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Gram‐Scale Aqueous Synthesis of Stable Few‐Layered 1T‐MoS 2 : Applications for Visible‐Light‐Driven Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
Author(s) -
Liu Qin,
Li Xiuling,
He Qun,
Khalil Adnan,
Liu Daobin,
Xiang Ting,
Wu Xiaojun,
Song Li
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201501822
Subject(s) - materials science , nanorod , photocatalysis , water splitting , raman spectroscopy , exfoliation joint , phase (matter) , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , catalysis , graphene , optics , chemistry , biochemistry , physics , organic chemistry , engineering
Most recently, much attention has been devoted to 1T phase MoS 2 because of its distinctive phase‐engineering nature and promising applications in catalysts, electronics, and energy storage devices. While alkali metal intercalation and exfoliation methods have been well developed to realize unstable 1T‐MoS 2 , but the aqueous synthesis for producing stable metallic phase remains big challenging. Herein, a new synthetic protocol is developed to mass‐produce colloidal metallic 1T‐MoS 2 layers highly stabilized by intercalated ammonium ions (abbreviated as N‐MoS 2 ). In combination with density functional calculations, the X‐ray diffraction pattern and Raman spectra elucidate the excellent stability of metallic phase. As clearly depicted by high‐angle annular dark‐field imaging in an aberration‐corrected scanning transmission electron microscope and extended X‐ray absorption fine structure, the N‐MoS 2 exhibits a distorted octahedral structure with a 2 a 0 × a 0 basal plane superlattice and 2.72 Å Mo–Mo bond length. In a proof‐of‐concept demonstration for the obtained material's applications, highly efficient photocatalytic activity is achieved by simply hybridizing metallic N‐MoS 2 with semiconducting CdS nanorods due to the synergistic effect. As a direct outcome, this CdS:N‐MoS 2 hybrid shows giant enhancement of hydrogen evolution rate, which is almost 21‐fold higher than pure CdS and threefold higher than corresponding annealed CdS:2H‐MoS 2 .