Molybdenum diselenide and tungsten diselenide interfacing cobalt-porphyrin for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution in alkaline and acidic media

Kagkoura, Antonia ; Stangel, Christina ; Arenal, Raul ; Tagmatarchis, Nikos

Resumen: Easy and effective modification approaches for transition metal dichalcogenides are highly desired in order to make them active toward electrocatalysis. In this manner, we report functionalized molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2) and tungsten diselenide (WSe2) via metal-ligand coordination with pyridine rings for the subsequent covalent grafting of a cobalt-porphyrin. The new hybrid materials were tested towards an electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction in both acidic and alkaline media and showed enhanced activity compared to intact MoSe2 and WSe2. Hybrids exhibited lower overpotential, easier reaction kinetics, higher conductivity, and excellent stability after 10,000 ongoing cycles in acidic and alkaline electrolytes compared to MoSe2 and WSe2. Markedly, MoSe2-based hybrid material showed the best performance and marked a significantly low onset potential of −0.17 V vs RHE for acidic hydrogen evolution reaction. All in all, the ease and fast modification route provides a versatile functionalization procedure, extendable to other transition metal dichalcogenides, and can open new pathways for the realization of functional nanomaterials suitable in electrocatalysis.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.3390/nano13010035

Año: 2023

Publicado en: Nanomaterials 13, 1 (2023), 35 [13 pp]
ISSN: 2079-4991

Factor impacto JCR: 4.4 (2023)

Categ. JCR: MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 146 / 439 = 0.333 (2023) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY rank: 62 / 141 = 0.44 (2023) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 70 / 231 = 0.303 (2023) - Q2 - T1
Categ. JCR: PHYSICS, APPLIED rank: 47 / 179 = 0.263 (2023) - Q2 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 8.5 - Chemical Engineering (all) (Q1) - Materials Science (all) (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.798 - Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Materials Science (miscellaneous) (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/823717/EU/Enabling Science and Technology through European Electron Microscopy/ESTEEM3
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/881603/EU/Graphene Flagship Core Project 3/GrapheneCore3
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN-AEI/PID2019-104739GB-I00/AEI-10.13039-501100011033

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)