Chemical vapor deposition of amorphous molybdenum sulphide on black phosphorus for photoelectrochemical water splitting

摘要

Non-precious metal electrocatalyst molybdenum sulphide(MoS) and black phosphorus(BP) are highly promising catalysts for H_(2) evolution reaction(HER).However,BP is environmentally unstable and the basal planes of crystal MoS_(2) are inactive toward HER.Herein,amorphous molybdenum sulphide(MoSx)directly on BP/BiVO4 film dramatically improves the performance of photoelectrochemical water splitting compared with pure BiVO4.Additionally,we demonstrate that a BP layer,inserted between the MoSx and BiVO4,can enhance the photoelectrochemical performance and improve the stability of the electrodes.Finally,MoS_(x)/B P/BVO electrode shows the excellent current density of 2.1 mA/cm^(2) at the potential of 1.2 V(vs Ag/AgCl),which is twice higher than that of pure BVO electrode.Our novel nanostructure materials will lead to a new class of non-precious metal photocatalysts for hydrogen production.