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Min Zhu1, Xiaojing Bai2, Qing Yan3
1Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, PR China.
Abstract:
It is of great significance to develop inexpensive and high-efficiency electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). In this work, we synthesized iron molybdenum selenide (FeSe2-MoSe2) loaded on reduced graphene oxide (FeSe2-MoSe2/rGO) by a one-step hydrothermal method. We further optimized the Fe/Mo ratio and determined the best ratio to be 1-1. In acidic (or alkaline) solution, the optimized FeSe2-MoSe2(1-1)/rGO has a small Tafel slope of 55 (or 80) mV dec-1 and needs an overpotential of 101 (or 178) mV to achieve 10 mA cm-2. These good properties are mainly due to the structure of bimetallic selenides combining rGO. Moreover, rGO enhances the electrical conductivity. Furthermore, the synergistic effect between FeSe2-MoSe2(1-1) and rGO results in better HER performance. Density functional theory (DFT) calculation proves that FeSe2-MoSe2(1-1)/rGO has a small work function. Based on our reasonable design and analysis, FeSe2-MoSe2(1-1)/rGO is expected to be an efficient and robust catalyst for large-scale applications.
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