Bioinspired synthesis of CVD graphene flakes and graphene-supported molybdenum sulfide catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction

Nano Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 249-259

  Chen, Ke ^a,b   Li, Cong ^a,c   Chen, Zhaolong ^a   Shi, Liurong ^a   Reddy, Sathish ^a   Meng, Huan ^a   Ji, Qingqing ^a   Zhang, Yanfeng ^a,c   Liu, Zhongfan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bioinspired synthesis; chemical vapor deposition; graphene; hydrogen evolution reaction; three dimensional

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METAL FOAMS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

BIO-INSPIRED APPROACH; BIO-INSPIRED SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION METHODS; ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSIONS; EXFOLIATED GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 84956895221     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-016-1013-1     Document Type: Article

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