Chemical vapor deposition of monolayer WS2 nanosheets on Au foils toward direct application in hydrogen evolution

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2881-2890

  Zhang, Yanshuo ^a,b   Shi, Jianping ^a,b   Han, Gaofeng ^c   Li, Minjie ^b   Ji, Qingqing ^b   Ma, Donglin ^b   Zhang, Yu ^a,b   Li, Cong ^a,b   Lang, Xingyou ^c   Zhang, Yanfeng ^a,b   Liu, Zhongfan ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Au foil; chemical vapor deposition; hydrogen evolution reaction; monolayer; tungsten disulfide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941641764     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0793-z     Document Type: Article

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