Issue 39, 2018

Molybdenum carbide nanoparticle decorated hierarchical tubular carbon superstructures with vertical nanosheet arrays for efficient hydrogen evolution

Abstract

Hierarchical nanohybrids of Mo2C nanoparticle decorated carbon tube-sheet superstructures (Mo2C/CTSSs) are prepared via the carbonization of nickel molybdate/polyimide and the subsequent acid leaching. Possessing vertically oriented and periodically patterned carbon nanosheet arrays with hierarchical porosity and nitrogen dopant, the Mo2C/CTSS manifests outstanding hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance with a low overpotential and a small Tafel slope in both acidic (97 mV and 48 mV decade−1) and basic media (95 mV and 54 mV decade−1), superior to its counterpart with randomly arranged nanosheets and comparable to the state-of-the-art HER catalysts.

Graphical abstract: Molybdenum carbide nanoparticle decorated hierarchical tubular carbon superstructures with vertical nanosheet arrays for efficient hydrogen evolution

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Jul 2018
Accepted
11 Sep 2018
First published
13 Sep 2018

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018,6, 18833-18838

Molybdenum carbide nanoparticle decorated hierarchical tubular carbon superstructures with vertical nanosheet arrays for efficient hydrogen evolution

Z. Xu, G. Zhang, C. Lu, H. Tian, X. Xi, R. Liu and D. Wu, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 18833 DOI: 10.1039/C8TA06278A

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