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Frontispiece: Molybdenum Carbide‐Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Author(s) -
Miao Mao,
Pan Jing,
He Ting,
Yan Ya,
Xia Bao Yu,
Wang Xin
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201784662
Subject(s) - nanomaterial based catalyst , hydrogen production , molybdenum , electrolysis of water , materials science , carbide , water splitting , hydrogen , nanostructure , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , oxygen evolution , electrolysis , catalysis , metallurgy , chemistry , electrochemistry , nanoparticle , photocatalysis , engineering , electrode , biochemistry , organic chemistry , electrolyte
Electrocatalytic water splitting is a promising approach for clean and sustainable hydrogen production. Earth‐abundant molybdenum carbides are regarded as promising candidates for replacing benchmark Pt‐group electrocatalysts in water electrolysis. In their Review on page 10947 ff., B. Y. Xia, X. Wang et al. introduced and discussed the progress and prospective on Mo x C nanocatalysts from advanced nanostructure engineering to exciting properties for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER).