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Facile one-step synthesis of porous hybrid material fabricated by 2D nanosheets of molybdenum disulfide and reduced graphene oxide for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

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The electroreduction of water is a sustainable and environment-friendly way for sustainable hydrogen production. Herein 3D porous hybrid electrocatalysts, fabricated by ultrathin 2D nanosheets of molybdenum disulfide and reduced graphene oxide, have been prepared via a facile one-step hydrothermal route using hexamethylenetetramine as the template reagent. The as-prepared hybrids possess high specific surface areas and interconnected conductive graphene skeletons with vertically oriented MoS2 nanosheets. The hybrids exhibit excellent electrocatalytic activity for the hydrogen evolution reaction with a small overpotential of 97 mV at the current density of 10 mA cm–2 and a low Tafel slope of 70 mV dec−1, due to the synergetic effect of abundant active edge sites, efficient electron transfer, expedient hydrogen evolution routeway and convenient electrolyte diffusion.

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This work was supported by Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Program of China (2019H0013), the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China (2017J01014, 2019J05090) and Quanzhou City Science and Technology Program of China (2018C079R). The authors also thank the faculty from Instrumental Analysis Center of Huaqiao University for their kind help in the instrument measurements.

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    Shanshan Lin, Jinjin Luo, Caixia Xiao, Yun Zheng, Bifen Gao & Bizhou Lin

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Lin, S., Luo, J., Xiao, C. et al. Facile one-step synthesis of porous hybrid material fabricated by 2D nanosheets of molybdenum disulfide and reduced graphene oxide for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. J Porous Mater 27, 123–131 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-019-00798-8

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