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TranDucTien-abstract-quy Nhơn 2019-tdp
TranDucTien-abstract-quy Nhơn 2019-tdp
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Abstract:
Colloidal gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs) (13 nm) was prepared by using trisodium citrate both as reducing agent and
surfactant which stabilizes the Au-NPs surface. Gold nanorods/molybdenum sulfide core/shell structure (Au-
NRs/MoSx) was prepared by exploiting the hot-electron generated in the plasmonic absorption of Au-NRs to drive
the [MoS4]2- to MoSx reduction. The formation of Au-NPs, Au-NRs and Au-NRs/MoSx were confirmed by the
absorption spectra, field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), high resolution transmission eletron
microscopy (HRTEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) techniques. We found that the that Au-NPs,
Au-NRs and Au-NRs/MoSx are efficient catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in an acidic electrolyte.
In a 0.5 M H2SO4 electrolyte solution and at 200 mV overpotential, the Au-NPs operates with a catalytic rate TOFs
of 0.3 s-1, just being among the best performances ever achieved for a Pt-free H 2-evolving catalyst1 [Ref Chem
Commun 2018 here]. Interestingly, in shape contrast to previous reports 2 [Refs MoS2/Au JACS 2015 here], we did
not find any positive contribution of the plasmonic absorption of Au NRs core to enhance the catalytic activity of
MoSx shell [Add here: Tran et al, manuscript submitted for publication]. Furthermore, removing the MoSx shell via
an electrochemical oxidation process results in Au core which shows even higher catalytic activity compared with
the Au-NRs/MoSx core. Herein we discuss on potential reason behind this catalytic enhancement.
References:
1. Tien D. Tran. et al. Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 3363-3366.
2. Shi, Y. et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137, 7365-7370.