Chemical and phase evolution of amorphous molybdenum sulfide catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen production

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 624-632

  Lee, Sang Chul ^a   Benck, Jesse D ^a   Tsai, Charlie ^a,c   Park, Joonsuk ^a   Koh, Ai Leen ^b   Abild Pedersen, Frank ^c   Jaramillo, Thomas F ^a,c   Sinclair, Robert ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Electrocatalysis; Environmental transmission electron microscopy; Hydrogen evolution; Molybdenum sulfide

Indexed keywords

CATALYST DEACTIVATION; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTIVATION PROCEDURES; CRYSTALLINE DOMAINS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; MOLYBDENUM SULFIDE; RESTRUCTURING PROCESS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84991248914     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b05652     Document Type: Article

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