Enhanced Catalytic Activities of Surfactant-Assisted Exfoliated WS2 Nanodots for Hydrogen Evolution

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 2159-2166

  Zhao, Xue ^a,b   Ma, Xiao ^a,b   Sun, Jian ^a   Li, Dehui ^a,b   Yang, Xiurong ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

hexagonal (2H); hydrogen evolution; octahedral (1T); WS2 nanodots

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTRODES; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ENHANCED CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; GLASS CARBON ELECTRODES; HEXAGONAL (2H); HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; NANODOTS; OCTAHEDRAL (1T);

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84960158237     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b06653     Document Type: Article

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