Controlled Growth of MoS2 Nanosheets on 2D N‐Doped Graphdiyne Nanolayers for Highly Associated Effects on Water Reduction.

Abstract: The first utilization of nitrogen‐doped graphdiyne (NGDY) as an efficient catalytic promoter for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is reported. X‐ray powder diffraction and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies indicate the presence of strong interactions between NGDY and MoS₂, which should effectively facilitate the charge transport behavior and improvement of the HER kinetics. The creative hybridization of MoS₂ and NGDY endows such heterostructure with structural and compositional advantages for boosting the catalytic activity (low overpotential of 186 mV at 10 mA cm⁻² and Tafel slope of 63 mV dec⁻¹) and extraordinary stability (higher than all reported MoS₂‐based materials and even better than that of commercial Pt and almost all benchmarked electrocatalysts). All of the results not only demonstrate that NGDY can be used as an effective catalytic promoter for hydrogen production, but also provide new strategy for fabricating efficient water‐splitting electrodes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]