Hydrogen Evolution on Supported Incomplete Cubane-type [Mo3S4]4+ Electrocatalysts

被引:204
作者
Jaramillo, Thomas F. [3 ]
Bonde, Jacob [1 ]
Zhang, Jingdong [2 ]
Ooi, Bee-Lean [2 ]
Andersson, Klas [1 ]
Ulstrup, Jens [2 ]
Chorkendorff, Ib [1 ]
机构
[1] Tech Univ Denmark, CINF, Dept Phys, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
[2] Tech Univ Denmark, Dept Chem, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
[3] Stanford Univ, Dept Chem Engn, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
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10.1021/jp802695e
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Electrocatalytic properties of biomimetic supported incomplete cubane-type [Mo3S4](4+) clusters are investigated. The activity toward the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is evaluated on both a high surface area gas diffusion electrode in a membrane electrode assembly and on highly orientated pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) supports. Sub-monolayers of the clusters were imaged by means of scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) prior to electrochemical characterization. This enabled the quantification of the activity on a per cluster basis for the HER and the comparison of the activity with other HER catalysts. We find that the HER activity of the [Mo3S4](4+) is comparable with that of the edge sites of MoS2. The supported [Mo3S4](4+) molecules were also characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and the observed deterioration in electrocatalytic activity with time was assigned to slow [Mo3S4](4+) cathodic desorption from the catalyst support.
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页码:17492 / 17498
页数:7
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