Solution Growth of Vertical VS2Nanoplate Arrays for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 5587-5591

  Liang, Hanfeng ^a   Shi, Huanhuan ^a   Zhang, Dongfang ^a   Ming, Fangwang ^a   Wang, Rongrong ^a   Zhuo, Junqiao ^b   Wang, Zhoucheng ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PRECIOUS METALS;

ELECTROCATALYTIC; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROTHERMAL ROUTES; LARGE SCALE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LONG TERM STABILITY; METAL CHALCOGENIDE; SCALABLE SOLUTION; SOLUTION GROWTH;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84983628575     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b01963     Document Type: Article

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