Pure and stable metallic phase molybdenum disulfide nanosheets for hydrogen evolution reaction

Xiumei Geng; Weiwei Sun; Wei Wu; Benjamin Chen; Alaa Al-Hilo; Mourad Benamara; Hongli Zhu; Fumiya Watanabe; Jingbiao Cui; Tar-pin Chen

doi:10.1038/ncomms10672

Nature Communications (Feb 2016)

Pure and stable metallic phase molybdenum disulfide nanosheets for hydrogen evolution reaction

Xiumei Geng,
Weiwei Sun,
Wei Wu,
Benjamin Chen,
Alaa Al-Hilo,
Mourad Benamara,
Hongli Zhu,
Fumiya Watanabe,
Jingbiao Cui,
Tar-pin Chen

Affiliations

Xiumei Geng: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204, USA
Weiwei Sun: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204, USA
Wei Wu: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204, USA
Benjamin Chen: Department of Physics, University at Buffalo
Alaa Al-Hilo: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204, USA
Mourad Benamara: Institute for Nanoscale Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arkansas
Hongli Zhu: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University
Fumiya Watanabe: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204, USA
Jingbiao Cui: Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee 38152, USA
Tar-pin Chen: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10672
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Metallic molybdenum disulfide is a metastable phase of the material. Here, the authors synthesize two-dimensional metallic molybdenum disulfide nanosheets, stabilized by adsorbed aqueous monolayers, and evaluate their catalytic hydrogen evolution activity.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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