Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Carbide (MXene) as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution

ACS Energy Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 589-594

  Seh, Zhi Wei ^a   Fredrickson, Kurt D ^b,c   Anasori, Babak ^d   Kibsgaard, Jakob ^b,c   Strickler, Alaina L ^b   Lukatskaya, Maria R ^b,d   Gogotsi, Yury ^d   Jaramillo, Thomas F ^b,c   Vojvodic, Aleksandra ^c,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Drexel University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIDES; COMPUTATION THEORY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ENERGY CONVERSION; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; TRANSITION METALS;

CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; CONVERSION PROCESS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; MOLYBDENUM CARBIDE; SURFACE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; TRANSITION METAL CARBIDE; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85033701551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23808195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00247     Document Type: Article

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