Recent Development of Molybdenum Sulfides as Advanced Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

作者：Ya Yan, Bao Yu Xia, Zhichuan J. Xu, Xin Wang · 发表于：ACS Catalysis · 年份：2014 · DOI：10.1021/cs500070x · 被引用次数：865 · 研究领域：Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion、Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques、Advanced battery technologies research

Hydrogen is expected to play a major role in the development of sustainable energy and environment. Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is known as an efficient method for large-scale hydrogen production, and in this electrochemical process, efficient and low-cost electrocatalysts are indispensable. Recent advances have revealed that nanostructured molybdenum sulfides (MoS x ) would be promising alternatives to Pt for the electrochemical generation of hydrogen from water. In this review, we focus on the recent progress on MoS x -based materials as electrocatalysts toward the HER under acidic condition. Moreover, future research scope and important challenges emerging from MoS x nanostructures are discussed toward the development of more advanced and efficient electrocatalysts for HER.