Growth Control of MoS2 Nanosheets on Carbon Cloth for Maximum Active Edges Exposed: An Excellent Hydrogen Evolution 3D Cathode

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 12193-12202

  Zhang, Nan ^a,b   Gan, Shiyu ^a   Wu, Tongshun ^a   Ma, Weiguang ^a,b   Han, Dongxue ^a   Niu, Li ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

active edges control; hydrogen evolution reaction; MoS2 nanosheets; three dimensional; vertical alignment

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; HYDROGEN; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOSHEETS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EFFECTIVE ELECTRONS; GROWTH CONTROL; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; MULTI FACTORS; STRUCTURE CONTROL; SYNTHESIS PROCEDURE; VERTICAL ALIGNMENT;

LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84935904859     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02586     Document Type: Article

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