical application. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2023.110788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Shen P, Yin P, Zou Y, Li M, Zhang N, Tan D, Zhao H, Li Q, Yang R, Zou B, Liu B. Ultra-fast Piezocatalysts Enabled By Interfacial Interaction of Reduced Graphene Oxide/MoS 2 Heterostructures. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2212172. [PMID: 36780340 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202212172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Revised: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The catalytic activity has been investigated in 2D materials, and the unique structural and electronic properties contribute to their success in conventional heterogeneous catalysis. Heterojunction-based piezocatalysis has attracted increasing attention due to the band-structure engineering and the enhanced charge carrier separation by prominent piezoelectric effect. However, the piezocatalytic behavior of van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures is still unknown, and the finite active sites, catalyst poisoning, and poor conductivity are challenges for developing good piezocatalysts. Herein, a reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-MoS2 heterostructure is rationally designed to tackle these challenges. The heterostructure shows a record-high piezocatalytic degradation rate of 1.40 × 102 L mol-1 s-1 , which is 7.86 times higher than MoS2 nanosheets. Piezoresponse force microscope measurements and density functional theory calculation reveal that the coupling between semiconductive and piezoelectric properties in the vdW heterojunction is vital to break the metallic state screening effect at the MoS2 edge for keeping the piezoelectric potential. The dynamic charges generated by MoS2 and the fast charge transfer in rGO activate and maintain catalytically active sites for pollutant degradation with an ultra-fast rate and good stability. The working mechanism opens new avenues for developing efficient catalysts significant to wastewater treatments and other applications.
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- Pengfei Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ultraintense Laser and Advanced Material Technology, College of Engineering Physics, and Center for Advanced Material, Diagnostic Technology, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen, 518118, P. R. China
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- School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710126, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ultraintense Laser and Advanced Material Technology, College of Engineering Physics, and Center for Advanced Material, Diagnostic Technology, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen, 518118, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ultraintense Laser and Advanced Material Technology, College of Engineering Physics, and Center for Advanced Material, Diagnostic Technology, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen, 518118, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ultraintense Laser and Advanced Material Technology, College of Engineering Physics, and Center for Advanced Material, Diagnostic Technology, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen, 518118, P. R. China
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- School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710126, P. R. China
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- College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710126, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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Song P, Ou P, Wang Y, Yuan H, Duan S, Chen L, Fu H, Song J, Liu X. An ultrasensitive FET biosensor based on vertically aligned MoS 2 nanolayers with abundant surface active sites. Anal Chim Acta 2023; 1252:341036. [PMID: 36935147 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2023.341036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanolayers are one of the most promising two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials for constructing next-generation field-effect transistor (FET) biosensors. In this article, we report an ultrasensitive FET biosensor that integrates a novel format of 2D MoS2, vertically-aligned MoS2 nanolayers (VAMNs), as the channel material for label-free detection of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA). The developed VAMNs-based FET biosensor shows two distinctive advantages. First, the VAMNs can be facilely grown using the conventional chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method, permitting easy fabrication and potential mass device production. Second, the unique advantage of the VAMNs for biosensor development lies in its abundant surface-exposed active edge sites that possess a high binding affinity with thiol-based linkers, which overcomes the challenge of molecule functionalization on the conventional planar MoS2 nanolayers. The high binding affinity between 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid and the VAMNs was demonstrated through experimental surface characterization and theoretical calculations via density functional theory. The FET biosensor allows rapid (within 20 min) and ultrasensitive PSA detection in human serum with simple operations (limit of detection: 800 fg mL-1). This FET biosensor offers excellent features such as ultrahigh sensitivity, ease of fabrication, and short assay time, and thereby possesses significant potential for early-stage diagnosis of life-threatening diseases.
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- Pengfei Song
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G8, Canada; Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0C3, Canada; School of Advanced Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 111 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215000, China
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- Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, 3610 Rue University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0C5, Canada
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- School of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology-Shenzhen, 1 Pingshan Road, Shenzhen, 518000, China
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- School of Advanced Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 111 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215000, China
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- School of Advanced Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 111 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215000, China
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- Department of Biomedical, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Gannon University, 109 University Square, Erie, PA, 16541, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G8, Canada; Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0C3, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0C3, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G8, Canada.
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Kumar K, Jamnuch S, Majidi L, Misal S, Ahmadiparidari A, Dato MA, Sterbinsky GE, Wu T, Salehi-Khojin A, Pascal TA, Cabana J. Active States During the Reduction of CO 2 by a MoS 2 Electrocatalyst. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:3222-3229. [PMID: 36972067 PMCID: PMC10084464 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) such as MoS2 are Earth-abundant catalysts that are attractive for many chemical processes, including the carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR). While many studies have correlated synthetic preparation and architectures with macroscopic electrocatalytic performance, not much is known about the state of MoS2 under functional conditions, particularly its interactions with target molecules like CO2. Here, we combine operando Mo K- and S K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) with first-principles simulations to track changes in the electronic structure of MoS2 nanosheets during CO2RR. Comparison of the simulated and measured XAS discerned the existence of Mo-CO2 binding in the active state. This state perturbs hybridized Mo 4d-S 3p states and is critically mediated by sulfur vacancies induced electrochemically. The study sheds new light on the underpinnings of the excellent performance of MoS2 in CO2RR. The electronic signatures we reveal could be a screening criterion toward further gains in activity and selectivity of TMDCs in general.
