Molten salt-mediated electrosynthesis of MoS2 nanosheet-supported Rh nanoclusters for highly efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Qing Yan; Yuhui Liu; Yang Zhao; Xiangqian Zhou; Weiyong Yuan

doi:10.1039/D4CC06224H

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Molten salt-mediated electrosynthesis of MoS₂ nanosheet-supported Rh nanoclusters for highly efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution†

Qing Yan,

^ab Yuhui Liu,

*^e Yang Zhao,*^d Xiangqian Zhou^a and Weiyong Yuan

*^bc

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^a School of Biological and Chemical Engineering, NingboTech University, Ningbo 315100, P. R. China

^b Ningbo Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Ningbo, China
E-mail: wyyuan@zju.edu.cn

^c College of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China

^d College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625014, China
E-mail: yangzhao@sicau.edu.cn

^e East China University of Technology, Nanchang 30013, China
E-mail: liuyuhui@ecut.edu.cn

Abstract

We report the synthesis of MoS₂ nanosheet-supported Rh nanoclusters via a facile yet efficient molten salt electrolysis method followed by wet chemical reduction for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. In-depth study reveals that the uniform Rh nanoclusters on MoS₂ nanosheets can shorten the electronic transport path, and effectively promote the hydrogen evolution reaction kinetics.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC06224H
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 23 Nov 2024
Accepted: 03 Feb 2025
First published: 03 Feb 2025

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Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article

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Molten salt-mediated electrosynthesis of MoS₂ nanosheet-supported Rh nanoclusters for highly efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Q. Yan, Y. Liu, Y. Zhao, X. Zhou and W. Yuan, Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D4CC06224H

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