Research Progress of Molybdenum Disulfide Doped Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalyst

doi:10.12422/j.issn.1672-6952.2025.01.001

Abstract

Abstract:

Hydrogen is regarded as a safe and sustainable supply of clean energy, which plays a very important role in alleviating the shortage of fossil energy and environmental pollution. Electrocatalytic water splitting is one of the effective ways to produce hydrogen. MoS₂ has been widely used in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction because of its low $Δ$ G_H. This article summarizes the methods for improving the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance of MoS₂, including inducing phase transition or exposing more catalytic active sites in MoS₂ through noble metal doping, and exposing more active sites or generating sulfur vacancies in MoS₂ through transition metal and non?metal doping. Meanwhile, some suggestions have been put forward to improve the catalytic performance of MoS₂.

Key words: Molybdenum disulfide, Hydrogen evolution reaction, Phase transformation, Element doping, Electrocatalytic activity

摘要：

氢气被认为是安全并可持续供应的一种清洁能源，在缓解化石能源短缺和环境污染等方面具有十分重要的作用，而电催化分解水是产氢的有效途径之一。二硫化钼（MoS₂）因具有较低的氢吸附吉布斯自由能（ $Δ$ G_H）而被广泛用于电催化析氢过程。综述了提升MoS₂电催化析氢性能的方法，通过贵金属掺杂诱导MoS₂产生相转变或者暴露更多催化活性位点，以及通过过渡金属和非金属掺杂使MoS₂暴露更多活性位点或者产生硫空位。同时，针对MoS₂催化性能的提升提出了一些建议。

关键词: 二硫化钼, 析氢反应, 相转变, 元素掺杂, 电催化活性

CLC Number:

TQ116.2

Shaolong LI, Qiao HAN, Tianfeng CAI, Zhanxu YANG. Research Progress of Molybdenum Disulfide Doped Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalyst[J]. Journal of Liaoning Petrochemical University, 2025, 45(1): 1-9.

李少龙, 韩乔, 蔡天凤, 杨占旭. 二硫化钼掺杂改性析氢电催化剂的研究进展[J]. 辽宁石油化工大学学报, 2025, 45(1): 1-9.

Figures/Tables 7

Fig.1 The relationship between exchange current density and ΔGH*[11]

Fig.2 Crystal structure of MoS2[9]

Fig.3 Two reduction pathways of E?MoS2 to H2PtCl6[20]

Fig.4 TEM image of Pt nanoparticles dispersed on MoS2 surface[24]

Fig.5 Synthesis process of noble metal Pd doped MoS2 electrocatalyst[32?33]

Fig.6 TM?Co co?doped MoS2[49?50]

Fig.7 Structure diagram of P?doped MoS2[56]

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