Efficient hydrogen evolution in transition metal dichalcogenides via a simple one-step hydrazine reaction

oleh: Dustin R. Cummins, Ulises Martinez, Andriy Sherehiy, Rajesh Kappera, Alejandro Martinez-Garcia, Roland K. Schulze, Jacek Jasinski, Jing Zhang, Ram K. Gupta, Jun Lou, Manish Chhowalla, Gamini Sumanasekera, Aditya D. Mohite, Mahendra K. Sunkara, Gautam Gupta

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2016-06-01

Deskripsi

Transition metal dichalcogenides are promising hydrogen evolution catalysts however they can require expensive processing steps to enhance their activity. Here, the authors report a one-step activation step in which room temperature hydrazine treatment results in much enhanced electrocatalytic performance.