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- Khagesh Kumar
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Illinois at
Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- ATLAS
Materials Physics Laboratory, Department of Nano and Chemical Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92023, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Illinois at
Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Advanced
Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Advanced
Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- ATLAS
Materials Physics Laboratory, Department of Nano and Chemical Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92023, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Illinois at
Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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Das D, Manna J, Bhattacharyya TK. Efficient Hydrogen Evolution via 1T-MoS 2 /Chlorophyll-a Heterostructure: Way Toward Metal Free Green Catalyst. SMALL METHODS 2023; 7:e2201446. [PMID: 36807895 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202201446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is regarded as a sustainable and green way for H2 generation, which faces a great challenge in designing highly active, stable electrocatalysts to replace the state-of-art noble metal-platinum catalysts. 1T MoS2 is highly promising in this regard, but the synthesis and stability of this is a particularly pressing task. Here, a phase engineering strategy has been proposed to achieve a stable, high-percentage (88%) 1T MoS2 /chlorophyll-a hetero-nanostructure, through a photo-induced donation of anti-bonding electrons from chlorophyll-a (CHL-a) highest occupied molecular orbital to 2H MoS2 lowest unoccupied molecular orbital. The resultant catalyst has abundant binding sites provided by the coordination of magnesium atom in the CHL-a macro-cycle, featuring higher binding strength and low Gibbs-free energy. This metal-free heterostructure exhibits excellent stability via band renormalization of Mo 4d orbital which creates the pseudogap-like structure by lifting the degeneracy of projected density of state with 4S in 1T MoS2 . It shows extremely low overpotential, toward the acidic HER (68 mV at the current density of 10 mA cm-2 ), very close to the Pt/C catalyst (53 mV). The high electrochemical-surface-area and electrochemical turnover frequency support enhanced active sites along with near zero Gibbs free energy. Such a surface-reconstruction strategy provides a new avenue toward the production of efficient non-noble-metal-catalysts for the HER with the aim of green-hydrogen production.
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- Debmallya Das
- School of Nano-Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721302, India
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- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721302, India
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- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721302, India
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Chen B, Hu P, Yang F, Hua X, Yang FF, Zhu F, Sun R, Hao K, Wang K, Yin Z. In Situ Porousized MoS 2 Nano Islands Enhance HER/OER Bifunctional Electrocatalysis. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2207177. [PMID: 36703535 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202207177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Revised: 01/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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2D molybdenum disulfide (MoS2 ) is developed as a potential alternative non-precious metal electrocatalyst for energy conversion. It is well known that 2D MoS2 has three main phases 2H, 1T, and 1T'. However, the most stable 2H-phase shows poor electrocatalysis in its basal plane, compared with its edge sites. In this work, a facile one-step hydrothermal-driven in situ porousizing of MoS2 into self-supporting nano islands to maximally expose the edges of MoS2 grains for efficient utilization of the active stable sites at the edges of MoS2 is reported. The results show that such active, aggregation-free nano islands greatly enhance MoS2 's hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) bifunctional electrocatalytic activities. At a low overpotential of 248 and 300 mV, the porous MoS2 nano islands can generate a current density of 10 mA cm-2 in HER and OER, which is much better than typical nanosheet morphology. Surprisingly, the porous MoS2 nano islands even exhibit better performance than the current commercial RuO2 catalyst in OER. This discovery will be another effective strategy to promote robust 2H-phase, instead of 1T/1T'-phase, MoS2 to achieve efficient endurable bifunctional HER/OER, which is expected to further replace precious metal catalysts in industry.
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- Bo Chen
- School of Metallurgy Engineering, National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Functional Materials Processing, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- School of Metallurgy Engineering, National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Functional Materials Processing, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- School of Metallurgy Engineering, National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Functional Materials Processing, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- School of Metallurgy Engineering, National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Functional Materials Processing, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- School of Metallurgy Engineering, National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Functional Materials Processing, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- School of Metallurgy Engineering, National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Functional Materials Processing, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- School of Metallurgy Engineering, National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Functional Materials Processing, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- School of Metallurgy Engineering, National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Functional Materials Processing, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- School of Metallurgy Engineering, National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Functional Materials Processing, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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Wang L, Yin S, Yang J, Dou SX. Moiré Superlattice Structure in Two-Dimensional Catalysts: Synthesis, Property and Activity. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023:e2300165. [PMID: 36974572 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202300165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) layered materials have been widely used as catalysts due to their high specific surface area, large fraction of uncoordinated surface atoms, and high charge carrier mobility. Moiré superlattice emerges in 2D layered materials with twist angle or lattice mismatch. By manipulating the moiré superlattice structure, 2D layered materials present modulated electronic band structure, topological edge states, and unconventional superconductivity which are tightly associated with the performance of catalysts. Hence, engineering moiré superlattice structures are proposed to be an important technology in modifying 2D layered materials for improved catalytic properties. However, currently, the investigation of moiré superlattice structure in a catalytic application is still in its infancy. This perspective starts with the discussion of structural features and fabrication strategy of 2D materials with moiré superlattice structure. Afterward, the catalytic applications, including electrocatalytic and photocatalytic applications, are summarized. In particular, the promotion mechanism of the catalytic performance caused by the moiré superlattice structure is proposed. Finally, the perspective is concluded by outlining the remaining challenges and possible solutions for the future development of 2D materials with moiré superlattice structure towards the catalytic applications.
