Abstract
Reasonable construction of heterostructure is of significance yet a great challenge towards efficient pH-universal catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Herein, a facial strategy coupling gas-phase nitridation with simultaneous heterogenization has been developed to synthesize heterostructure of one-dimensional (1D) Mo3N2 nanorod decorated with ultrathin nitrogen-doped carbon layer (Mo3N2@NC NR). Thereinto, the collaborative interface of Mo3N2 and NC is conducive to accomplish rapid electron transfer for reaction kinetics and weaken the Mo–Hads bond for boosting the intrinsic activity of catalysts. As expected, Mo3N2@NC NR delivers an excellent catalytic activity for HER with low overpotentials of 85, 129, and 162 mV to achieve a current density of 10 mA cm−2 in alkaline, acidic, and neutral electrolytes, respectively, and favorable long-term stability over a broad pH range. As for practical application in electrocatalytic water splitting (EWS) under alkaline, Mo3N2@NC NR || NiFe-LDH-based EWS also exhibits a low cell voltage of 1.55 V and favorable durability at a current density of 10 mA cm−2, even surpassing the Pt/C || RuO2-based EWS (1.60 V). Consequently, the proposed suitable methodology here may accelerate the development of Mo-based electrocatalysts in pH-universal non-noble metal materials for energy conversion.
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