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Tree-Like NiS2/MoS2-RGO Nanocomposites as pH Universal Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

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The electrocatalytic activity of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) is largely dependent on the exposed massive active sites and electrical conductivity of the catalysts. In this work, a tree-like nanocomposite (NiS2/MoS2-RGO) which is composed of bimetal sulfide (NiS2/MoS2) nanocomposites uniformly anchored on the surface of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) was successfully synthesized. As a catalytic material for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), the NiS2/MoS2-RGO composites exhibit significantly enhanced electrocatalytic activity and impressive long-term stability for the hydrogen evolution reaction over a wide pH range. The tree-like NiS2/MoS2-RGO nanocomposites afford a current density (η10) of 10 mA/cm2 at small overpotentials of 172, 144 and 229 mV, and have a small Tafel slope of 51, 82 and 103 mV/dec in acidic, alkaline and neutral solution, respectively. Further studies reveal that the effective activities benefit from the abundant active edge sites and defects of NiS2/MoS2 nanocomposites and the excellent conductivity of RGO.

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This study is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21165016, 21175108, 21265018) and the Science and Technology Support Projects of Gansu Province (Nos. 1011GKCA025, 090GKCA036, 1208RJZM289).

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    Lina Wang, Tong Guo, Sen Sun, Yan Wang, Xiaoling Chen, Kangning Zhang, Dongxia Zhang & Xibin Zhou

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Wang, L., Guo, T., Sun, S. et al. Tree-Like NiS2/MoS2-RGO Nanocomposites as pH Universal Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Catal Lett 149, 1197–1210 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-019-02698-7

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