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Promoting the Formation of Active Sites with Ionic Liquids: A Case Study of MoS 2 as Hydrogen‐Evolution‐Reaction Electrocatalyst
Author(s) -
Lau Vincent Winghei,
Masters Anthony F.,
Bond Alan M.,
Maschmeyer Thomas
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201100212
Subject(s) - electrocatalyst , ionic liquid , catalysis , ionic bonding , hydrogen , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , active site , population , materials science , electrochemistry , electrode , ion , organic chemistry , demography , sociology
Pushing HER over the edge! By using ionic liquids as the synthesis media, MoS 2 samples with a greater population of the catalytically active edge sites, compared to the control samples, can be prepared. Consequently, these catalysts exhibited superior electrocatalytic activity for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER).