Interface strain in vertically stacked two-dimensional heterostructured carbon-MoS2 nanosheets controls electrochemical reactivity

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Oakes, Landon ^a   Carter, Rachel ^a   Hanken, Trevor ^a   Cohn, Adam P ^a   Share, Keith ^a   Schmidt, Benjamin ^a   Pint, Cary L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE NANOSHEET; NANOSHEET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROCESS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGETICS; INTERFACE; ION EXCHANGE; LITHIUM; NANOPARTICLE; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CATION EXCHANGE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE AREA; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84973402940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11796     Document Type: Article

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