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- Li Wang
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM), Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2500, Australia
- Institute of Energy Materials Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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Liu J, Shen J, Wang Y, Dong C, Liu J, Yi Y, Liu H, Bao Y, Hui A, Wang A. MoS 2/PDA@Cu composite as a peroxidase-mimicking enzyme with high-effect antibacterial and anticancer activity. Biomater Sci 2023; 11:2898-2911. [PMID: 36883448 DOI: 10.1039/d2bm01935c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Since nanozymes were proposed, their applications have become more and more extensive. As a research hotspot in recent years, MoS2 also shows many enzyme-like properties. However, as a novel peroxidase, MoS2 has the disadvantage of a low maximum reaction rate. In this study, the MoS2/PDA@Cu nanozyme was synthesized by a wet chemical method. The modification of PDA on the surface of MoS2 achieved the uniform growth of small-sized Cu Nps. The obtained MoS2/PDA@Cu nanozyme displayed excellent peroxidase-like activity and antibacterial properties. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the MoS2/PDA@Cu nanozyme against S. aureus reached 25 μg mL-1. Furthermore, it showed a more pronounced inhibitory effect on bacterial growth with the addition of H2O2. The maximum reaction rate (Vmax) of the MoS2/PDA@Cu nanozyme is 29.33 × 10-8 M s-1, which is significantly higher as compared to that of HRP. It also exhibited excellent biocompatibility, hemocompatibility and potential anticancer properties. When the concentration of the nanozyme was 160 μg mL-1, the viabilities of 4T1 cells and Hep G2 cells were 45.07% and 32.35%, respectively. This work indicates that surface regulation and electronic transmission control are good strategies for improving peroxidase-like activity.
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- Junli Liu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science& Technology, Xi'an, 710021, PR China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science& Technology, Xi'an, 710021, PR China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science& Technology, Xi'an, 710021, PR China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science& Technology, Xi'an, 710021, PR China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science& Technology, Xi'an, 710021, PR China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science& Technology, Xi'an, 710021, PR China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science& Technology, Xi'an, 710021, PR China.
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- College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Clay Mineral Applied Research of Gansu Province, Center of Eco-Materials and Green Chemistry, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Clay Mineral Applied Research of Gansu Province, Center of Eco-Materials and Green Chemistry, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
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Yan S, Xu C, Zhong C, Chen Y, Che X, Luo X, Zhu Y. Phase Instability in van der Waals In 2 Se 3 Determined by Surface Coordination. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202300302. [PMID: 36861653 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202300302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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van der Waals In2 Se3 has attracted significant attention for its room-temperature 2D ferroelectricity/antiferroelectricity down to monolayer thickness. However, instability and potential degradation pathway in 2D In2 Se3 have not yet been adequately addressed. Using a combination of experimental and theoretical approaches, we here unravel the phase instability in both α- and β'-In2 Se3 originating from the relatively unstable octahedral coordination. Together with the broken bonds at the edge steps, it leads to moisture-facilitated oxidation of In2 Se3 in air to form amorphous In2 Se3-3x O3x layers and Se hemisphere particles. Both O2 and H2 O are required for such surface oxidation, which can be further promoted by light illumination. In addition, the self-passivation effect from the In2 Se3-3x O3x layer can effectively limit such oxidation to only a few nanometer thickness. The achieved insight paves way for better understanding and optimizing 2D In2 Se3 performance for device applications.
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- Shanru Yan
- Department of Applied Physics, Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P.R. China
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- Department of Applied Physics, Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P.R. China
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- Department of Applied Physics, Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Magnetoelectric Physics and Devices, Centre for Physical Mechanics and Biophysics, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P.R. China
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- Department of Applied Physics, Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Magnetoelectric Physics and Devices, Centre for Physical Mechanics and Biophysics, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P.R. China
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- Department of Applied Physics, Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P.R. China
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Engineering sulfur vacancies for boosting electrocatalytic reactions. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.108285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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Gu C, Sun T, Wang Z, Jiang S, Wang Z. High Resolution Electrochemical Imaging for Sulfur Vacancies on 2D Molybdenum Disulfide. SMALL METHODS 2023; 7:e2201529. [PMID: 36683170 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202201529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Revised: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2 ) is considered as one of the most promising non-noble-metal catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). To achieve practical application, introducing sulfur (S) vacancies on the inert basal plane of MoS2 is a widely accepted strategy to improve its HER activity. However, probing active sites at the nanoscale and quantitatively analyzing the related electrocatalytic activity in electrolyte aqueous solution are still great challenges. In this work, utilizing high-resolution scanning electrochemical microscopy, optimized electrodes and newly designed thermal drift calibration software, the HER activity of the S vacancies on an MoS2 inert surface is in situ imaged with less than 20-nm-radius sensitivity and the HER kinetic data for S vacancies, including Tafel plot and onset potential, are quantitatively measured. Additionally, the stability of S vacancies over the wide range of pH 0-13 is investigated. This study provides a viable strategy for obtaining the catalytic kinetics of nanoscale active sites on structurally complex electrocatalysts and evaluating the stability of defects in different environments for 2D material-based catalysts.
