Computationally Guided Design to Accelerate Discovery of Doped β-Mo 2 C Catalysts toward Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Yang, Timothy T.; Wang, Anqi; House, Stephen D.; Yang, Judith; Lee, Jung-Kun; Saidi, Wissam A.

doi:10.1021/acscatal.2c03184

Computationally Guided Design to Accelerate Discovery of Doped β-Mo ₂ C Catalysts toward Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Journal Article · 14 September 2022 · ACS Catalysis

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c03184· OSTI ID:1982012

^[1]; Wang, Anqi ^[1]; ^[2]; Yang, Judith ^[3]; ^[1]; ^[1]

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States; Environmental TEM Catalysis Consortium (ECC), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States; Environmental TEM Catalysis Consortium (ECC), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1982012

Journal Information:: ACS Catalysis, Journal Name: ACS Catalysis Journal Issue: 19 Vol. 12; ISSN 2155-5435

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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