MoS<sub>2</sub> stacking matters: 3R polytype significantly outperforms 2H MoS<sub>2</sub> for the hydrogen evolution reaction
Jan Luxa, Lucie Spejchalová, Ivo Jakubec, Zdeněk Sofer
Abstract
Sodium naphthalenide exfoliated 3R polytype of MoS 2 outperforms the 2H polytype due to much higher conversion to the metallic 1T phase.
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