作者
Zhi Wei Seh, Kurt D Fredrickson, Babak Anasori, Jakob Kibsgaard, Alaina L Strickler, Maria R Lukatskaya, Yury Gogotsi, Thomas F Jaramillo, Aleksandra Vojvodic
发表日期
2016/9/9
期刊
ACS Energy Letters
卷号
1
期号
3
页码范围
589-594
出版商
American Chemical Society
简介
The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is an important energy conversion process that underpins many clean energy technologies including water splitting. Herein, we report for the first time the application of two-dimensional (2D) layered transition metal carbides, MXenes, as electrocatalysts for the HER. Our computational screening study of 2D layered M2XTx (M = metal; X = (C, N); and Tx = surface functional groups) predicts Mo2CTx to be an active catalyst candidate for the HER. We synthesized both Mo2CTx and Ti2CTx MXenes, and in agreement with our theoretical predictions, Mo2CTx was found to exhibit far higher HER activity than Ti2CTx. Theory suggests that the basal planes of Mo2CTx are catalytically active toward the HER, unlike in the case of widely studied MoS2, in which only the edge sites of the 2H phase are active. This work paves the way for the development of novel 2D layered materials that …
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