Oxygen‐Functionalized Ultrathin Ti3C2Tx MXene for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Y Jiang, T Sun, X Xie, W Jiang, J Li, B Tian… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Y Jiang, T Sun, X Xie, W Jiang, J Li, B Tian, C Su
ChemSusChem, 2019Wiley Online Library
Abstract Two‐dimensional (2D) transition‐metal carbides (MXenes) are widely adopted as
potential electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) owing to their metallic
conductivity, rich tunable surface chemistry, and atomic thickness with highly exposed active
sites. Previously published theoretical results indicate that MXenes functionalized entirely
with oxygen have lower ΔGH* for HER. However, MXenes contain many terminal F groups
on the basal plane, which is detrimental to the HER. Herein, the development of an ultrathin …
Abstract
Two‐dimensional (2D) transition‐metal carbides (MXenes) are widely adopted as potential electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) owing to their metallic conductivity, rich tunable surface chemistry, and atomic thickness with highly exposed active sites. Previously published theoretical results indicate that MXenes functionalized entirely with oxygen have lower ΔGH* for HER. However, MXenes contain many terminal F groups on the basal plane, which is detrimental to the HER. Herein, the development of an ultrathin Ti3C2 MXene nanosheet fully functionalized with oxygen is reported for the HER. The obtained oxygen‐functionalized Ti3C2 (Ti3C2Ox) exhibits a much higher HER activity (190 mV at 10 mA cm−2) than that of Ti3C2Tx (T=F, OH, and O). The improved HER performance is attributed to the highly active O sites on the basal plane of Ti3C2Tx MXenes. This study paves way for electrocatalytic applications of MXene materials by tuning their surface functional groups.
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