Efficient hydrogen evolution by ternary molybdenum sulfoselenide particles on self-standing porous nickel diselenide foam

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhou, Haiqing ^a   Yu, Fang ^a   Huang, Yufeng ^b   Sun, Jingying ^a   Zhu, Zhuan ^c   Nielsen, Robert J ^b   He, Ran ^a   Bao, Jiming ^c   Goddard, William A ^b   Chen, Shuo ^a   Ren, Zhifeng ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCOGEN; COBALT DERIVATIVE; COBALT DISELENIDE; DICHALCOGENIDE; HYDROGEN; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM COMPLEX; MOLYBDENUM SULFIDE; MOLYBDENUM SULFOSELENIDE; NICKEL COMPLEX; NICKEL DISELENIDE; PLATINUM; TRANSITION ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYST; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOAM; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HYDROGEN; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NICKEL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CATALYST; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; FOAM; FOAM STABILITY; HYBRID; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; NANOCATALYSIS; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; POROSITY;

EID: 84987935031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12765     Document Type: Article

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