One-Step Synthesis of MoS2/WS2 Layered Heterostructures and Catalytic Activity of Defective Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Films

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 2004-2009

  Woods, John M ^a,c   Jung, Yeonwoong ^a,c,d   Xie, Yujun ^a,b,c   Liu, Wen ^c   Liu, Yanhui ^a,b   Wang, Hailiang ^c   Cha, Judy J ^a,b,c,d  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science ^*  (United States)

^b Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena Yale   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

chemical synthesis; hydrogen evolution reaction; layered materials; molybdenum disulfide; tungsten disulfide; two dimensional materials; van der Waals heterostructures

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL BONDS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; LAYERED MATERIAL; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; TUNGSTEN DISULFIDE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS; VAN DER WAALS;

TRANSITION METALS;

EID: 84960156842     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b06126     Document Type: Article

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