Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2026, Vol. 85: 322-332.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(25)64930-8
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Wei Zhong, Yiyao Gan, Jingtao Wang, Peiyi Yang, Aiyun Meng(
), Yaorong Su(
)
Received:2025-09-21
Accepted:2025-10-19
Online:2026-06-18
Published:2026-05-18
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*E-mail: suyaorong@sztu.edu.cn (Y. Su),About author:1Contributed equally to this work.
Supported by:Wei Zhong, Yiyao Gan, Jingtao Wang, Peiyi Yang, Aiyun Meng, Yaorong Su. Achieving near-equilibrium Had adsorption/desorption by introducing asymmetric S-Re-Se modules in a-ReSxSe2-x cocatalysts for enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2026, 85: 322-332.
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Fig. 1. (A) Schematic diagram illustrating the formation of asymmetric S-M-Se modules with self-optimized electron structure in two-dimensional MS2 cocatalysts (M: Metal atoms). (B) Graphical illustration of the antibonding orbital occupancy between the self-optimized electron-enriched S atoms (S(2+δ)-) and Had.
Fig. 2. (A) Schematic illustration of the synthetic route for a-ReSxSe2-x/TiO2 synthesis. HRTEM (B,C), HAADF-STEM (D), and elemental mapping images (E1-E5) of typical a-ReS1.2Se0.8/TiO2 photocatalyst.
Fig. 5. (A-C) The optimized structures of ReS2, ReS1.2Se0.8 and ReSe2. Local charge density difference (D) and planar-averaged electron density difference ∆ρ(z) (E) in ReS1.2Se0.8 structure. The yellow and cyan zones indicate charge gain and loss, respectively. (F) Bader charge density distributions of ReS2, ReS1.2Se0.8 and ReSe2 structures. The high-resolution XPS spectra of S 2p (G) and Se 3d (H) for the synthesized a-ReS2/TiO2, a-ReS1.2Se0.8/TiO2, and a-ReS2/TiO2. (I) Schematic diagram of the formation of the electron-rich S(2+δ)- sites in asymmetric S-Re-Se modules.
Fig. 6. (A-C) Adsorption models of H atom on ReS2, ReS1.2Se0.8 and ReSe2. (D) pDOS data of the S elements in ReS2 and ReS1.2Se0.8. (E) Gibbs energy profiles (ΔGH*) for H adsorption on the catalytic sites. (F) Schematic diagram of the weakened H adsorption on S(2+δ)- sites in ReS1.2Se0.8 by raising the antibonding-orbital occupancy.
Fig. 7. The calculated electrostatic potentials of TiO2 (A) and a-ReS1.2Se0.8 (B). In-situ XPS spectra of S 2p (C) and) Ti 2p (D) for the a-ReS1.2Se0.8/TiO2 sample before and after light illumination. (E) Schematic diagrams for the electron transfer of the a-ReS1.2Se0.8/TiO2 photocatalysts.
Fig. 8. Steady-state PL spectra (A), TRPL curves (B), photovoltage (C), EIS (D), LSV (E) and i-t curves (F) of the synthesized photocatalysts. (G) The proposed H2 evolution mechanism of the present a-ReSxSe2-x/TiO2 photocatalysts.
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