• 文献标题:   A strategy for highly dispersed Mo2C/MoN hybrid nitrogen-doped graphene via ion-exchange resin synthesis for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen reduction
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG JB, CHEN WL, WANG T, BATE N, WANG CL, WANG EB
  • 作者关键词:   polymolybdate, hydrogen evolution reaction, ion exchange, electrocatalyst, tafel slope
  • 出版物名称:   NANO RESEARCH
  • ISSN:   1998-0124 EI 1998-0000
  • 通讯作者地址:   Northeast Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   12
  • DOI:   10.1007/s12274-018-2034-8
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Molybdenum carbide/molybdenum nitride hybrid N doped graphene (abbreviated as Mo2C/MoN/NG), as an efficient electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), was synthesized via simple ion-exchange resin synthesis followed by a two-step annealing process, which increased the dispersion degree of the electrocatalyst's active sites on the support skeleton and simplified the synthetic conditions. Additionally, N-doped graphene (NG) enhanced the electron transfer and reduced the inner resistance. The material has a graphene-like morphology and highly dispersed Mo2C/MoN nanoparticles about 2 nm in diameter on the NG. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy revealed that Mo2C/MoN/NG consisted of Mo2C and MoN composited together. Finally, Mo2C/MoN/NG exhibited remarkable performance as an electrocatalyst for the HER with a small overpotential of 78.82 mV and a small Tafel slope of 39.3 mV.dec(-1) in a 0.5 mol.L-1 H2SO4 solution. Its activity was approximately 30% lower than that of 20% Pt/C and 60% higher than that of NG. Also, it exhibited a low onset overpotential of 24.82 mV, which is similar to the theoretical HER potential. Our work provides a foundation for advanced HER applications of molybdenum compounds.