▌Engineered nickel single-atom catalysts on 2H-MoS2 for enhanced photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen production from water splitting under neutral conditions
在 2H-MoS₂ 上設計鎳單原子催化劑以增強中性條件下光電催化水分解產氫
H. N. Catherine, D. Roy, T. Y. Chen and W. H. Huang*
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.170512
SEED Member: W. H. Huang

Major Contributions
1. Nickel single-atom catalysts (SACs) are engineered onto 2H-MoS₂ support via a precise synthesis route, leveraging Ni–S coordination to optimize charge transfer kinetics and active site utilization for photoelectrocatalytic HER.
2. The Ni SAC/2H-MoS₂ system achieves significantly enhanced photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen production under neutral conditions, more relevant to practical water splitting, outperforming both bare MoS₂ and Ni nanoparticle controls.
3. Mechanistic investigation reveals that Ni single atoms modify the MoS₂ electronic structure, reduce ΔGH*, and boost photogenerated charge separation, establishing a design principle for single-atom-decorated 2D photoelectrocatalysts.
主要貢獻
1. 在 2H-MoS₂ 上以精確合成路線製備鎳單原子催化劑(SAC),利用 Ni-S 配位優化電荷轉移動力學與活性位點利用率用於光電催化 HER。
2. Ni SAC/2H-MoS₂ 體系在中性條件下實現顯著增強的光電催化產氫性能,優於裸 MoS₂ 與 Ni 奈米顆粒對照組,更符合實際水分解應用。
3. 機制研究揭示 Ni 單原子改變 MoS₂ 電子結構、降低 ΔGH* 並提升光生電荷分離,確立單原子修飾二維材料光電催化劑的設計原則。





