Charge Mediated Semiconducting-to-Metallic Phase Transition in Molybdenum Disulfide Monolayer and Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in New 1T′ Phase

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 13124-13128

  Gao, Guoping ^a   Jiao, Yan ^b   Ma, Fengxian ^a   Jiao, Yalong ^a   Waclawik, Eric ^a   Du, Aijun ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYDROGEN; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; MONOLAYERS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; CHARGE TRANSFER KINETICS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTION ACTIVITIES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; NEGATIVE CHARGE; SINGLE LAYER; STRUCTURAL PHASE TRANSITION;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 84931291835     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04658     Document Type: Article

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