Thiol organic ligand modification strategy for improving electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance of molybdenum disulfide
The invention relates to the technical field of new materials, in particular to a mercaptan organic ligand modification strategy for improving electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance of molybdenum disulfide.
Background
Today, the world is facing serious energy problems, and searching for clean green energy is an urgent need for social development. The hydrogen energy is considered to be the renewable clean energy with the most development potential because of the characteristics of rich sources, high heat value, wide application range, environmental protection, no pollution and the like. The problem of sustainable clean production of hydrogen energy becomes a difficult problem which hinders the large-scale application of the hydrogen energy, and in a plurality of hydrogen production modes, water is used as a reaction raw material for hydrogen production by water electrolysis, and the hydrogen production process is green and pollution-free, has simple device and high efficiency, and is considered as a clean hydrogen production mode with great development prospect. Noble metal platinum (Pt) based catalysts are considered to be the best electrolytic water hydrogen evolution reaction catalysts at present, but the noble metal platinum (Pt) based catalysts are expensive and have low reserves, so that the noble metal platinum (Pt) based catalysts are greatly restricted to be applied to a large scale, and therefore, the development of the cheap and efficient hydrogen evolution reaction electrocatalysts has very important research significance and economic value.
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2) is a typical non-noble metal catalyst, which has low cost, good HER reactivity at the edge, unique nanosheet structure, controllable electronic structure, and excellent chemical stability, and in recent years, moS 2 electrocatalyst has been attracting attention in the field of hydrogen production by water electrolysis. However, moS 2 still has the defects of poor conductivity, large inert base surface, easy agglomeration, poor hydrophilicity and the like, which greatly hinders the application process of the MoS 2 catalyst in the field of hydrogen production by water electrolysis. Therefore, how to improve the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction performance of MoS 2 becomes a research hot spot in the field of hydrogen production by water electrolysis.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a mercaptan organic ligand modification strategy for improving the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction performance of molybdenum disulfide, so as to solve the problem of poor performance of MoS 2 in the background technology.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a thiol organic ligand modification strategy for improving electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance of molybdenum disulfide, comprising:
3-mercaptopropionic acid (C 3H6O2 S) is selected as a mercaptan modification ligand, and the mercaptan ligand is modified on the surface of molybdenum disulfide by adopting a two-step hydrothermal method, so that the hydrogen evolution reaction performance of the molybdenum disulfide is improved.
And the carbon paper is used as a self-supporting carrier, and molybdenum disulfide grows on the carbon paper through a hydrothermal method, so that the conductivity of the molybdenum disulfide is improved.
The preparation method comprises the following steps:
Step 1: 82.6mg of ammonium molybdate tetrahydrate ((NH 4)6Mo7O24·4H2 O) was dissolved in 30mL of distilled water, then 650mg of thiourea (CH 4N2 S) and 30mL of DMF were added, the pH of the mixed solution was adjusted to 1-2 with 1M of HCl, after ultrasonic stirring uniformly, the obtained solution was transferred to a 100mL polytetrafluoroethylene-lined autoclave, carbon paper was immersed in the solution in the autoclave, reacted at 180℃for 24 hours, after the reaction was completed, the carbon paper grown molybdenum disulfide was taken out and washed with deionized water, and dried at room temperature.
Step 2: 87uL of thiol ligand was dissolved in a mixed solution of 30mL DMF and 30mL distilled water, and then transferred to a 100mL polytetrafluoroethylene-lined autoclave. Immersing the carbon paper obtained in the step 1 into the solution in the autoclave, reacting for 4 hours at 180 ℃, taking out the carbon paper after the reaction is finished, immersing and washing the carbon paper with deionized water, and drying the carbon paper at room temperature overnight after the washing is clean, thus obtaining the 3-mercaptopropionic acid modified molybdenum disulfide sample growing on the carbon paper.
And 3, performing electrochemical performance test on the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance of the prepared electrode material by using a Shanghai Chen Hua electrochemical workstation CHI770E, and performing electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution test by using an Ag/AgC1 electrode as a reference electrode, a carbon rod as a counter electrode, and the prepared molybdenum disulfide-loaded carbon paper as a working electrode and a 1.0M PBs solution as an electrolyte solution.
