MoSe2 porous microspheres comprising monolayer flakes with high electrocatalytic activity

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1108-1115

  Zhang, Yejun ^a   Gong, Qiufang ^b   Li, Lun ^a   Yang, Hongchao ^a   Li, Yanguang ^b   Wang, Qiangbin ^a  

^a SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

electrocatalytic activity; monolayer flakes; MoSe2; porous microspheres; transition metal chalcogenides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939965831     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0590-0     Document Type: Article

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