Catalytic Activity in Lithium-Treated Core-Shell MoOx/MoS2 Nanowires

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 40, 2015, Pages 22908-22914

  Cummins, Dustin R ^a,b   Martinez, Ulises ^a   Kappera, Rajesh ^a,c   Voiry, Damien ^c   Martinez Garcia, Alejandro ^b   Jasinski, Jacek ^b   Kelly, Dan ^a   Chhowalla, Manish ^c   Mohite, Aditya D ^a   Sunkara, Mahendra K ^b   Gupta, Gautam ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Louisville   (United States)

^c Piscataway   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LITHIUM; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; NANOWIRES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TRANSITION METALS;

CORE SHELL NANO STRUCTURES; CRYSTAL PHASE TRANSFORMATION; ELECTROCATALYTIC SYSTEM; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; LAYERED TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES; LITHIUM INTERCALATION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84943760874     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b05640     Document Type: Article

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