A Redox-anchoring Approach to Well-dispersed MoCx/C Nanocomposite for Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Carbon impurity-free, novel Mn,N co-doped porous Mo2C nanorods for an efficient and stable hydrogen evolution reaction

Carbon impurity-free, novel Mn,N co-doped porous Mo₂C nanorods reduce the hydrogen adsorption energy, functioning as efficient HER electrocatalysts.

S, N co-doped carbon nanotube-encapsulated core-shelled CoS2@Co nanoparticles: efficient and stable bifunctional catalysts for overall water splitting

Hydrogen, serving as a clean, sustainable energy source, may be mainly produced from electrolysis water. Herein, we report cobalt disulphide encapsulated in self-catalyzed carbon nanotubes (S, N-CNTs/CoS₂@Co) serving as a bifunctional catalyst, which exhibits excellent hydrogen evolution reaction performance (10.0 mA cm^-2 at 0.112 V, and low Tafel slope for 104.9 mV dec^-1) and oxygen evolution reaction performance (10.0 mA cm^-2 at 1.57 V, and low Tafel slope for 76.1 mV dec^-1), meanwhile with a strong stability at various current densities. In-depth study reveals that the excellent catalytic properties can be mainly attributed to the increased catalytic sites induced by S, N co-doping, the improved electronic conductivity derived from the carbon nanotubes, and Mott-Schottky effect between the metal cobalt and semiconductive cobalt disulfide. Notably, when the bifunctional catalysts are applied to overall water splitting, a low potential of 1.633 V at the current density of 10.0 mA cm^-2 is achieved, which can compete with the precious metal catalyst benchmarks in alkaline media, demonstrating its promising practicability in the realistic water splitting application. This work elucidates a practicable way to the design of transition metal and nano-carbon composite catalysts for a broad application in the fields of energy chemistry.

Multiporous molybdenum carbide nanosphere as a new charming electrode material for highly sensitive simultaneous detection of guanine and adenine

By introduction of Mo metal species (molybdenum-based polyoxometalates) into the Cu-MOF as co-precursor, molybdenum carbide nanosphere (Mo_xC@C) was prepared via a simple calcining routine and a further etching the metallic Cu process. The obtained Mo_xC@C showed a unique structure where well-dispersed Mo_xC nanoparticles (NPs) were encapsulated in porous carbon matrix. As-fabricated novel 3D porous architecture Mo_xC@C nanosphere exhibited a potent and persistent electro-oxidation behavior followed by well-separated oxidation peaks (peak to peak voltage is about 350 mV) toward adenine (A) and guanine (G) by differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). This excellent electrochemical performance can be attributed to the unique structure and composition of 3D Mo_xC@C. Furthermore, 3D Mo_xC@C also revealed high selectivity and sensitivity, good reproducibility, excellent stability and anti-interference ability. The calibration curves for quantitive analysis of G and A were obtained: 0.03-122 µM, and 0.02-122 µM, respectively, the detection limits were 0.0085 µM, 0.008 µM, respectively. The proposed procedure was successfully applied to detect G and A in human urine and serum samples with satisfactory recovery, which manifests its viability application for practical analysis.