Flower-like molybdenum disulfide decorated ZIF-8-derived nitrogen-doped dodecahedral carbon for electro-catalytic degradation of phenol

In this work, flower-like molybdenum disulfide was constructed on the surface of ZIF-8-derived nitrogen-doped dodecahedral carbon (ZNC) for the electrocatalytic degradation of phenol. The flower-like nanostructure of MoS 2 @ZNC contributed to the exposure of more edge-active sites of MoS 2 . At the same time, Mo 4+ and Mo 6+ co-existed in MoS 2 @ZNC, which promoted the generation of H 2 O 2 and •OH, and improved the catalytic activity of composite materials. In addition, electrochemical performance analysis showed that MoS 2 loaded on the surface of ZNC significantly improved the redox capacity of the material, and the composite ratio of MoS 2 and ZNC affected the structure and properties of MoS 2 @ZNC composites. Moreover, the electrochemical performance of prepared MoS 2 @ZNC was evaluated by the generation of hydroxyl (•OH) and the degradation efficiency of phenol. The results showed that MoS 2 @ZNC-2 had an excellent phenol degradation efficiency (98.8%) and COD removal efficiency (86.8%) within 120 min. Furthermore, MoS 2 @ZNC cathode still maintained good performance after being experimented with 20 times, indicated the excellent stability of MoS 2 @ZNC.