Identification of pH-dependent synergy on Ru/MoS2 interface: a comparison of alkaline and acidic hydrogen evolution

Nanoscale
Jinlong LiuShi-Zhang Qiao

Abstract

Engineering bifunctional interfaces for enhanced alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) kinetics is achieved by rational coupling of Ru nanoparticles and defect-rich MoS2 nanosheets via a simple wet-chemical method. Comprehensive material characterizations, especially high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, reveal well-defined interfaces between both components, leading to interfacial synergy whereby Ru expedites water dissociation and nearby defect-rich MoS2 enables favorable hydrogen adsorption for recombination into H2. The designed Ru/MoS2 material demonstrates remarkable catalytic activity towards alkaline HER (-13 mV at -10 mA cm-2) with stable operation after 12 h or 1000 cycles, which is superior to almost all Ru-based and MoS2-based electrocatalysts and even outperforms commercial 20 wt% Pt/C at overpotentials larger than -78 mV in alkaline media. No improved HER activity is observed for Ru/MoS2 in acidic electrolyte (-96 mV at -10 mA cm-2), which is even inferior to Ru/CP (-78 mV at -10 mA cm-2). The correlation between alkaline and acidic HER results confirms that the intrinsic HER activity of this material originates from the desired synergistic effect under alkaline conditions.

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