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- Chaoqun Gu
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Sino-Japanese Center for Collaborative Research of Carbon Nanomaterials, Instrumental Analysis Center of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Sino-Japanese Center for Collaborative Research of Carbon Nanomaterials, Instrumental Analysis Center of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Sino-Japanese Center for Collaborative Research of Carbon Nanomaterials, Instrumental Analysis Center of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Sino-Japanese Center for Collaborative Research of Carbon Nanomaterials, Instrumental Analysis Center of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Sino-Japanese Center for Collaborative Research of Carbon Nanomaterials, Instrumental Analysis Center of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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Xie Z, Wu Y, Zhao Y, Wei M, Jiang Q, Yang X, Xun W. Activating MoS
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Basal Plane via Non‐noble Metal Doping For Enhanced Hydrogen Production. ChemistrySelect 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202204608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- Zhongqi Xie
- Faculty of Electronic Information Engineering Huaiyin Institute of Technology Meicheng road No. 1 Huaian 223003 China
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- Faculty of Electronic Information Engineering Huaiyin Institute of Technology Meicheng road No. 1 Huaian 223003 China
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- Faculty of Electronic Information Engineering Huaiyin Institute of Technology Meicheng road No. 1 Huaian 223003 China
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- Faculty of Electronic Information Engineering Huaiyin Institute of Technology Meicheng road No. 1 Huaian 223003 China
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- Faculty of Electronic Information Engineering Huaiyin Institute of Technology Meicheng road No. 1 Huaian 223003 China
- Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory for Lake Environment Remote Sensing Technologies Huaiyin Institute of Technology Meicheng road No. 1 Huaian 223003 China
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- Faculty of Electronic Information Engineering Huaiyin Institute of Technology Meicheng road No. 1 Huaian 223003 China
- Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory for Lake Environment Remote Sensing Technologies Huaiyin Institute of Technology Meicheng road No. 1 Huaian 223003 China
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- Faculty of Electronic Information Engineering Huaiyin Institute of Technology Meicheng road No. 1 Huaian 223003 China
- Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory for Lake Environment Remote Sensing Technologies Huaiyin Institute of Technology Meicheng road No. 1 Huaian 223003 China
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Wadhwa R, Thapa S, Deswal S, Kumar P, Kumar M. Wafer-scale controlled growth of MoS 2by magnetron sputtering: from in-plane to inter-connected vertically-aligned flakes. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2023; 35:124002. [PMID: 36657174 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/acb4d1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Recently, Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has attracted great attention due to its unique characteristics and potential applications in various fields. The advancements in the field have substantially improved at the laboratory scale however, a synthesis approach that produces large area growth of MoS2on a wafer scale is the key requirement for the realization of commercial two-dimensional (2D) technology. Herein, we report tunable MoS2growth with varied morphologies via radio frequency magnetron sputtering by controlling growth parameters. The controlled growth from in-plane to vertically-aligned (VA) MoS2flakes has been achieved on a variety of substrates (Si, Si/SiO2, sapphire, quartz, and carbon fiber). Moreover, the growth of VA MoS2is highly reproducible and is fabricated on a wafer scale. The flakes synthesized on the wafer show high uniformity, which is corroborated by the spatial mapping using Raman over the entire 2-inch Si/SiO2wafer. The detailed morphological, structural, and spectroscopic analysis reveals the transition from in-plane MoS2to VA MoS2flakes. This work presents a facile approach to directly synthesize layered materials by sputtering technique on wafer scale. This paves the way for designing mass production of high-quality 2D materials, which will advance their practical applications by integration into device architectures in various fields.
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- Riya Wadhwa
- Functional and Renewable Energy Materials Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
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- Functional and Renewable Energy Materials Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
- Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Lalitpur 284403, Nepal
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- School of Physical Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh 175005, India
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- School of Physical Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh 175005, India
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- Functional and Renewable Energy Materials Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
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Yu M, Hu Z, Zhou J, Lu Y, Guo W, Zhang Z. Retrieving Grain Boundaries in 2D Materials. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2205593. [PMID: 36461686 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202205593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 11/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The coalescence of randomly distributed grains with different crystallographic orientations can result in pervasive grain boundaries (GBs) in 2D materials during their chemical synthesis. GBs not only are the inherent structural imperfection that causes influential impacts on structures and properties of 2D materials, but also have emerged as a platform for exploring unusual physics and functionalities stemming from dramatic changes in local atomic organization and even chemical makeup. Here, recent advances in studying the formation mechanism, atomic structures, and functional properties of GBs in a range of 2D materials are reviewed. By analyzing the growth mechanism and the competition between far-field strain and local chemical energies of dislocation cores, a complete understanding of the rich GB morphologies as well as their dependence on lattice misorientations and chemical compositions is presented. Mechanical, electronic, and chemical properties tied to GBs in different materials are then discussed, towards raising the concept of using GBs as a robust atomic-scale scaffold for realizing tailored functionalities, such as magnetism, luminescence, and catalysis. Finally, the future opportunities in retrieving GBs for making functional devices and the major challenges in the controlled formation of GB structures for designed applications are commented.
