Thickness dependence and percolation scaling of hydrogen production rate in MoS2 nanosheet and nanosheet-carbon nanotube composite catalytic electrodes

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 672-683

  McAteer, David ^a   Gholamvand, Zahra ^a   McEvoy, Niall ^a   Harvey, Andrew ^a   O'Malley, Eoghan ^a   Duesberg, Georg S ^a   Coleman, Jonathan N ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Active sites; Catalysis; Edge; Electrical resistance limited

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOSHEETS; NANOTUBES; SOLVENTS; YARN;

ACTIVE SITE; CARBON-NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; CATALYTIC ELECTRODES; EDGE; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ELECTRODE THICKNESS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION RATE; THICKNESS DEPENDENCE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84990931701     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b05907     Document Type: Article

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