Monolayer MoS2 films supported by 3D nanoporous metals for high-efficiency electrocatalytic hydrogen production.

Tan, Yongwen; Liu, Pan; Chen, Luyang; Cong, Weitao; Ito, Yoshikazu; Han, Jiuhui; Guo, Xianwei; Tang, Zheng et al. · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The "edge-free" monolayer MoS2 films supported by 3D nanoporous gold show high catalytic activities towards hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), originating from large out-of-plane strains that are geometrically required to manage the 3D curvature of bicontinuous nanoporosity. The large lattice bending leads to local semiconductor-to-metal transition of 2H MoS2 and the formation of catalytically active sites for HER.