Activation of the MoSe<sub>2</sub> basal plane and Se-edge by B doping for enhanced hydrogen evolution

Daqiang Gao, Baorui Xia, Changrong Zhu, Yonghua Du, Pinxian Xi, Desheng Xue, Jun Ding, John Wang

Journal of Materials Chemistry A · 2017 · 135 citations · 46 references

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Abstract

We demonstrate by both calculation and experiments the effective B doping-induced activation of both the basal plane and Se-edge in vertically aligned MoSe<sub>2</sub> flakes, and the disruptive enhancement in the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction.

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