Table 2.

Recent literature on the HER applications of molybdenum borides and MBenes.

[ 78 ] Catalyst	Method of preparation	Overpotential	Tafel slope (mVdec−1)	Ref.
Mo3B film (6.48 nm)	CVD	249 mV @ 20 mAcm−2	52	[6]
Mo2B4 powder	High temperature (1100° C) sintering	270 mV @ 3.5 mAcm−2	80	[21]
Downsized Mo2B5 powder (≈ 200 nm)	Downsized by electrochemical approach	740 mV @ 10 mAcm−2	118.4	[22]
MoB	Commercial powder (High temperature)	301 mV @ 10 mAcm−2	55	[74]
α‐MoB2	Molten salt method	124 mV @ 10 mAcm−2	63	[18]
β‐MoB2	Molten salt method	187 mV @ 10 mAcm−2	49.3	[52]
MoB2 nanoparticles	Redox‐assisted solid‐state meta‐synthesis reaction	154 mV @ 10 mAcm−2	49	[75]
Mo0.9Ni0.1 B2	Molten salt technique	222 mV @ 10 mAcm−2	68.4	[76]
Mo2NiB2	High temperature (1100 °C) vacuum annealing	160 mV @ 10 mAcm−2	71	[77]
α‐Mo0.7W0.3B2	Arc melting method	201 mV @ 10 mAcm−2	63.8	[78]
Pt‐MoAl 1‐xB	Selective Al etching and chemical method	32 mV @ 10 mAcm−2	83.6	[55]
MoB/g‐C3N4	Physical mixing of commercial MoB and g‐C3N4 (prepared by thermal polymerization)	152 mV @ 20 mAcm−2	46	[79]