Universal Strategy to Fabricate a Two-Dimensional Layered Mesoporous Mo2C Electrocatalyst Hybridized on Graphene Sheets with High Activity and Durability for Hydrogen Generation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 28, 2016, Pages 18107-18118

  Huo, Lili ^a   Liu, Baocang ^a   Zhang, Geng ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a  

^a INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

hydrogen evolution reaction; mesoporous Mo2C nanocrystals; nanocasting method; precious metal free electrocatalyst; two dimensional layered structure

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; MOLYBDENUM; PRECIOUS METALS;

HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; MESOPOROUS; METAL-FREE ELECTROCATALYSTS; NANOCASTING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL LAYERED STRUCTURES;

DURABILITY;

EID: 84979609127     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b05007     Document Type: Article

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