In Situ Thermal Synthesis of Inlaid Ultrathin MoS2/Graphene Nanosheets as Electrocatalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 5733-5742

  Ma, Lianbo ^a   Hu, Yi ^a   Zhu, Guoyin ^a   Chen, Renpeng ^a   Chen, Tao ^a   Lu, Hongling ^a   Wang, Yanrong ^a   Liang, Jia ^a   Liu, Haixia ^a   Yan, Changzeng ^a   Tie, Zuoxiu ^a   Jin, Zhong ^a   Liu, Jie ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOSHEETS; SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE;

COLLECTIVE PROPERTIES; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITIES; ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE SURFACE AREAS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; NUMBER OF ACTIVE SITES; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84983541198     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b01980     Document Type: Article

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