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SnSe nanosheet hybridized with reduced graphene oxide for enhanced hydrogen revolution reaction

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SnSe with layered structure, as a member of 2D materials and transition metal chalcogenides, is a promising candidate of electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution. Reduced graphene oxide (RGO) is an excellent substrate of electrocatalyst. In this work, SnSe nanosheets (NSs) had been prepared via liquid exfoliation, and the as-prepared SnSe NSs had been hybridized with RGO by a simple hydrothermal method. The SnSe/RGO hybrid shows superior hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance and charge transfer capability than SnSe NSs. In addition, it exhibits a superior HER performance in 1.0 M H2SO4 with overpotential of − 298.79 mV (vs. RHE) at a current density of 10 mA/cm2 and a Tafel slope determined to be only 97.56 mV/dec. Moreover, the SnSe/RGO hybrid as working electrode is provided with excellent durability, which is capable of maintaining working current for 10 h. As demonstrated above, relative high activity and stability and low price make the SnSe/RGO hybrid a promising electrocatalyst.

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This work was supported by the Grants from Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Hunan (No. 2022JJ30553, 2021JJ40524), Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department (Nos. 21A0080, 19C1746), Suzhou key industrial technology innovation project (SYG201921), Hunan Key Laboratory of Two-Dimensional Materials (No. 2018TP1010), and Program of Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT-17R91).

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    Changle Li, Hui Qiao, Yundan Liu, Zongyu Huang, Siwei Luo & Xiang Qi

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    Ziyu Wang

  3. Hunan Key Laboratory of Two-Dimensional Materials, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China

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All authors have contributed to this study. CL contributed to original draft writing, material preparation and electrochemical test. HQ contributed to investigation and writing editing. YL contributed to formal analysis and methodology. ZH contributed to writing—review and administration, SL contributed to characterization test. ZW contributed to investigation. XQ contributed to investigation and writing editing.

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Li, C., Qiao, H., Liu, Y. et al. SnSe nanosheet hybridized with reduced graphene oxide for enhanced hydrogen revolution reaction. Appl. Phys. A 129, 426 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-023-06690-2

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