Fabrication and Characterization of Amorphous Cobalt-Doped Molybdenum Sulfide for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
2015 ◽
Vol 15
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pp. 8257-8262
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In the present study, hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) by alkaline water electrolysis was conducted without using a precious metal catalyst. We synthesized an amorphous cobalt-doped molybdenum sulfide by electrodeposition using different cobalt loadings. The amorphous Co-MoSx produced was characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The cobalt doping and sulfidation procedure resulted in the successful fabrication of a candidate catalyst for the catalytic hydrogen evolution in alkaline solution with high intrinsic activity. Cobalt incorporated amorphous MoSx exhibited 3 times higher HER activity than non-promoted MoSx.
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