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Aqueous Cathodic Exfoliation Strategy toward Solution-Processable and Phase-Preserved MoS2 Nanosheets for Energy Storage and Catalytic Applications
García Dalí, Sergio
Paredes Nachón, Juan Ignacio
Munuera Fernández, José María
Villar Rodil, Silvia
Adawy, Alaa
Martínez Alonso, Amelia
Díez Tascón, Juan Manuel
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
Principado de Asturias
Munuera Fernández, José María [0000-0002-8176-4795]
Paredes Nachón, Juan Ignacio [0000-0002-0044-9153]
Villar Rodil, Silvia [0000-0002-5832-9971]
Martínez Alonso, Amelia [0000-0002-7183-0859]
Díez Tascón, Juan Manuel [0000-0001-9219-7266]
Two-dimensional (2D) material
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs)
MoS2
Electrochemical exfoliation
Energy storage
Catalysis
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b13484
The production of MoS2 nanosheets by electrochemical exfoliation routes holds great promise as a means to access this two-dimensional material in large quantities for different practical applications. However, the use of electrolytes based on synthetic organic salts and solvents, as well as issues related to the unwanted oxidation and/or phase transformation of the exfoliated nanosheets, constitute significant obstacles that hinder the industrial adoption of the electrochemical approach. Here, we introduce a safe and sustainable method for the cathodic delamination of MoS2 that makes use of aqueous solutions of very simple and widely available salts, mainly KCl, as the electrolyte. Combined with an appropriate biomolecule-based solvent transfer protocol, such an electrolytic exfoliation route is shown to afford colloidally dispersed, oxide-free, and phase-preserved MoS2 nanosheets of high structural quality in considerable yields. The mechanisms behind the efficient aqueous delamination of the bulk MoS2 cathode are also discussed and rationalized on the basis of the penetration of hydrated cations from the electrolyte between its layers and the immediate reduction of the accompanying water molecules. An asymmetric supercapacitor assembled with a cathodic MoS2 nanosheet–single walled carbon nanotube hybrid as the positive electrode and activated carbon as the negative electrode delivered energy densities (e.g., 26 W h kg–1 at 750 W kg–1 in 6 M KOH) that were competitive with those of other MoS2-based asymmetric devices. When used as a catalyst for the reduction of nitroarenes, the present cathodically exfoliated nanosheets exhibited one of the highest activities reported so far with MoS2 nanostructures, the origin of which is accounted for as well. Overall, by facilitating access to this two-dimensional material through a particularly simple, efficient, and cost-effective technique, these results should expedite the practical implementation of MoS2 nanosheets in energy storage, catalysis, and beyond.
2019-10-10T09:32:47Z
2019-10-10T09:32:47Z
2019-09-13
artículo
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 11(40): 36991-37003 (2019)
1944-8244
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/192417
10.1021/acsami.9b13484
1944-8252
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100011941
eng
Postprint
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b13484
Sí
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/MAT2015-69844-R
RTI2018-100832-B-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/RTI2018-100832-B-I00
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
openAccess
American Chemical Society