Efficient hydrogen evolution in transition metal dichalcogenides via a simple one-step hydrazine reaction

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Cummins, Dustin R ^a,b   Martinez, Ulises ^a   Sherehiy, Andriy ^b   Kappera, Rajesh ^a,c   Martinez Garcia, Alejandro ^b   Schulze, Roland K ^d   Jasinski, Jacek ^b   Zhang, Jing ^e   Gupta, Ram K ^f   Lou, Jun ^e   Chhowalla, Manish ^c   Sumanasekera, Gamini ^b   Mohite, Aditya D ^a   Sunkara, Mahendra K ^b   Gupta, Gautam ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Louisville   (United States)

^c Piscataway   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Rice University   (United States)

^f PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAZINE; MOLYBDENUM; NANOMATERIAL; NANOWIRE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

CATALYSIS; DURABILITY; ELECTRON; HYDROGEN; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOLYBDENUM; NANOPARTICLE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLATINUM; REACTION KINETICS; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRON; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84974577379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11857     Document Type: Article

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