Reaction Mechanism and Strategy for Optimizing the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction on Single-Layer 1T' WSe 2 and WTe 2 Based on Grand Canonical Potential Kinetics

Song, Jie; Kwon, Soonho; Hossain, Md Delowar; Chen, Sheng; Li, Zhenyu; Goddard, William A.

doi:10.1021/acsami.1c14234

Reaction Mechanism and Strategy for Optimizing the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction on Single-Layer 1T' WSe ₂ and WTe ₂ Based on Grand Canonical Potential Kinetics

Journal Article · 15 November 2021 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c14234· OSTI ID:1978240

^[1]; ^[2]; Hossain, Md Delowar ^[2]; Chen, Sheng ^[3]; ^[3]; ^[2]

Materials and Process Simulation Center and Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States; Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
Materials and Process Simulation Center and Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China

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Research Organization:: California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0021266

OSTI ID:: 1978240

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 13, Issue 46; ISSN 1944-8244

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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