Interface confined hydrogen evolution reaction in zero valent metal nanoparticles-intercalated molybdenum disulfide

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Chen, Zhongxin ^a,b   Leng, Kai ^a   Zhao, Xiaoxu ^a,b   Malkhandi, Souradip ^a   Tang, Wei ^a,c   Tian, Bingbing ^a   Dong, Lei ^d   Zheng, Lirong ^e   Lin, Ming ^c   Yeo, Boon Siang ^a   Loh, Kian Ping ^a  

^a National University of Singapore   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; DISULFIDE; INTERCALATING AGENT; MOLYBDENUM; PLATINUM NANOPARTICLE; REDUCING AGENT;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; CATION; EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN; MASS TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOLYBDENUM; NANOPARTICLE; PLATINUM; POISONING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; ION EXCHANGE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NANOCATALYST; NANOFABRICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REDUCTION (CHEMISTRY);

EID: 85013771755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14548     Document Type: Article

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