Porous C3N4 nanolayers@n-graphene films as catalyst electrodes for highly efficient hydrogen evolution

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 931-940

  Duan, Jingjing ^a   Chen, Sheng ^a   Jaroniec, Mietek ^b   Qiao, Shi Zhang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nitride nanolayers; hydrogen evolution reaction; nitrogen doped graphene; two dimensional materials; van der Waals heterostructure

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; FILM PREPARATION; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; PLATINUM; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; NANO LAYERS; NITROGEN DOPED GRAPHENE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS; VAN DER WAALS;

NONMETALS;

EID: 84921812382     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn506701x     Document Type: Article

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