Layered rhenium sulfide on free-standing three-dimensional electrodes is highly catalytic for the hydrogen evolution reaction: Experimental and theoretical study

Lu Wang; Zdenek Sofer; Jan Luxa; David Sedmidubský; Adriano Ambrosi; Martin Pumera

doi:10.1016/j.elecom.2015.11.011

Layered rhenium sulfide on free-standing three-dimensional electrodes is highly catalytic for the hydrogen evolution reaction: Experimental and theoretical study

Lu Wang, Zdenek Sofer, Jan Luxa, David Sedmidubský, Adriano Ambrosi, Martin Pumera

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

51 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Hydrogen evolution reaction is the key for clean energy utilization. Recently, molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) was suggested as a replacement for the most efficient catalyst to date for such reaction, which is platinum. We show here that electrodes based on layered rhenium sulfide (ReS₂) catalyst show dramatic improvement when compared to MoS₂. We have shown by DFT calculations that ReS₂ possesses metallic character of surface states which together with a higher position of Fermi level facilitates electron transfer and pronounced electrochemical activity of this surface. ReS₂ has great potential for hydrogen evolution reaction applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	39-43
Number of pages	5
Journal	Electrochemistry Communications
Volume	63
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2015.11.011
Publication status	Published - 2016 Feb 1

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
M.P. acknowledges a Tier 2 grant ( MOE2013-T2-1-056 ; ARC 35/13) from the Ministry of Education, Singapore . Z.S., D.S. and J.L. were supported by Czech Science Foundation (GACR Nos. 15-07912S and 16-05167S ) and by Specific University Research (MSMT No. 20/2015 ).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Electrochemistry

Access to Document

10.1016/j.elecom.2015.11.011

Cite this

@article{63ef248633084e31bdf73fae4d92597e,

title = "Layered rhenium sulfide on free-standing three-dimensional electrodes is highly catalytic for the hydrogen evolution reaction: Experimental and theoretical study",

abstract = "Hydrogen evolution reaction is the key for clean energy utilization. Recently, molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) was suggested as a replacement for the most efficient catalyst to date for such reaction, which is platinum. We show here that electrodes based on layered rhenium sulfide (ReS2) catalyst show dramatic improvement when compared to MoS2. We have shown by DFT calculations that ReS2 possesses metallic character of surface states which together with a higher position of Fermi level facilitates electron transfer and pronounced electrochemical activity of this surface. ReS2 has great potential for hydrogen evolution reaction applications.",

author = "Lu Wang and Zdenek Sofer and Jan Luxa and David Sedmidubsk{\'y} and Adriano Ambrosi and Martin Pumera",

note = "Funding Information: M.P. acknowledges a Tier 2 grant ( MOE2013-T2-1-056 ; ARC 35/13) from the Ministry of Education, Singapore . Z.S., D.S. and J.L. were supported by Czech Science Foundation (GACR Nos. 15-07912S and 16-05167S ) and by Specific University Research (MSMT No. 20/2015 ). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.",

year = "2016",

month = feb,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1016/j.elecom.2015.11.011",

language = "English",

volume = "63",

pages = "39--43",

journal = "Electrochemistry Communications",

issn = "1388-2481",

publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Layered rhenium sulfide on free-standing three-dimensional electrodes is highly catalytic for the hydrogen evolution reaction

T2 - Experimental and theoretical study

AU - Wang, Lu

AU - Sofer, Zdenek

AU - Luxa, Jan

AU - Sedmidubský, David

AU - Ambrosi, Adriano

AU - Pumera, Martin

N1 - Funding Information: M.P. acknowledges a Tier 2 grant ( MOE2013-T2-1-056 ; ARC 35/13) from the Ministry of Education, Singapore . Z.S., D.S. and J.L. were supported by Czech Science Foundation (GACR Nos. 15-07912S and 16-05167S ) and by Specific University Research (MSMT No. 20/2015 ). Publisher Copyright: © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

PY - 2016/2/1

Y1 - 2016/2/1

N2 - Hydrogen evolution reaction is the key for clean energy utilization. Recently, molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) was suggested as a replacement for the most efficient catalyst to date for such reaction, which is platinum. We show here that electrodes based on layered rhenium sulfide (ReS2) catalyst show dramatic improvement when compared to MoS2. We have shown by DFT calculations that ReS2 possesses metallic character of surface states which together with a higher position of Fermi level facilitates electron transfer and pronounced electrochemical activity of this surface. ReS2 has great potential for hydrogen evolution reaction applications.

AB - Hydrogen evolution reaction is the key for clean energy utilization. Recently, molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) was suggested as a replacement for the most efficient catalyst to date for such reaction, which is platinum. We show here that electrodes based on layered rhenium sulfide (ReS2) catalyst show dramatic improvement when compared to MoS2. We have shown by DFT calculations that ReS2 possesses metallic character of surface states which together with a higher position of Fermi level facilitates electron transfer and pronounced electrochemical activity of this surface. ReS2 has great potential for hydrogen evolution reaction applications.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84952324229&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84952324229&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.elecom.2015.11.011

DO - 10.1016/j.elecom.2015.11.011

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84952324229

SN - 1388-2481

VL - 63

SP - 39

EP - 43

JO - Electrochemistry Communications

JF - Electrochemistry Communications

ER -

Layered rhenium sulfide on free-standing three-dimensional electrodes is highly catalytic for the hydrogen evolution reaction: Experimental and theoretical study

Abstract

Bibliographical note

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this