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Clean hydrogen production through efficient and cost-effective electrochemical water splitting is highly promising to meeting future global energy demands. The design of Earth-abundant materials with both high activity for hydrogen…
The design and development of inexpensive highly efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen production, underpins several emerging clean-energy technologies. In this work, for the first time, molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanodots have been…
An electrocatalyst is needed to efficiently lower the reaction barriers to produce hydrogen through the H2 evolution reaction (HER). Recently, two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D TMDs), such as the pure 2D monolayer MoTe2…
Recently, 2D JTMDs with asymmetric electronic structures are inviting an intense research interest in modern science and technology. Using the first principles-based periodic hybrid dispersion-corrected Density Functional Theory (DFT-D)…
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has emerged as a promising, cost-effective catalyst for hydrogen production via water splitting. We investigate the structural and electrocatalytic properties of MoS2 thin films deposited on different substrates…
Electrochemical reactions for hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide production are essential for energy conversion to diminish energy crisis, but still lack efficient electrocatalysts. Development of non\-noble metal bifunctional electrocatalysts…
Advanced materials for electrocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting are central to the area of renewable energy. Here, we developed a solvothermal synthesis of MoS2 nanoparticles selectively on reduced graphene oxide (RGO)…
The design of efficient and cost-effective catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is the key for molecular hydrogen (H2) production from electrochemical water splitting. Transition metal dichalcogenides (MX2), most notably…
Two-dimensional (2D) monolayer pristine MoS$_2$ transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) is the most studied material because of its promising aspects as nonprecious electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Previous studies have…
Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS$_2$) has been recognized as a potential substitution of Platinum (Pt) for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, the broad adoption of MoS$_2$ is hindered by its limited number of active sites…
Molecular hydrogen (H$_2$) production by electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is being actively explored for non-precious-metal based electrocatalysts that are earth-abundant and low cost like MoS$_2$. Although it is…
Earth-abundant two-dimensional (2D) pristine transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have emerged as a superlative class of materials for several applications in electronic devices, energy storage devices, gas sensing, etc., and they have…
The quantitative correlation of the catalytic activity with microscopic structure of heterogeneous catalysts is a major challenge for the field of catalysis science. It requests synergistic capabilities to tailor the structure with atomic…
Synthesis of monolayer MoS2 is essential for fulfilling the potential of MoS2 in catalysis, optoelectronics and valleytronics, etc. Herein, we report for the first time the scalable growth of high quality, domain size tunable (edge length…
The development of active catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) made from low-cost materials constitutes a crucial challenge in the utilization of hydrogen energy. Earth-abundant molybdenum disulfide (MoS$_2$) has been discovered…
Designing electrocatalysts for HER in alkaline conditions to overcome the sluggish kinetics associated with the additional water dissociation step is a recognized challenge in promoting the hydrogen economy. To this end, delicately tuning…
MoS2 are facile, stable, non-toxic, affordable materials with reasonable price, and have exhibit its superior potential in catalysis, sensing, opt electrochemical, environmental relate application1, etc. Modification of MoS2 materials has…
Two-dimensional (2D) molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanosheets have attracted attention as a promising and cost-effective alternative catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, their aggregation and poor conductivity limit…
The low concentration of proton donors in alkaline HER, subsequently leading to the extra water adsorption and dissociation steps, identifies the value of active sites (edge and basal sites) and crystal phases in lowering the extra…
We designed solution-processed, flexible hybrid graphene flake/2H-MoS2 quantum dot (QD) heterostructures, showing enhanced electrocatalytic activity for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) with respect to their native individual…