材料科学
纳米晶
等离子体子
相(物质)
转化(遗传学)
氢
纳米技术
光电子学
生物化学
化学
有机化学
基因
作者
Ummiya Qamar,Sayak Roy,Sooraj Kumar,Bratindranath Mukherjee,S. Assa Aravindh,Ankur Goswami,Pralay Maiti,Santanu Das
标识
DOI:10.1002/adfm.202311943
摘要
Abstract The synthesis of ordered gold‐copper (Au 3 Cu) alloy nanocrystals (≈10 nm) is reported and used in the semiconductor (2H) to metallic (1T) phase transformation of an atomically thin large‐area 2D‐MoS 2 grown via CVD technique. The ordered Au 3 Cu nanocrystals are dispersed over 2D‐MoS 2 , and the phase transformation is confirmed via Raman spectroscopy followed by X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), while the surface properties of the Au 3 Cu/2D‐MoS 2 is determined by the XPS valence band analysis and ultra‐violet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS). By comparing overpotential and Tafel slopes for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER), a decrease is observed in overpotential by 83.2 mV and Tafel slope by ≈58.25 mV per decade for Au 3 Cu/MoS 2 on light irradiation. This electrocatalytic enhancement of Au 3 Cu/MoS 2 refers to the transformation of semiconducting 2D‐MoS 2 to metallic phase under light illumination, thereby altering the surface electronic structures, improving carrier concentrations, lowering the valence band edge, and lowering the free energy of H * adsorption/desorption. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations, along with other surface characterizations, further illustrate that the ordered nanocrystal‐induced phase transformation in 2D‐MoS 2 leads to a more durable metallic characteristic, thus, enhancing the surface electrical conductivity, reducing surface potential and Gibbs free energy, and improving the kinetics of photoelectrocatalytic performance of the hybrid structure.
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