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Activation of nitrogen species mixed with Ar and H2S plasma for directly N-doped TMD films synthesis

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العنوان: Activation of nitrogen species mixed with Ar and H2S plasma for directly N-doped TMD films synthesis
المؤلفون: Jinill Cho, Hyunho Seok, Inkoo Lee, Jaewon Lee, Eungchul Kim, Dougyong Sung, In-Keun Baek, Cheol-Hun Lee, Taesung Kim
المصدر: Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2022)
بيانات النشر: Nature Portfolio, 2022.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine, Science
الوصف: Abstract Among the transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD), tungsten disulfide (WS2) and molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) are promising sulfides for replacing noble metals in the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) owing to their abundance and good catalytic activity. However, the catalytic activity is derived from the edge sites of WS2 and MoS2, while their basal planes are inert. We propose a novel process for N-doped TMD synthesis for advanced HER using N2 + Ar + H2S plasma. The high ionization energy of Ar gas enabled nitrogen species activation results in efficient N-doping of TMD (named In situ-MoS2 and In situ-WS2). In situ-MoS2 and WS2 were characterized by various techniques (Raman spectroscopy, XPS, HR-TEM, TOF–SIMS, and OES), confirming nanocrystalline and N-doping. The N-doped TMD were used as electrocatalysts for the HER, with overpotentials of 294 mV (In situ-MoS2) and 298 mV (In situ-WS2) at a current density of 10 mA cm−2, which are lower than those of pristine MoS2 and WS2, respectively. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were conducted for the hydrogen Gibbs energy (∆GH) to investigate the effect of N doping on the HER activity. Mixed gas plasma proposes a facile and novel fabrication process for direct N doping on TMD as a suitable HER electrocatalyst.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2045-2322
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14233-7
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/c93da7d5364e4d6ea99de0ab4a3aea21
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.93da7d5364e4d6ea99de0ab4a3aea21
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:20452322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-14233-7