Abstract
Molybdenum sulfide (MoS2 ) is considered as an alternative material for commercial platinum catalysts for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Improving the apparent HER activity of MoS2 to a level comparable to that of Pt is an essential premise for the commercial use of MoS2 . In this work, a Zn-doping strategy is proposed to enhance the HER performance of MoS2 . It is shown that tiny Zn doping into MoS2 leads to the enhancement of the electrochemical surface area, increases in proportion of HER active 1T phase in the material and formation of catalytic sites of higher intrinsic activity. These benefits result in a high-performance HER electrocatalyst with a low overpotential of 190 mV(@10 mA cm-2 ) and a low Tafel slope of 58 mV dec-1 . The origin for the excellent electrochemical performance of the doped MoS2 is rationalized with both experimental and theoretical investigations.
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