• 文献标题:   One-Step Surface-Plasma-Induced Exfoliation of the Graphite/WS2 Bilayer into Homogeneous Two-Dimensional Graphene/WS2 Nanosheet Composites as Catalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LE PA, NGUYEN V, LE V, LU YC, HUANG SY, SAHOO SK, CHU YH, WEI KW
  • 作者关键词:   surfaceplasmainduced exfoliation, tungsten disulfide, graphene nanosheet, transitionalmetal dichalcogenide, nanocomposite, hydrogen evolution reaction her
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2574-0962
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  • 被引频次:   16
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsaem.1c00678 EA MAY 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

In this paper, a unique method for one-step surface-plasma-induced exfoliation of a graphite/bulk transitional-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) bilayer for the preparation of graphene (Gs)/TMD nanosheet composites is presented, using Gs-tungsten disulfide (WS2) nanocomposites that functioned as electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) as our case study. This approach of producing nanocomposites is universal for all TMD materials with a graphite substrate layer that generates surface plasma when serving as the cathode under 65 V in a 1 M H2SO4 or KOH electrolyte at 90 degrees C for 50 min. After characterizing the resultant binary nanocomposites, we found that the optimal HER performance occurred for the resultant binary nanocomposites (GW3-H2SO4) that is produced from a graphite/bulk WS2 bilayer (thickness ratio 0.13:0.03 mm) with 1 M H2SO4 as the electrolyte; it has a low overpotential of 180 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm(-2) with a low Tafel slope of 76 mV dec(-1) and with high stability up to 30 h. This cost-effective and scalable one-step technique-combining two dissimilar two-dimensional nanostructured composites-for electrocatalytic applications appears to be an efficient means of fabricating Gs/TMD nanosheet composites suitable for use as HER electrocatalysts.