Unsaturated-sulfur-rich MoS2 nanosheets decorated on free-standing SWNT film: Synthesis, characterization and electrocatalytic application

Nano Research

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2079-2087

  Liu, Daobin ^a   Xu, Weiyu ^a   Liu, Qin ^a   He, Qun ^a   Haleem, Yasir A ^a   Wang, Changda ^a   Xiang, Ting ^a   Zou, Chongwen ^a   Chu, Wangsheng ^a   Zhong, Jun ^b   Niu, Zhiqiang ^b   Song, Li ^a,c  

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

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

flexible; hydrogen evolution; MoS2; unsaturated sulfur rich; X ray absorption near edge structure

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOSHEETS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SULFUR; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

FLEXIBLE; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; MOS2; UNSATURATED-SULFUR-RICH; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE;

LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84968616696     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-016-1098-6     Document Type: Article

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