Investigation on the Growth Mechanism of Cu MoS Nanotube, Nanoplate and its use as a Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution in Water.

Cu MoS is a ternary transition-metal sulfide that shows great potential in the field of energy conversion and storage, namely catalytic H evolution in water and Li-, Na- or Mg-ion battery. In this work, we report on a growth mechanism of the single-crystalline Cu MoS nanotube from (NH ) MoS salt and Cu O nanoparticle. By probing the nature and morphology of solid products generated in function of reaction conditions we find that the crystalline Cu(NH )MoS nanorod is first generated at ambient conditions.

Novel Amorphous Molybdenum Selenide as an Efficient Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.

Amorphous molybdenum selenide nanopowder, obtained by refluxing Mo(CO) and Se precursors in dichlorobenzene, shows several structural and electrochemical similarities to the amorphous molybdenum sulfide analogue. The molybdenum selenide displays attractive catalytic properties for the hydrogen evolution reaction in water over a wide range of pH. In a pH 0 solution, it operates with a small onset overpotential of 125 mV and requires an overpotential of 270 mV for generating a catalytic current of 10 mA/cm.