Three-dimensional nitrogen-doped graphene supported molybdenum disulfide nanoparticles as an advanced catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Dong, Haifeng ^a   Liu, Conghui ^a   Ye, Haitao ^b   Hu, Linping ^c   Fugetsu, Bunshi ^d   Dai, Wenhao ^a   Cao, Yu ^a   Qi, Xueqiang ^c   Lu, Huiting ^a   Zhang, Xueji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 84949523567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep17542     Document Type: Article

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