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Morphology-controlled growth of large-area PtSe2 films for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction

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Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have emerged as a promising electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) due to its excellent conductivity and abundant electrocatalytic active sites of its edges. TMDs nanowall can expose abundant of edges so that they tend to show better catalytic performance for hydrogen evolution reaction. Herein, PtSe2 nanowall films with morphology controlled at centimeters level are synthesized by selenizing Pt film. The dynamic and thermodynamics of selenation reaction are investigated. The nanowall structure can be obtained by controlling the growth temperature, and the thickness of nanowall can be tuned by the original thickness of Pt film. The Pt atoms can be rearranged into ordered distribution at 550 °C and can be induced to well-ordered PtSe2 nanowalls finally. The well-ordered PtSe2 nanowall films show excellent HER performance, with an overpotential of 0.3 V at −10 mA·cm−2 and a Tafel slope of ∼52 mV·dec−1. This work demonstrates the great potential of activated 2D PtSe2 as an ultrathin film catalyst for the HER, which is valuable to provide instruction and afford experience for further application at industrial level.

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过渡金属硫族化合物(TMDs)因其优异的导电性和丰富的层边缘电催化活性位点而有望成为一种很有前景高效的析氢反应催化剂。纳米墙结构的TMDs可以暴露出更多的边缘, 从而在析氢反应中表现出更佳的催化性能。本文通过硒化蒸镀金属铂(Pt)的薄膜合成了厘米级尺寸上形貌可控的PtSe2纳米墙薄膜。研究了硒化反应的动力学和热力学过程, 通过控制生长温度可获得纳米墙结构, 薄膜厚度可通过调整Pt薄膜的初始厚度来实现。在550 ℃时, 可获得按一定规则、紧密且有序排列的PtSe2纳米墙连续薄膜。有序排列的PtSe2纳米墙薄膜表现出更优的析氢反应性能, 在-10 mA·cm−2下过电位为0.3 V, Tafel斜率为52 mV·dec−1。 研究结果表明, 具有一定次级结构的二维PtSe2具有作为HER超薄膜催化剂的应用潜力, 为进一步推动其在工业领域的应用提供了理论指导.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51802266), Shaanxi’s Key Project of Research and Development Plan (No.2021GY-217), the Research Funds for Interdisciplinary Subject of NWPU (No.19SH0304), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.3102017jc01001).

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  2. Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of MIIT, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, **’an, 710072, China

    Rui Hao, Qing-Liang Feng, **ao-Jian Wang & Yi-Chen Zhang

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Hao, R., Feng, QL., Wang, XJ. et al. Morphology-controlled growth of large-area PtSe2 films for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction. Rare Met. 41, 1314–1322 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-021-01877-z

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