Identificación de sitios de borde activo para la evolución electroquímica de H2 a partir de nanocatalizadores de MoS2

Thomas F Jaramillo1, Kristina P Jørgensen, Jacob Bonde

  • 1Center for Individual Nanoparticle Functionality, Department of Physics, Nano-DTU, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 7, 2007
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores identificaron los sitios activos para la evolución del hidrógeno en las nanopartículas de disulfuro de molibdeno (MoS2). Los sitios de borde en MoS2 se correlacionan directamente con la actividad catalítica, crucial para desarrollar electrocatalizadores eficientes.

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