We prepared new two-dimensional
3R TaS2 nanomaterials
and investigated their application in hydrogen evolution reaction
(HER) under acidic condition for the first time. The partial orientation
aligned 3R TaS2 nanosheets show excellent electrocatalytic
performance toward HER and outperform the corresponding 1T and 2H
TaS2. Benefiting from the broken inversion symmetry and
large exposed edge sites, the obtained 3R TaS2 nanomaterial
exhibits optimized electrocatalytic activity for HER with onset overpotential
as low as 106 mV, low Tafel slope of 85 mV decade–1 and high current density of 10 mA cm–2 at η
= 196 mV. First-principles calculations suggest that the 3R TaS2 has more adsorption energies than 1T and 2H TaS2, confirming that the polymorph structures of TaS2 do
influence their HER electrocatalytic performance. We expect that the
control of polymorph structures can be an effective way to enhance
the catalytic performance of transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs)
in hydrogen evolution reaction and 3R TaS2 nanosheet is
one of the most promising electrocatalysts for hydrogen production.
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