Adatom Doping of Transition Metals in ReSe2 Nanosheets for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
- Authors
- Kwon, Ik Seon; Kwak, In Hye; Ju, Suyeon; Kang, Sungwoo; Han, Seungwu; Park, Yun Chang; Park, Jucheol; Park, Jeunghee
- Issue Date
- 22-9월-2020
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Keywords
- ReSe2; transition metal doping; adatoms; hydrogen evolution reaction; first-principles calculation
- Citation
- ACS NANO, v.14, no.9, pp.12184 - 12194
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ACS NANO
- Volume
- 14
- Number
- 9
- Start Page
- 12184
- End Page
- 12194
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/53124
- DOI
- 10.1021/acsnano.0c05874
- ISSN
- 1936-0851
- Abstract
- Two-dimensional Re dichalcogenide nanostructures are promising electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Herein, we report the adatom doping of various transition metals (TM = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu) in ReSe2 nanosheets synthesized using a solvothermal reaction. As the atomic number of TM increases from Mn to Cu, the adatoms on Re sites become more favored over the substitution. In the case of Ni, the fraction of adatoms reaches 90%. Ni doping resulted in the most effective enhancement in the HER catalytic performance, which was characterized by overpotentials of 82 and 109 mV at 10 mA cm(-2) in 0.5 M H2SO1 and 1 M KOH, respectively, and the Tafel slopes of 54 and 81 mV dec(-1). First-principles calculations predicted that the adatom doping structures (TMs on Re sites) have higher catalytic activity compared with the substitution ones. The adsorbed H atoms formed a midgap hybridized state via direct bonding with the orbitals of TM adatom. The present work provides a deeper understanding into how TM doping can provide the catalytically active sites in these ReSe2 nanosheets.
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