Electrochemistry of transition metal dichalcogenides: Strong dependence on the metal-to-chalcogen composition and exfoliation method

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 12185-12198

  Eng, Alex Yong Sheng ^a   Ambrosi, Adriano ^a   Sofer, Zdeněk ^b   Šimek, Petr ^b   Pumera, Martin ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

chemical exfoliation; dichalcogenides; electrochemistry; transition metal chalcogenides; two dimensional materials

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GLASS MEMBRANE ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL EXFOLIATIONS; DICHALCOGENIDES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HETEROGENEOUS ELECTRON TRANSFER; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; TRANSITION METAL CHALCOGENIDES; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84919775422     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn503832j     Document Type: Article

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