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- Maolin Yu
- Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, and Institute for Frontier Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China
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- Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, and Institute for Frontier Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, and Institute for Frontier Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China
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- Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, and Institute for Frontier Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China
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Giri A, Park G, Jeong U. Layer-Structured Anisotropic Metal Chalcogenides: Recent Advances in Synthesis, Modulation, and Applications. Chem Rev 2023; 123:3329-3442. [PMID: 36719999 PMCID: PMC10103142 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The unique electronic and catalytic properties emerging from low symmetry anisotropic (1D and 2D) metal chalcogenides (MCs) have generated tremendous interest for use in next generation electronics, optoelectronics, electrochemical energy storage devices, and chemical sensing devices. Despite many proof-of-concept demonstrations so far, the full potential of anisotropic chalcogenides has yet to be investigated. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the recent progress made in the synthesis, mechanistic understanding, property modulation strategies, and applications of the anisotropic chalcogenides. It begins with an introduction to the basic crystal structures, and then the unique physical and chemical properties of 1D and 2D MCs. Controlled synthetic routes for anisotropic MC crystals are summarized with example advances in the solution-phase synthesis, vapor-phase synthesis, and exfoliation. Several important approaches to modulate dimensions, phases, compositions, defects, and heterostructures of anisotropic MCs are discussed. Recent significant advances in applications are highlighted for electronics, optoelectronic devices, catalysts, batteries, supercapacitors, sensing platforms, and thermoelectric devices. The article ends with prospects for future opportunities and challenges to be addressed in the academic research and practical engineering of anisotropic MCs.
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- Anupam Giri
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, UP-211002, India
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Cheongam-Ro 77, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk790-784, Korea.,Functional Materials and Components R&D Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Gwahakdanji-ro 137-41, Sacheon-myeon, Gangneung, Gangwon-do25440, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Cheongam-Ro 77, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk790-784, Korea
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Younan S, Li Z, Yan X, He D, Hu W, Demetrashvili N, Trulson G, Washington A, Xiao X, Pan X, Huang J, Gu J. Zinc Single Atom Confinement Effects on Catalysis in 1T-Phase Molybdenum Disulfide. ACS NANO 2023; 17:1414-1426. [PMID: 36629491 PMCID: PMC9878712 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c09918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Active sites are atomic sites within catalysts that drive reactions and are essential for catalysis. Spatially confining guest metals within active site microenvironments has been predicted to improve catalytic activity by altering the electronic states of active sites. Using the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) as a model reaction, we show that intercalating zinc single atoms between layers of 1T-MoS2 (Zn SAs/1T-MoS2) enhances HER performance by decreasing the overpotential, charge transfer resistance, and kinetic barrier. The confined Zn atoms tetrahedrally coordinate to basal sulfur (S) atoms and expand the interlayer spacing of 1T-MoS2 by ∼3.4%. Under confinement, the Zn SAs donate electrons to coordinated S atoms, which lowers the free energy barrier of H* adsorption-desorption and enhances HER kinetics. In this work, which is applicable to all types of catalytic reactions and layered materials, HER performance is enhanced by controlling the coordination geometry and electronic states of transition metals confined within active-site microenvironments.
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- Sabrina
M. Younan
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego
State University, 5500 Campanile DriveSan Diego, California92182, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego
State University, 5500 Campanile DriveSan Diego, California92182, United States
- State Key
Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Civil
and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute
of Technology, Shenzhen518055, China
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Irvine, California92697, United States
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- Department
of Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan430072, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin53201, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego
State University, 5500 Campanile DriveSan Diego, California92182, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego
State University, 5500 Campanile DriveSan Diego, California92182, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego
State University, 5500 Campanile DriveSan Diego, California92182, United States
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- Department
of Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan430072, China
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Irvine, California92697, United States
- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
California, Irvine, California92697, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin53201, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego
State University, 5500 Campanile DriveSan Diego, California92182, United States
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Wang X, Zhao M, Feng J, Li D. Influence of polycrystalline MoS2 nanoflowers on mouse breast cancer cell proliferation via molten salt sintering. ARAB J CHEM 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2023.104596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Solati N, Karakaya C, Kaya S. Advancing the Understanding of the Structure–Activity–Durability Relation of 2D MoS 2 for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Navid Solati
- Materials Science and Engineering, Koç University, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
- Koç University Tüpraş Energy Center (KUTEM), 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Materials Science and Engineering, Koç University, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
- Koç University Tüpraş Energy Center (KUTEM), 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
- Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co. (Tüpraş) R&D, Kocaeli 41790, Turkey
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- Koç University Tüpraş Energy Center (KUTEM), 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
- Department of Chemistry, Koç University, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
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Liang T, Wang A, Ma D, Mao Z, Wang J, Xie J. Low-dimensional transition metal sulfide-based electrocatalysts for water electrolysis: overview and perspectives. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:17841-17861. [PMID: 36464978 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr05205a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Hydrogen prepared by electrocatalytic decomposition of water ("green hydrogen") has the advantages of high energy density and being clean and pollution-free, which is an important energy carrier to face the problems of the energy crisis and environmental pollution. However, the most used commercial electrocatalysts are based on expensive and scarce precious metals and their alloy materials, which seriously restricts the large-scale industrial application of hydrogen energy. The development of efficient non-precious metal electrocatalysts is the key to achieving the sustainable development of the hydrogen energy industry. Transition metal sulfides (TMS) have become popular non-precious metal electrocatalysts with great application potential due to their large specific surface area, unique electronic structure, and rich regulatory strategies. To further improve their catalytic activities for practical application, many methods have been tried in recent years, including control of morphology and crystal plane, metal/nonmetal doping, vacancy engineering, building of self-supporting electrocatalysts, interface engineering, etc. In this review, we introduce firstly the common types of TMS and their preparation. Additionally, we summarize the recent developments of the many different strategies mentioned above for efficient water electrolysis applications. Furthermore, the rationales behind their enhanced electrochemical performances are discussed. Lastly, the challenges and future perspectives are briefly discussed for TMS-based water dissociation catalysts.
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- Tingting Liang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China.
- State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China.
- Provincial and Ministerial Co-Construction of Collaborative Innovation Center of Non-Ferrous Metals New Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China.
- Provincial and Ministerial Co-Construction of Collaborative Innovation Center of Non-Ferrous Metals New Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China.
- Provincial and Ministerial Co-Construction of Collaborative Innovation Center of Non-Ferrous Metals New Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China.
- Provincial and Ministerial Co-Construction of Collaborative Innovation Center of Non-Ferrous Metals New Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China.
- Provincial and Ministerial Co-Construction of Collaborative Innovation Center of Non-Ferrous Metals New Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
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Xie RR, Ji WX, Ding M, Li F, Cao Q, Wang PJ. Proposal of a novel two-dimensional ZnCS3 monolayer as an efficient hydrogen evolution electro-catalyst. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.116907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Vegso K, Shaji A, Sojková M, Slušná LP, Vojteková T, Hrdá J, Halahovets Y, Hulman M, Jergel M, Majková E, Wiesmann J, Šiffalovič P. A wide-angle X-ray scattering laboratory setup for tracking phase changes of thin films in a chemical vapor deposition chamber. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2022; 93:113909. [PMID: 36461520 DOI: 10.1063/5.0104673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The few-layer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) are an attractive class of materials due to their unique and tunable electronic, optical, and chemical properties, controlled by the layer number, crystal orientation, grain size, and morphology. One of the most commonly used methods for synthesizing the few-layer TMD materials is the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technique. Therefore, it is crucial to develop in situ inspection techniques to observe the growth of the few-layer TMD materials directly in the CVD chamber environment. We demonstrate such an in situ observation on the growth of the vertically aligned few-layer MoS2 in a one-zone CVD chamber using a laboratory table-top grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS) setup. The advantages of using a microfocus X-ray source with focusing Montel optics and a single-photon counting 2D X-ray detector are discussed. Due to the position-sensitive 2D X-ray detector, the orientation of MoS2 layers can be easily distinguished. The performance of the GIWAXS setup is further improved by suppressing the background scattering using a guarding slit, an appropriately placed beamstop, and He gas in the CVD reactor. The layer growth can be monitored by tracking the width of the MoS2 diffraction peak in real time. The temporal evolution of the crystallization kinetics can be satisfactorily described by the Avrami model, employing the normalized diffraction peak area. In this way, the activation energy of the particular chemical reaction occurring in the CVD chamber can be determined.
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- Karol Vegso
- Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 84511 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9/6319, 84513 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 84104 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Centre for Advanced Materials Application (CEMEA), Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 5807/9, 84511 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 84104 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 84104 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 84511 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 84104 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 84511 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 84511 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Incoatec GmbH, Max-Planck-Strasse 2, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 84511 Bratislava, Slovakia
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Kenouche S, Martínez-Araya JI. A combined QTAIM/IRI topological analysis of the effect of axial/equatorial positions of NH 2 and CN substituents in the [(PY 5Me 2)MoO] + complex. J Mol Graph Model 2022; 116:108273. [PMID: 35930821 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2022.108273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Revised: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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By means of the Interaction Region Indicator (IRI) and Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules (QTAIM), the influence exerted by NH2 (amino) and CN (cyano) as electron donor and electron acceptor substituent groups, respectively, located at para-positions of axial and equatorial pyridine rings of derivatized complexes coming from the [(PY5Me2)MoO]+ complex during the hydrogen molecular release in the gas phase was analyzed. In any case, a H-H covalent bond is forming at the transition state, with a strengthening of the electron density of 5.5% when the substituent group involved is NH2 at the para-position of the axial pyridine ring. However, there was no difference between NH2 and CN when these substituent groups are located at the para-positions of the equatorial pyridine rings. The topological properties of electron densities from the QTAIM are not perturbed by the electron donor and electron acceptor nature of the substituents, even when these substituent groups are located at the axial or equatorial pyridine rings of the Mo-based complex.
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- Samir Kenouche
- Group of Modeling of Chemical Systems Using Quantum Calculations, Applied Chemistry Laboratory (LCA), University M. Khider of Biskra, 07000 Biskra, Algeria
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- Departamento de Ciencias Químicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Andres Bello (UNAB), Av. República 275, 8370146, Santiago, Chile.
