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Journal of Materials Chemistry A

This study establishes big data for the catalytic properties of two-dimensional metal-dichalcogenides (2D-TMDs) toward the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). In addition to conventionally known active sites of edges, it proposes that terrace sites (or the basal plane) can be substantially activated for the HER.

Tuning the catalytic activity of heterogeneous two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides for hydrogen evolution