Plasma processing and treatment of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides: tuning properties and defect engineering

S Sovizi, S Angizi, SA Ahmad Alem, R Goodarzi… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) offer fascinating opportunities for
fundamental nanoscale science and various technological applications. They are a …

Tailoring supports for enhancing the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance of platinum species: a review

J Li, J Zhang, J Zhang, K Pan, H Xu, H Chen… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Platinum (Pt)-based electrocatalysts have been identified as the most active materials for the
hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) toward water electrolysis. To further enhance the …

Recent advances in doping strategies to improve electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance of molybdenum disulfide

Y Jia, Y Zhang, H Xu, J Li, M Gao, X Yang - ACS Catalysis, 2024 - ACS Publications
The exhaustion of fossil fuels and resultant pollution issues have prompted the world to look
to clean, nonpolluting hydrogen energy. The promising approach of the electrocatalytic …

A heterostructure of interlayer-expanded 1T phase MoS2 and spherical MoO2 for efficient and stable hydrogen evolution

X Yu, F Yan, Y Zhao, B Geng, X Ma, L Wu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
The inferior hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalytic performance of MoS 2 can be
attributed to its small edge ratio, large inert substrate surface, and poor electrical …

Shining light on atomic vacancies in electrocatalysts for boosted water splitting

M Chen, H Sun, Q Lu, D Li, D Liu, T Zhou, B Zi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Green hydrogen production from electrocatalytic water splitting is drawing growing interests
to meet the needs of sustainable development. The efficiencies of water splitting processes …

From Well-Defined Clusters to Functional Materials: Molecular Engineering of Amorphous Molybdenum Sulfides for Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysis

F Gonell, M Rodenes, S Martín, M Boronat… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Developing precious-metal-free electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is
crucial to establishing H2 produced from renewable energy sources as an alternative …

Controllable Electrochemical Liberation of Hydrogen from Sodium Borohydride

X Liu, W Sun, J Chen, Z Wen - Angewandte Chemie, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sodium borohydride (NaBH4) has earned recognition as a promising hydrogen carrier,
attributed to its exceptional hydrogen storage capacity, boasting a high theoretical storage …

A full Volmer–Heyrovsky reaction catalyst based on sulfur vacancy structure optimization

B Tian, L Sun, Z Zeng, D Ho - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the introduction of vacancies being a notorious practice for improving
electrocatalytic performance, mechanistic elucidation and rational control of such vacancies …

Hydrogen Evolution and Oxygen Reduction on OH/F-Terminated Titanium Nitride MXene Reveal the Role of the Surface Termination Group in Electrocatalysis

E Pranada, B Ngozichukwu, R Yoo, D Johnson… - ACS …, 2025 - ACS Publications
MXenes, a class of two-dimensional (2D) carbides and/or nitrides, are increasingly utilized
in various electrochemical reduction reactions owing to their electronic conductivity, specific …

Elevating hydrogen evolution performance with plasma-induced sulfur vacancies and heteroatom doping in hollow-structured MnS–CoS catalysts

Z Ning, R Li, K Xin, L Liu, L Wen, P Liu… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Transition-metal sulfides doped with various elements show great promise as highly
effective catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), potentially serving as …