Understanding catalysis in a multiphasic two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chou, Stanley S ^a   Sai, Na ^b   Lu, Ping ^c   Coker, Eric N ^a   Liu, Sheng ^c   Artyushkova, Kateryna ^d   Luk, Ting S ^c   Kaehr, Bryan ^a,d   Brinker, C Jeffrey ^a,c,d  

^a ADVANCED MATERIALS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCOGEN; DISULFIDE; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN; LITHIUM; MOLYBDENUM; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ADSORPTION; CATALYSIS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ENERGETICS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LITHIUM; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TRANSFORMATION; TRANSITION ELEMENT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ABSORPTION; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; PH ELECTRODE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84943771773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9311     Document Type: Article

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