Engineering interfacial structures to accelerate hydrogen evolution efficiency of MoS<sub>2</sub> over a wide pH range
Shasha Li, Suchada Sirisomboonchai, Xiaowei An, Xuli Ma, Peng Li, Lixia Ling, Xiaogang Hao, Abuliti Abudula, Guoqing Guan
Abstract
dramatically reduces the Gibbs free energy of hydrogen adsorption and the energy barrier for water dissociation, thus enhancing the electrochemical HER activity in the whole pH range (0-14).
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