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Haihua Huang1, Guowei Hu1, Chengchao Hu1
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China.
Abstract:
The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) plays a crucial role in hydrogen gas production. Layers of transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) possess adjustable electronic structures, and TMDs with H-phase structures have been proposed as substitute HER catalysts. Nonetheless, there are few systematic theoretical analyses of the HER catalytic properties of TMDs with T'-phase structures. Using a DFT calculation, we investigated the electrocatalytic properties of W-based dichalcogenides (WS2, WSe2, and WTe2) through defect engineering. It was found that the interaction of H atoms with the basal plane can be tuned using non-metallic atomic doping, especially with P, thereby enhancing catalytic activity. Furthermore, the computation results demonstrated that high P-doping concentrations can enhance the number of active sites and exhibit a suitable ΔGH*.
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