Self-assembled 2D WSe 2 thin films for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yu, Xiaoyun ^a   Prévot, Mathieu S ^a   Guijarro, Néstor ^a   Sivula, Kevin ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; NANOFILM; SOLVENT; WATER;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; FILM; HYDROGEN; INTERFACE; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOLAR POWER; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; THIN SECTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CURRENT DENSITY; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; ILLUMINATION; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILM; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIQUID; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; PH ELECTRODE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOELECTRODE; REDUCTION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLUBILITY; STEADY STATE; THICKNESS;

EID: 84935100503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8596     Document Type: Article

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