Metallic 1T-VS2 nanosheets featuring V2+ self-doping and mesopores towards efficient hydrogen evolution reaction Defect engineering of layered two-dimensional metal-dichalcogenide nanosheets is important for their promising application as an efficient and low-cost electrocatalyst towards hydrogen generation. In this work, metallic 1T-VS2 nanosheets featuring V2+-doping and plenty of mesopores are synthesized and demonstrated as a superior hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalyst.