The role of metal dopants in WS2 nanoflowers in enhancing the hydrogen evolution reaction

A Hasani, TP Nguyen, M Tekalgne, Q Van Le… - Applied Catalysis A …, 2018 - Elsevier
Applied Catalysis A: General, 2018Elsevier
We demonstrate a facile and efficient method for the synthesis of a metal-doped WS 2
nanoflower (NF) catalyst. We also report its application for the electrocatalytic hydrogen
evolution reaction (HER). The flower-like WS 2 particles were produced by a hydrothermal
reaction, and, subsequently, the WS 2 was doped with metal chlorides such as AuCl 3, AgCl,
PtCl 2, and PdCl 2, followed by reduction with sodium borohydride to form metal-doped WS
2 NFs. The Pd-doped WS 2 NF catalyst showed a high HER performance, having a Tafel …
Abstract
We demonstrate a facile and efficient method for the synthesis of a metal-doped WS2 nanoflower (NF) catalyst. We also report its application for the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The flower-like WS2 particles were produced by a hydrothermal reaction, and, subsequently, the WS2 was doped with metal chlorides such as AuCl3, AgCl, PtCl2, and PdCl2, followed by reduction with sodium borohydride to form metal-doped WS2 NFs. The Pd-doped WS2 NF catalyst showed a high HER performance, having a Tafel slope of 54 mV/dec and an overpotential of -175 mV at −10 mA cm−2. The improvement is attributed to the energy band alignment near the H+/H2 reduction potential and the large surface area of the WS2 NFs.
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