Ibrahim Ul Islam, Yuchi Zhang, Boxu Dong, Asma Iqbal, Saghir Abbas, Jiantao Zai, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah, Xuefeng Qian
The selective electrocatalytic reduction of nitrobenzene (NB) to aniline demands a desirable cathodic catalyst to overcome the challenges of the competing hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), a higher overpotential, and a lower selectivity. Here, we deposit Co-doped 1T MoS2 on Ti mesh by the solvothermal method with different doping percentages of Co as x % Co-MoS2 (where x = 3, 5, 8, 10, and 12%). Because of the lowest overpotential, lower charge-transfer resistance, strong suppression of the competing HER, and higher electrochemical surface area, 8% Co-MoS2 achieves 94% selectivity of aniline with 54% faradaic efficiency...
May 6, 2024: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces