Maneuvering charge polarization and transport in 2H-MoS2 for enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction

Nano Research

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2662-2671

  Ye, Wei ^a   Ren, Chenhao ^a   Liu, Daobin ^a   Wang, Chengming ^a   Zhang, Ning ^a   Yan, Wensheng ^a   Song, Li ^a   Xiong, Yujie ^a  

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

Author keywords

charge polarization; charge transport; hydrogen evolution; molybdenum disulfide; nanowire

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TRANSPORT; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL STABILITY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOWIRES; PALLADIUM; POLARIZATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHARGE POLARIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; IMPROVED ACTIVITIES; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84976287061     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-016-1153-3     Document Type: Article

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