Preferably, the organic mercaptan ligand is 3-mercaptopropionic acid, and the carboxyl is modified on the surface of molybdenum disulfide, so that the hydrophilicity of the molybdenum disulfide can be improved, and the hydrogen evolution performance of the molybdenum disulfide can be improved.
Preferably, the carbon paper is used as a self-supporting carrier for molybdenum disulfide growth, so that the conductivity of the molybdenum disulfide can be improved.
Preferably, the hydrothermal temperatures of the two-stage hydrothermal process are 180 ℃.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
1. The 3-mercaptopropionic acid is selected as a mercaptan organic ligand, and carboxyl in the structure of the 3-mercaptopropionic acid can be modified on the surface of molybdenum disulfide, so that the hydrophilicity of the molybdenum disulfide can be improved, and the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance of the molybdenum disulfide can be greatly improved.
2. The carbon paper is selected as a self-supporting carrier for the growth of molybdenum disulfide, so that the conductivity of the molybdenum disulfide can be improved, and the catalytic hydrogen evolution performance of the molybdenum disulfide can be improved.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a scanning electron microscope image of a catalyst of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a scanning electron microscope image of a catalyst of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an X-ray diffraction pattern of the catalyst of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a linear sweep voltammogram of a catalyst of the present invention;
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
Referring to fig. 1-4, an embodiment of the present invention is provided:
a thiol organic ligand modification strategy for improving electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance of molybdenum disulfide, comprising the steps of:
Step 1: 82.6mg of ammonium molybdate tetrahydrate ((NH 4)6Mo7O24·4H2 O) was dissolved in 30mL of distilled water, then 650mg of thiourea (CH 4N2 S) and 30mL of DMF were added, the pH of the mixed solution was adjusted to 1-2 with 1M of HCl, after ultrasonic stirring uniformly, the obtained solution was transferred to a 100mL polytetrafluoroethylene-lined autoclave, carbon paper was immersed in the solution in the autoclave, reacted at 180℃for 24 hours, after the reaction was completed, the carbon paper grown molybdenum disulfide was taken out and washed with deionized water, and dried at room temperature.
Step 2: 87uL of mercaptopropionic acid ligand was dissolved in a mixed solution of 30mL DMF and 30mL distilled water and transferred to a 100mL polytetrafluoroethylene-lined autoclave. Immersing the carbon paper obtained in the step 1 into the solution in the autoclave, reacting for 4 hours at 180 ℃, taking out the carbon paper after the reaction is finished, immersing and washing the carbon paper with deionized water, and drying the carbon paper at room temperature overnight after the washing is clean, thus obtaining the 3-mercaptopropionic acid modified molybdenum disulfide sample growing on the carbon paper.
And 3, performing electrochemical performance test on the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance of the prepared electrode material by using a Shanghai Chen Hua electrochemical workstation CHI770E, and performing electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution test by using an Ag/AgC1 electrode as a reference electrode, a carbon rod as a counter electrode, and the prepared molybdenum disulfide-loaded carbon paper as a working electrode and a 1.0M PBs solution as an electrolyte solution.
And using the obtained Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) picture to show that the molybdenum disulfide modified by the thiol-propionic acid ligand is successfully synthesized into the nano-sheet.
Further, after the two-step hydrothermal method treatment, the structure of the thiol-modified molybdenum disulfide is determined by using an X-ray diffraction (XRD) technology. In the test results, the thiol-modified molybdenum disulfide is consistent with the common molybdenum disulfide peak.
Further, a Linear Sweep Voltammetry (LSV) curve of electrolyzed water hydrogen evolution obtained by utilizing the molybdenum disulfide modified by the mercaptan and common molybdenum disulfide can be seen that the molybdenum disulfide modified by the mercaptan has more excellent electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction performance compared with unmodified molybdenum disulfide under the small current density of 10mA cm -2.
It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiments are, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.