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Manyepedza T, Courtney JM, Snowden A, Jones CR, Rees NV. Impact Electrochemistry of MoS 2: Electrocatalysis and Hydrogen Generation at Low Overpotentials. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2022; 126:17942-17951. [PMID: 36330166 PMCID: PMC9619928 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c06055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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MoS2 materials have been extensively studied as hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts. In this study nanoparticulate MoS2 is explored as a HER catalyst through impact voltammetry. The onset potential was found to be -0.10 V (vs RHE) at pH 2, which was confirmed to be due to HER by scale-up of the impact experiment to generate and collect a sufficient volume of the gas to enable its identification as hydrogen via gas chromatography. This is in contrast to electrodeposited MoS2, which was found to be stable in pH 2 sulfuric acid solution with an onset potential of -0.29 V (vs RHE), in good agreement with literature. XPS was used to categorize the materials and confirm the chemical composition of both nanoparticles and electrodeposits, with XRD used to analyze the crystal structure of the nanoparticles. The early onset of HER was postulated from kinetic analysis to be due to the presence of nanoplatelets of about 1-3 trilayers participating in the impact reactions, and AFM imaging confirmed the presence of these platelets.
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Wang J, Wang Y, Ren W, Zhang D, Ju P, Dou K. "Nano Killers" Activation by permonosulfate enables efficient anaerobic microorganisms disinfection. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 440:129742. [PMID: 35969947 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Revised: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The development of effective nanomaterials for killing anaerobic bacteria is essential for human health and economic development. Here, we propose a new bactericidal mechanism where theoretical calculations are in good agreement with experimental results. The "poison arrow-head" of MoS2 nanosheets enables the vigorous extraction of lipids from the cell membrane. Based on density functional calculations, oxidation active species (OAS) are generated due to the strong adsorption energy between S vacancies in MoS2 and chemical substrates (permonosulfate (PMS) and H2O). These OAS can be visualized as numerous moving "nano killers", constantly oxidizing the lipids around MoS2; thereby, re-releasing the surface of the sharp knife. The process of physical extraction collaborated with chemical oxidation not only precisely positions the cell membrane but also allows for continuous sterilization. This work digs into the mechanism of anaerobic bacterial sterilization, which sheds significant light on biological analysis, antibacterial, cancer therapy, and anti microbiologically influenced corrosion.
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- Jin Wang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Corrosion and Bio-fouling, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China; Open Studio for Marine Corrosion and Protection, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Corrosion and Bio-fouling, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China; Open Studio for Marine Corrosion and Protection, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Corrosion and Bio-fouling, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Open Studio for Marine Corrosion and Protection, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China; College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Corrosion and Bio-fouling, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China; Open Studio for Marine Corrosion and Protection, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Eco-Environmental Science and Technology, Marine Bioresource and Environment Research Center, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China
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- College of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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Anouar A, Doménech-Carbó A, Garcia H. Phosphorus-Rich Ruthenium Phosphide Embedded on a 3D Porous Dual-Doped Graphitic Carbon for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:3597. [PMID: 36296788 PMCID: PMC9606981 DOI: 10.3390/nano12203597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 10/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Metal phosphides have recently emerged as promising electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Herein, we report the synthesis of ruthenium diphosphide embedded on a dual-doped graphitic carbon by pyrolyzing chitosan beads impregnated with ruthenium chloride and phosphorus pentoxide. The as-synthesized RuP2@N-P-C displays a good electrocatalytic activity in acidic, neutral and alkaline media. We show that the HER activity of the electrocatalyst can be tuned by varying the concentration of Li+ cations. Co-diffusion effects on H+ exerted by Li+ on HER in the porous carbon matrix have been observed.
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- Aicha Anouar
- Engineering Division, Euromed Research Institute, EuroMed University of Fes (UEMF), Route de Meknes, Rond-Point de Bensouda, Fès 30070, Morocco
- Departamento de Química (UPV), Instituto de Tecnología Química (CSIC-UPV), Universitat Politècnica de València, Av. de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Departament de Química Analítica, Universitat de València, Dr. Moliner 50, Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Química (UPV), Instituto de Tecnología Química (CSIC-UPV), Universitat Politècnica de València, Av. de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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Liang Y, Lihter M, Lingenfelder M. Spin‐Control in Electrocatalysis for Clean Energy. Isr J Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.202200052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Yunchang Liang
- Max Planck-EPFL Laboratory for Molecular Nanoscience and Technology École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
- Institut of Physics (IPHYS) Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Max Planck-EPFL Laboratory for Molecular Nanoscience and Technology École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
- Institut of Physics (IPHYS) Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Max Planck-EPFL Laboratory for Molecular Nanoscience and Technology École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
- Institut of Physics (IPHYS) Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Ali SR, De M. Fe-Doped MoS 2 Nanozyme for Antibacterial Activity and Detoxification of Mustard Gas Simulant. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:42940-42949. [PMID: 36122369 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c11245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The peroxidase-like catalytic activity of various nanozymes was extensively applied in various fields. In this study, we have demonstrated the preparation of Fe-doped MoS2 (Fe@MoS2) nanomaterials with enhanced peroxidase-like activity of MoS2 in a co-catalytic pathway. In view of Fenton reaction, the peroxidase-like Fe@MoS2 nanozyme prompted the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) to a reactive hydroxyl radical (·OH). The efficient decomposition of H2O2 in the presence of Fe@MoS2 has been employed toward the antibacterial activity and detoxification of mustard gas simulant. The combined effect of Fe@MoS2 and H2O2 showed remarkable antibacterial activity against the drug-resistant bacterial strain methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli with the use of minimal concentration of H2O2. Fe@MoS2 was further applied for the detoxification of the chemical warfare agent sulfur mustard simulant, 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide, by selective conversion to the nontoxic sulfoxide. This work demonstrates the development of a hybrid nanozyme and its environmental remediation from harmful chemicals to microbes.
