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Fabrication of MoS 2 /rGO hybrids as electrocatalyst for water splitting applications.
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RSC advances [RSC Adv] 2024 Apr 19; Vol. 14 (18), pp. 12742-12753. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 19 (Print Publication: 2024). - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Environmental degradation and energy constraint are important risks to long-term sustainability in the modern world. Water splitting is a vital approach for environmentally friendly and sustainable energy storage, providing a clean way to produce hydrogen without pollutants. Preparing a catalyst that is active, bifunctional, and durable for water splitting is a difficult task. We addressed the difficulty by creating a bifunctional heterogeneous catalyst, MoS <subscript>2</subscript> /rGO, with an ideal weight percentage of 5 wt% by a hydrothermal process. The optimized sample showed exceptional electrocatalytic activity, requiring an overpotential of 242 mV and 120 mV to achieve a current density of 10 mA cm <superscript>-2</superscript> in the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) and Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER). Furthermore, our synthesized catalyst was validated for its exceptional water-splitting capacity, with the optimized sample showing low Tafel slope values of 59 mV dec <superscript>-1</superscript> for HER and 171 mV dec <superscript>-1</superscript> for OER. The significant OER and HER activity seen in the 5 wt% MoS <subscript>2</subscript> /rGO hybrid, compared to other hybrids, is due to the many catalytic active sites that aid in charge and electron transport, as well as the synergistic interaction between MoS <subscript>2</subscript> and rGO.<br />Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal interests that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.<br /> (This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry.)
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2046-2069
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 18
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- RSC advances
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38645523
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ra00697f