Pomegranate-like N,P-Doped Mo2C@C Nanospheres as Highly Active Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 8851-8860

  Chen, Yu Yun ^a,b   Zhang, Yun ^a   Jiang, Wen Jie ^a,c   Zhang, Xing ^a,c   Dai, Zhihui ^b   Wan, Li Jun ^a,c   Hu, Jin Song ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

electrocatalysis; HER; molybdenum carbide; nanostructures

Indexed keywords

CARBIDES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; MASS TRANSFER; MASS TRANSPORTATION; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOSPHORUS; POLYPYRROLES; POROUS MATERIALS;

ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORTATION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; MOLYBDENUM CARBIDE; NANOPOROUS STRUCTURES; PHOSPHOMOLYBDIC ACID; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

NANOSPHERES;

EID: 84989204641     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b04725     Document Type: Article

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