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- Sk Rajab Ali
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Wang PY, Chen BA, Lee YC, Chiu CC. First-principles modeling of the highly dynamical surface structure of a MoS 2 catalyst with S-vacancies. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:24166-24172. [PMID: 36168839 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03384d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Vacancy sites, e.g., S-vacancies, are essential for the performance of MoS2 catalysts. As earlier studies have revealed that the size and shape of the S-vacancies may affect the catalytic activity, we have studied the behavior and mobility of such vacancies on MoS2 using DFT calculations and kinetic Monte-Carlo (kMC) simulations. The diffusion barriers for the S-vacancies are highly dependent on the immediate environment: isolated single S-vacancies are found to be immobile. In contrast, small nS-vacancies formed from n = 2 to 5 neighboring S-vacancies are often highly dynamic systems that can move within a confined area. Large extended nS-vacancies are generally unstable and transform quickly into alternating patterns of S-atoms and vacancy sites. These results illustrate the importance of recognizing MoS2 (but also other catalysts) as dynamic structures when trying to tune their catalytic performances by introducing specific defect structures.
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- Po-Yuan Wang
- Department of Chemistry, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan. .,Center for Theoretical and Computational Physics, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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A non-two-dimensional van der Waals InSe semispherical array grown by vapor-liquid-solid method for hydrogen evolution. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.107826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cheng E, Notestein J. Molybdenum oxide and sulfide active sites for isobutane dehydrogenation with methanol as a probe molecule. J Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2022.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Gabinet UR, Lee C, Kim NK, Hulman M, Thompson SM, Kagan CR, Osuji CO. Magnetic Field Alignment and Optical Anisotropy of MoS 2 Nanosheets Dispersed in a Liquid Crystal Polymer. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:7994-8001. [PMID: 35984767 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanosheets exhibit anisotropic optical and electronic properties, stemming from their shape and electronic structure. Unveiling this anisotropy for study and usage in materials and devices requires the ability to control the orientation of dispersed nanosheets, but to date this has proved a challenging proposition. Here, we demonstrate magnetic field driven alignment of MoS2 nanosheets in a liquid crystal (LC) polymer and unveil the optical properties of the resulting anisotropic assembly. Nanosheet optical anisotropy is observed spectroscopically by Raman and direction-dependent photoluminescence (PL) measurements. Resulting data indicate significantly lower PL emission due to optical excitation with electric field oscillation out of plane, parallel to the MoS2 c-axis, than that associated with perpendicular excitation, with the dichroic ratio Iperp/Ipar = 3. The approach developed here provides a useful route to elucidate anisotropic optical properties of MoS2 nanosheets and to utilize such properties in new materials and devices.
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- Uri R Gabinet
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 84104 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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Bai X, Guan J. MXenes for electrocatalysis applications: Modification and hybridization. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(21)64030-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Kirubasankar B, Won YS, Adofo LA, Choi SH, Kim SM, Kim KK. Atomic and structural modifications of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides for various advanced applications. Chem Sci 2022; 13:7707-7738. [PMID: 35865881 PMCID: PMC9258346 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc01398c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and their heterostructures have attracted significant interest in both academia and industry because of their unusual physical and chemical properties. They offer numerous applications, such as electronic, optoelectronic, and spintronic devices, in addition to energy storage and conversion. Atomic and structural modifications of van der Waals layered materials are required to achieve unique and versatile properties for advanced applications. This review presents a discussion on the atomic-scale and structural modifications of 2D TMDs and their heterostructures via post-treatment. Atomic-scale modifications such as vacancy generation, substitutional doping, functionalization and repair of 2D TMDs and structural modifications including phase transitions and construction of heterostructures are discussed. Such modifications on the physical and chemical properties of 2D TMDs enable the development of various advanced applications including electronic and optoelectronic devices, sensing, catalysis, nanogenerators, and memory and neuromorphic devices. Finally, the challenges and prospects of various post-treatment techniques and related future advanced applications are addressed.
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- Balakrishnan Kirubasankar
- Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University Suwon 16419 South Korea .,Department of Chemistry, Sookmyung Women's University Seoul 14072 South Korea
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- Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University Suwon 16419 South Korea .,Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics (CINAP), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Sungkyunkwan University Suwon 16419 South Korea
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- Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University Suwon 16419 South Korea .,Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics (CINAP), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Sungkyunkwan University Suwon 16419 South Korea
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- Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics (CINAP), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Sungkyunkwan University Suwon 16419 South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Sookmyung Women's University Seoul 14072 South Korea
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- Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University Suwon 16419 South Korea .,Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics (CINAP), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Sungkyunkwan University Suwon 16419 South Korea
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