Sulfur promotes hydrogen evolution on molybdenum carbide catalysts

Ju Ye Kim, Per Lindgren, Yin-Jia Zhang, Seok Ki Kim, Thomas M. Valentin, Hee-Tae Jung, Andrew A. Peterson
2021 Materials Advances  
We report that sulfur-doping of molybdenum carbide catalysts produces a good hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst. The doped sulfur atoms weaken the hydrogen bonding energy, enhancing the catalyst's activity in hydrogen evolution.
doi:10.1039/d1ma00281c fatcat:bkdy4gz3jvffpjdwcfvya3mowi