Molybdenum carbide stabilized on graphene with high electrocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction

• DOI: 10.1039/c4cc05698a
• Publication Date: 2014-08-29T10:01:01Z
• Authors: Lin Feng Pan; Yu Hang Li; Shuang Yang; Peng Fei Liu; Ming Quan Yu; Hua Gui Yang
• Keywords: Chemical sciences; 02 engineering and technology; Other chemical sciences not elsewhere classified; 0210 nano-technology; 7. Clean energy

In this work, we developed a general two-step method to prepare molybdenum carbide (Mo2C) nanoparticles stabilized by a carbon layer on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) sheets. The Mo2C-RGO hybrid showed excellent performance, which is attributed to the intimate interactions between Mo2C and graphene as well as the outer protection of the carbon layer.