%0 Journal Article %1 YANG2021100921 %A Yang, Qun %A Le, Congcong %A Li, Guowei %A Heine, Thomas %A Felser, Claudia %A Sun, Yan %D 2021 %J Appl. Mater. Today %K d %P 100921 %R https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2020.100921 %T Enhancement of basal plane electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity via joint utilization of trivial and non-trivial surface states %U https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352940720303693 %V 22 %X Transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductors, particularly $MoS_2$, are known as promising alternative non-precious hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts to high-cost Pt. However, their performance is strongly limited by the poor conductivity and lack of active sites in the basal plane. Therefore, it is desirable to find alternatives with active basal plane sites or develop facile strategies to optimize the inert basal plane. In this work, we study the HER over topological semimetal Nb2S2C based on its basal plane. We report the first successful activation and optimization of the basal plane of $Nb_2S_2C$ by synergistic using trivial surface states (SSs) and nontrivial topological surface states (TSSs). We find that the binding strength towards hydrogen adsorption of the easily cleaved sulfur(S)-terminated $Nb_2S_2C$ surface can be stronger than that of 2H-MoS2, attributing to the presence of trivial SSs and nontrivial TSSs in $Nb_2S_2C$. By creating S vacancy on the basal plane, the binding strength towards hydrogen adsorption can be greatly optimized. The TSSs together with dangling-bonds reduce the Gibbs free energy to 0.31 eV, close to the peak of the volcano plot. This study provides a promising strategy for the joint utilization of the basal plane trivial SSs and TSSs for the HER.

@article{YANG2021100921, abstract = {Transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductors, particularly $MoS_2$, are known as promising alternative non-precious hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts to high-cost Pt. However, their performance is strongly limited by the poor conductivity and lack of active sites in the basal plane. Therefore, it is desirable to find alternatives with active basal plane sites or develop facile strategies to optimize the inert basal plane. In this work, we study the HER over topological semimetal Nb2S2C based on its basal plane. We report the first successful activation and optimization of the basal plane of $Nb_2S_2C$ by synergistic using trivial surface states (SSs) and nontrivial topological surface states (TSSs). We find that the binding strength towards hydrogen adsorption of the easily cleaved sulfur(S)-terminated $Nb_2S_2C$ surface can be stronger than that of 2H-MoS2, attributing to the presence of trivial SSs and nontrivial TSSs in $Nb_2S_2C$. By creating S vacancy on the basal plane, the binding strength towards hydrogen adsorption can be greatly optimized. The TSSs together with dangling-bonds reduce the Gibbs free energy to 0.31 eV, close to the peak of the volcano plot. This study provides a promising strategy for the joint utilization of the basal plane trivial SSs and TSSs for the HER.}, added-at = {2021-06-24T13:06:43.000+0200}, author = {Yang, Qun and Le, Congcong and Li, Guowei and Heine, Thomas and Felser, Claudia and Sun, Yan}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/284d5dee5d7a49b73e5f7ca8ec849d78d/ctqmat}, day = 21, description = {Enhancement of basal plane electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity via joint utilization of trivial and non-trivial surface states - ScienceDirect}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2020.100921}, interhash = {6fc0b47da3f86bc7d192c49d0951e3ae}, intrahash = {84d5dee5d7a49b73e5f7ca8ec849d78d}, issn = {2352-9407}, journal = {Appl. Mater. Today}, keywords = {d}, month = {01}, pages = 100921, timestamp = {2023-10-16T10:26:06.000+0200}, title = {Enhancement of basal plane electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity via joint utilization of trivial and non-trivial surface states}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352940720303693}, volume = 22, year = 2021 }