Designing hierarchical hollow nanostructures of Cu2MoS4 for improved hydrogen evolution reaction

Ke Zhang; Yongli Zheng; Yunxiang Lin; Changda Wang; Hengjie Liu; Daobin Liu; Chuanqiang Wu; Shuangming Chen; Yanxia Chen; Li Song

doi:10.1039/c6cp07269k

Designing hierarchical hollow nanostructures of Cu₂MoS₄ for improved hydrogen evolution reaction

Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2016 Dec 21;19(1):557-561. doi: 10.1039/c6cp07269k.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China. song2012@ ustc.edu.cn.
² Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China. yachen@ustc.edu.cn.

PMID: 27910968
DOI: 10.1039/c6cp07269k

Abstract

Layered Cu₂MoS₄, consisting of earth-abundant elements, is regarded as a potential catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Herein, we demonstrate a Cu₂O-based template strategy to synthesise hierarchical hollow nanostructures of Cu₂MoS₄. The characterizations reveal that the electrochemically active surface of the hollow Cu₂MoS₄ is largely enhanced, in contrast to the nanosheet or nanoparticle structures. As the direct outcome, the designed hierarchical hollow structures display excellent HER activities with a low overvoltage and small Tafel slope. This study may provide new inspiration for the research of other ternary sulphide materials as well as subsequently accelerating their applications in the field of catalysis.