Amorphous molybdenum sulfide films are highly active hydrogen evolution catalysts, say researchers from Switzerland.
Xile Hu and colleagues made the catalysts from relatively cheap and abundant elements. The catalysts offer significant advantages over noble metal catalysts, they say. The catalysts can be easily prepared in a procedure that is amenable to large scale manufacture, they work in water and are compatible with a wide range of pHs.
‘Our results provide new opportunities for the development of renewable and economic hydrogen production technologies,’ says the team.
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