Fast One-Pot Synthesis of MoS2/Crumpled Graphene p-n Nanonjunctions for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 46, 2015, Pages 25685-25692

  Carraro, Francesco ^a   Calvillo, Laura ^a   Cattelan, Mattia ^a   Favaro, Marco ^a,b   Righetto, Marcello ^a   Nappini, Silvia ^c   Píš, Igor ^c,d   Celorrio, Verónica ^e   Fermín, David J ^e   Martucci, Alessandro ^a   Agnoli, Stefano ^a   Granozzi, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^d SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

graphene oxide; hydrogen evolution reaction; nanohybrids; photocatalysis; transition metal dichalcogenides

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NITROGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GRAPHENE OXIDES; GRAZING-INCIDENCE X-RAY DIFFRACTION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; NANOHYBRIDS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; RAMAN AND UV-VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84948667781     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b06668     Document Type: Article

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