Molybdenum Disulfide Nanosheets for Hydrogen Evolution and Energy Storage
This research community focuses on synthesizing and engineering molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanosheets and related transition metal dichalcogenides to serve as electrocatalysts for hydrogen production and as active materials for energy storage devices.
The work centers on the synthesis of MoS2 nanosheets, often combined with carbon materials like graphene oxide or reduced graphene, to enhance electrocatalytic performance. Key methods include hydrothermal synthesis, phase engineering (specifically the 1T and 2H phases), and doping with transition metals to improve hydrogen evolution reaction efficiency. A significant portion of the research addresses the application of these materials in lithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors, where they function as electrodes for energy storage. The community also investigates photocatalytic activity under visible light, utilizing the semiconducting properties of these two-dimensional materials for water splitting and environmental remediation applications.
The community is most heavily concentrated in molybdenum research, representing 5.9% of all tracked molybdenum papers, with 7,512 papers in this group. It also constitutes 0.8% of tungsten research (943 papers) and 0.7% of hydrogen research (3,904 papers).
There are 11,259 papers in this community, published primarily in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Applied Surface Science.
Recent work continues to focus on phase engineering and interface design, with new studies exploring Mn-doped MoS2 nanosheets for peroxidase-like activity, Co-S bond anchoring for capacitive performance, and scalable manufacture of pure-phase metallic MoS2 nanosheets for battery and supercapitor applications.