Metallic 1T MoS2 is highly desirable for catalyzing electrochemical hydrogen production from water owing to its high electrical conductivity. However, stable 1T MoS2 is difficult to be produced in large‐scale by either common chemical or physical approaches. Here, ultrastable in‐plane 1T–2H MoS2 heterostructures are achieved via a simple one‐pot annealing treatment of 2H MoS2 bulk under a mixture gas of Ar and phosphorous vapor, where phosphorus cannot only occupy the interspace of MoS2 bulk, resulting in the expansion of MoS2, but also embed into the lattice of MoS2, inducing the partial phase transition from 2H to 1T phases of MoS2. Benefiting from its significantly improved electrical conductivity, highly exposed active sites, and hydrophily property, in‐plane 1T–2H MoS2 heterostructures exhibit largely improved electrocatalytic properties for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in alkaline electrolytes.
Partially single-crystalline mesoporous Nb2 O5 nanosheets with orthorhombic structure in between graphene are scalably fabricated via a simple nanocasting method. The well-designed architecture provides numerous open and short channels for fast diffusion of sodium ion and good electronic conductivity, resulting in an enhanced electrochemical performance and a favorable high-rate behavior for sodium storage.
Combining transmission electron microscopes and density functional theory calculations, we report the nucleation and growth mechanisms of room temperature rolling induced face-centered cubic titanium (fcc-Ti) in polycrystalline hexagonal close packed titanium (hcp-Ti). Fcc-Ti and hcp-Ti take the orientation relation: 〈0001〉hcp||〈001〉fcc and , different from the conventional one. The nucleation of fcc-Ti is accomplished via pure-shuffle mechanism with a minimum stable thickness of three atomic layers, and the growth via shear-shuffle mechanisms through gliding two-layer disconnections or pure-shuffle mechanisms through gliding four-layer disconnections. Such phase transformation offers an additional plastic deformation mode comparable to twinning.
Rational
design of bifunctional, high-performance, and stable non-noble metal-based
electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen
evolution reaction (OER) is of great importance and challenging for
the realization of overall water splitting. Metal–organic frameworks
(MOFs) have been intensively studied as pyrolyzing precursors to prepare
electrocatalysts. However, the aggregation of powder and the low conductivity
of polymer binders have limited the applications of powder electrocatalysts.
Therefore, the direct growth of MOFs on conductive and porous substrates
will be a favorable way to prepare efficient electrocatalysts for
electrocatalytic water splitting. Herein, we report a facile strategy
for constructing three-dimensional N-doped carbon nanotube frameworks
derived from metal–organic framework on Ni foam as a bifunctional
electrocatalyst for overall water splitting. The resulting electrocatalyst
exhibits excellent stability and high OER and HER activity with rather
low overpotentials of 230 and 141 mV at 10 mA/cm2 in 1.0
M KOH, respectively. Specifically, the as-synthesized electrodes were
used as both the cathode and anode for overall water splitting with
10 mA/cm2 at a cell voltage of only 1.62 V. The outstanding
electrocatalytic performance is mainly attributed to a large number
of accessible active sites of Co nanoparticles dispersed by the N-doped
carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and the ultra-high surface area of CNT frameworks.
The presented strategy offers a novel approach for developing MOF-derived
nanocarbon materials on Ni foam for electrocatalysis and electrochemical
energy devices.
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