Recent advances in quantum dot catalysts for hydrogen evolution: Synthesis, characterization, and photocatalytic application

H Su, W Wang, R Shi, H Tang, L Sun, L Wang… - Carbon …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalytic water splitting is beneficial for the effective mitigation of global energy and
environmental crises. Owing to multi‐exciton generation, impressive light harvesting, and …

Single-atom engineering to ignite 2D transition metal dichalcogenide based catalysis: Fundamentals, progress, and beyond

X Wang, Y Zhang, J Wu, Z Zhang, Q Liao… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Single-atom catalysis has been recognized as a pivotal milestone in the development
history of heterogeneous catalysis by virtue of its superior catalytic performance, ultrahigh …

The key role of carboxylate ligands in Ru@ Ni-MOFs/NF in promoting water dissociation kinetics for effective hydrogen evolution in alkaline media

CF Li, TY Shuai, LR Zheng, HB Tang, JW Zhao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The M@ Ni metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)(M= Ru, Pt, Ir, etc.) have been widely
recognized as the outstanding electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) …

Vacancy defects in 2D transition metal dichalcogenide electrocatalysts: From aggregated to atomic configuration

X Wang, J Wu, Y Zhang, Y Sun, K Ma, Y Xie… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Vacancy defect engineering has been well leveraged to flexibly shape comprehensive
physicochemical properties of diverse catalysts. In particular, growing research effort has …

Recent advances on transition metal dichalcogenides for electrochemical energy conversion

X Wu, H Zhang, J Zhang, XW Lou - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) hold great promise for electrochemical energy
conversion technologies in view of their unique structural features associated with the …

[HTML][HTML] Morphology and surface chemistry engineering toward pH-universal catalysts for hydrogen evolution at high current density

Y Luo, L Tang, U Khan, Q Yu, HM Cheng, X Zou… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Large-scale implementation of electrochemical hydrogen production requires several
fundamental issues to be solved, including understanding the mechanism and developing …

Ultrastable In‐Plane 1T–2H MoS2 Heterostructures for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

S Wang, D Zhang, B Li, C Zhang, Z Du… - Advanced energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Metallic 1T MoS2 is highly desirable for catalyzing electrochemical hydrogen production
from water owing to its high electrical conductivity. However, stable 1T MoS2 is difficult to be …

[HTML][HTML] Tuning orbital orientation endows molybdenum disulfide with exceptional alkaline hydrogen evolution capability

Y Zang, S Niu, Y Wu, X Zheng, J Cai, J Ye, Y Xie… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Molybdenum disulfide is naturally inert for alkaline hydrogen evolution catalysis, due to its
unfavorable water adsorption and dissociation feature originated from the unsuitable orbital …

Doping engineering and functionalization of two-dimensional metal chalcogenides

P Luo, F Zhuge, Q Zhang, Y Chen, L Lv, Y Huang… - Nanoscale …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional (2D) layered metal chalcogenides (MXs) have significant potential for use
in flexible transistors, optoelectronics, sensing and memory devices beyond the state-of-the …

Atomic Arrangement in Metal‐Doped NiS2 Boosts the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Media

J Yin, J Jin, H Zhang, M Lu, Y Peng… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We report a novel modulation strategy by introducing transition metals into NiS2 nanosheets
(NSs) to flexibly optimize the electronic configurations and atomic arrangement. The Co …