Issue 7, 2020

1% defect enriches MoS2 quantum dot: catalysis and blue luminescence

Abstract

Defects in solids are typically recognized as unfavorable, leading to degradation of the structure and properties of the material. However, defects occasionally provide extraordinary benefits as the active sites of catalysts and chemical reactions, and can result in the creation of new electronic states. In particular, a low-dimensional material can become a defect-rich material due to the unique ratio of surface area to volume, giving many dangling bonds. Herein, we report the rapid (20 min) synthesis of MoS2 quantum dots (QDs) with a diameter of 4 nm at room temperature using nanosecond pulsed laser ablation in a binary solvent. The MoS2 QDs are crystalline particles composed of 3–5 layers and contain sulfur vacancies at an atomic concentration of 1% acting as a functional defect. The MoS2 QDs exhibit excellent electrocatalytic performance (Tafel slope = 49 mV decβˆ’1) for the hydrogen evolution reaction and high quantum yield blue photoluminescence with a large Stokes shift.

Graphical abstract: 1% defect enriches MoS2 quantum dot: catalysis and blue luminescence

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Sep 2019
Accepted
01 Dec 2019
First published
06 Dec 2019

Nanoscale, 2020,12, 4352-4358

Author version available

1% defect enriches MoS2 quantum dot: catalysis and blue luminescence

J. Tang, M. Sakamoto, H. Ohta and K. Saitow, Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 4352 DOI: 10.1039/C9NR07612C

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