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Ultra-high electrochemical catalytic activity of MXenes
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Pan H
Sci Rep
2016[Sep]; 6
(ä): 32531
PMID27604848
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Cheap and abundant electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reactions (HER) have
been widely pursued for their practical application in hydrogen-energy
technologies. In this work, I present systematical study of the hydrogen
evolution reactions on MXenes (Mo2X and W2X, X?=?C and N) based on
density-functional-theory calculations. I find that their HER performances
strongly depend on the composition, hydrogen adsorption configurations, and
surface functionalization. I show that W2C monolayer has the best HER activity
with near-zero overpotential at high hydrogen density among all of considered
pure MXenes, and hydrogenation can efficiently enhance its catalytic performance
in a wide range of hydrogen density further, while oxidization makes its activity
reduced significantly. I further show that near-zero overpotential for HER on
Mo2X monolayers can be achieved by oxygen functionalization. My calculations
predict that surface treatment, such as hydrogenation and oxidization, is
critical to enhance the catalytic performance of MXenes. I expect that MXenes
with HER activity comparable to Pt in a wide range of hydrogen density can be
realized by tuning composition and functionalizing, and promotes their
applications into hydrogen-energy technologies.