Pt nanoparticlesMoS2 nanosheetscarbon fibers as efficient catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction》.pdf

Electrochimica Acta 166 (2015) 26–31 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Electrochimica Acta journal homepa ge: www.elsev /locate/electacta Pt nanoparticles/MoS2 nanosheets/carbon fibers as efficient catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction a b,* b b a a,* Dongman Hou , Weijia Zhou , Xiaojun Liu , Kai Zhou , Jian Xie , Guoqiang Li , Shaowei Chen b,c a State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510641, China b New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China c Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Advanced materials for electrocatalytic water splitting are central to renewable energy research. In this Received 17 December 2014 study, we describe a two-step reaction for preparing hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrodes Received in revised form 9 March 2015 composed of Pt nanoparticles and MoS2 nanosheets grown on carbon fibers. The morphology and the Accepted 10 March 2015 structures are characterized by a variety of techniques including SEM, TEM, XRD and XPS. Detailed Available online 11 March 2015