Facilitating electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution via multifunctional tungsten@tungsten disulfide core–shell nanospheres
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Multifunctional W@WS 2 core–shell nanospheres with abundant catalytic sites, enhanced electrical conductivity, and enlarged electrochemical surface area for hydrogen evolution reaction.
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The W core in W@WS2 CSNS improved electrical conductivity by 4.5 times and enlarged the WS2 electrochemical surface area.
“The W core improved the electrical conductivity by 4.5 times, and the WS2 electrochemical surface area was also enlarged.”
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- Authors
- Ji, L., Cao, H., Xing, W., Liu, S., Deng, Q., & Shen, S.
- Affiliations
- State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures
- State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Structure Strength and Vibration (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Shen, Shengping
- Venue
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Published
- 2021
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 14
- Pages
- 9272-9280
- ISSN
- 2050-7488 (ISSN-L)
- 2050-7496
- OpenAlex
- W3136936325
- Cited by
- 25
- References
- 56
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 2
- FWCI
- 0.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Higher Education Discipline Innovation Project (B18040)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (11632014, 12090030)
- National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFE0119800)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Hydrogen Storage and Materials
- Keywords
- hydrogen evolution reaction, electrocatalysis, tungsten, tungsten disulfide, core-shell nanospheres, multifunctional catalysts, electrical conductivity, electrochemically active surface area, catalytic site
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