Highly efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution promoted by O–Mo–C interfaces of ultrafine β-Mo<sub>2</sub>C nanostructures
Hui Yang, Xing Chen, Guoxiang Hu, Wan‐Ting Chen, Siobhan J. Bradley, Weijie Zhang, Gaurav Verma, Thomas Nann, De‐en Jiang, Paul E. Kruger, Xiangke Wang, He Tian, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Shane G. Telfer, Shengqian Ma
Abstract
C@NPCC. This proof-of-concept study opens a new avenue for the fabrication of highly efficient catalysts for HER and other applications, whilst further demonstrating the importance of exposed interfaces and interfacial contacts in efficient electrocatalysis.
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