Carbon-coated MoS2 nanosheets as highly efficient electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction

Nanotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Dou, Shuo ^a   Wu, Jianghong ^a   Tao, Li ^a   Shen, Anli ^a   Huo, Jia ^a   Wang, Shuangyin ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon; electrocatalyst; hydrogen evolution reaction; molybdenum disulfide

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DISULFIDE; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DIAMOND FILMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY RESOURCES; HYDROGEN; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS;

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; PT-BASED ELECTROCATALYST; SURFACE COATINGS;

ELECTROCATALYSTS;

EID: 84950150494     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/4/045402     Document Type: Article

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