Single Atomic Vacancy Catalysis

Jieun Yang

doi:10.1021/acsnano.9b05226

Single Atomic Vacancy Catalysis

2019-08-09

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DOI：10.1021/acsnano.9b05226

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Single atom catalysts provide exceptional activity. However, measuring the intrinsic catalytic activity of a single atom in real electrochemical environments is challenging. Here, we report the activity of a single vacancy for electrocatalytically evolving hydrogen in two-dimensional (2D) MoS2. Surprisingly, we find that the catalytic activity per vacancy is not constant but increases with its concentration, reaching a sudden peak in activity at 5.7 x 10(14) cm(-2) where the intrinsic turn over frequency and Tafel slope of a single atomic vacancy was found to be similar to 5 s(-1) and 44 mV/dec, respectively. At this vacancy concentration, we also find a local strain of similar to 3% and a semiconductor to metal transition in 2D MoS2. Our results suggest that, along with increasing the number of active sites, engineering the local strain and electrical conductivity of catalysts is essential in increasing their activity.

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hydrogen evolution reaction

single vacancy

molybdenum disulfide

helium ion microscope

scanning transmission electron microscope

Single Atomic Vacancy Catalysis

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