Molybdenum sulfide/graphene-carbon nanotube nanocomposite material for electrocatalytic applications in hydrogen evolution reactions

Nano Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 837-848

  Khan, Majid ^a,b   Yousaf, Ammar Bin ^c   Chen, Mingming ^a   Wei, Chengsha ^a   Wu, Xibo ^a   Huang, Ningdong ^a   Qi, Zemin ^a   Li, Liangbin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Mardan Campus   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

3D nanostructure; carbon nanotubes; graphene; hydrogen evolution reaction; MoS2

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISULFIDE; ELECTROCATALYSIS; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; SLOPE STABILITY;

3-D NANOSTRUCTURES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY AND STABILITY; EXCHANGE CURRENT DENSITIES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; MOS2; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84961286533     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0963-z     Document Type: Article

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